Tag: AWS Mainframe Modernization

Leveraging Infrastructure as Code for AWS Mainframe Modernization with Terraform AWS Mainframe Modernization service is a cloud-native platform to modernize, migrate, execute, and operate mainframe applications. In addition to analysis and transformation tools, it provides a fully-managed and resilient runtime environment making it easierto run and operate modernized applications. Starting today, you can define AWS Mainframe […]

During the modernization of mainframe applications, testing is the most important and time-consuming phase. AWS Mainframe Modernization Application Testing is an AWS cloud-native service generally available and designed to reduce testing time and cost at scale. In this blog post, we will describe the testing approach, its benefits and show an Application Testing walkthrough. Mainframe […]

First introduced in the mid-20th century, mainframe systems continue to be the backbone of many enterprises relying on these systems for mission-critical applications. In fact, it is estimated that at least 71% of Fortune 500 companies use mainframe systems. Globally, 90% of credit card transactions happen on mainframe systems. According to IBM, USD 7.7 trillion […]

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 Applications use outdated technical components, interfaces, patterns, and data formats.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 […]

AWS Mainframe Modernization service supports AWS CloudFormation templates to manage environments and applications, allowing customers to leverage best practices of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and DevOps. This post defines the architectural improvements fostered by CloudFormation for mainframe applications modernized with AWS cloud. We’ll then cover the benefits of IaC in specific contexts for modernized mainframe applications. We’ll […]

According to Reuters , there are 220 billion lines of code in customers’ production environments running Cobol and other legacy languages. Customers are looking to modernize their mainframe-based applications to take advantage of the AWS Cloud. These advantages help them to increase their agility, their capacity to innovate, and to benefit from the continual trends […]

Mainframe applications often execute business-critical functions, which have to be resilient, scalable, and cost-efficient. This imperative applies to the multiple layers and components supporting the application, including files, datasets, and their supporting storage systems. When modernizing these applications and files with AWS, choosing the right file-system for the right application data profile is essential. In […]