Mainframe Estate Transformation Assessment: 6-Wk Assessment

This assessment evaluates how mainframe applications and data can be transformed by ‘modernizing on the mainframe’, ‘integrating with Microsoft Azure’ as part of a hybrid Cloud strategy or ‘moving applications and/or data from the mainframe to a Microsoft Platform’.

Many organizations continue to rely on the IBM Z and IBM i systems, often referred to as ‘mainframes’, to manage their most critical applications, but customers who want to do more with these platforms struggle to unlock and transform their application and data capabilities. By analysing their applications and business needs enterprises can ensure they put the ‘right workload on the right platform’ and, as a result, transform their business application landscape and enable faster time-to-market for new business capabilities. At Kyndryl, we leverage our mainframe expertise to help you unlock and harness mainframe application transformation to deliver business application capability at scale. Our application advisory services are designed to transform and modernize your mainframe systems to get the ‘right workload on the right platform’ and enable reliable, modular, and scalable solutions that move your business forward.

Wherever you are in your journey with Microsoft Cloud and Azure, Kyndryl can work with you to address integration with Azure and your mainframe applications and data, migrating and moving applications and data off the mainframe to Azure, modernizing the application and data engineer experience, or integrating application and data management operations as part of your hybrid cloud strategy.

High-level description of this and other Mainframe Modernization offers, please refer to the following link: Mainframe with Microsoft

Workshop Structure: Join Kyndryl for a 6-12 week Mainframe Estate Transformation Assessment and get ready to transform your mainframe applications and data. In the face-to-face workshop, you’ll co-innovate with us on strategies to transform your mainframe applications and data to ensure you have the ‘right workload on the right platform’. This assessment will evaluate where Azure Services can help accelerate business transformation by modernizing your mainframe applications.

Agenda:

1. 1-2 hours Presentation/Discussion (free of charge)
2. Pre-Workshop Data Gathering
   • Leverage questionnaire for enterprise applications usage requirements
3. Assessment Workshop
   • Mapping of Mainframe Applications and Data using Discovery Tools
   • Explore Microsoft Cloud, Azure and Microsoft Power Platforms to increase mainframe integration
   • The Value of DevSecOps for Mainframe
   • Applications and Data modernization
   • Mainframe Transformation Strategy Design
   • Findings and Recommendations
4. Post Workshop Activities
   • Opportunity proposal(s) for implementation
   • Proposal review & agreement on next steps

The Mainframe Estate Transformation Assessment compliments our Mainframe Azure DevSecOps Assessment, Mainframe Transformation with Azure Assessment and Mainframe Data Democratization Assessment.

Kyndryl’s Value: As the world’s largest mainframe infrastructure services provider, with the deepest and broadest set of skills in the industry, Kyndryl offers global application services and assessments to help customers derive more value and insights from their business applications. Kyndryl is recognized as a Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider and offers a variety of solutions in areas like application migration and modernization, data platform management, and x-platform DevSecOps integration. With deep industry expertise, certified consultants, and solutions tailored to your specific business needs, we help you quickly unlock value from applications to support your unique transformation goals and ensure the ’right platform for the right workload’.

Kyndryl is the company that designs, builds, manages and modernizes the complex, mission-critical information systems that the world depends on every day. Modernizing mainframe applications to exploit the capabilities of Azure is key to improving customer and developer experiences. KYNDRYL provides a predictable modernization strategy for these applications to ensure the ‘right platform for the right workload’ with Microsoft Azure.

Terms, conditions, duration, and pricing are custom to each engagement. Please contact us to discuss a solution to meet your business needs. Offer availability may be limited in some countries.

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