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Alexis Chretienne

Author: Alexis Chretienne

Alexis Chretienne is Mainframe Consultant at AWS Professional Services. Alexis has 10+ years experience with mainframes (software, hardware, performance, resiliency), mainframe modernization, and worked with worldwide customers. It includes a 3 years pre-sales experience for France with a focus on the banking and insurance industry. In his current role, Alexis supports AWS Professional Services teams to successfully deliver customers’ mainframe, and iSeries migrations to AWS.

Demystifying mainframe technical debt and unlocking value of core application modernization

Although mainframe platforms still release new capabilities, customers are dealing with core-business application stacks that have accumulated substantial technical debt over decades. Applications use outdated technical components, interfaces, patterns, and data formats. This technical debt is the main factor causing negative impacts on release cycles, maintenance costs, and business outcomes. This critical issue can be […]