A Critical Business System Evolved for the Future
The
challenge.
- Rising cost of running business-critical applications, particularly billing, on the mainframe.
- Running, maintaining, managing and supporting a highly complex IT environment.
- Dwindling mainframe-related skill pool.
The
solution.
- Rehost applications and data to the LzLabs Software Defined Mainframe®.
- Decommission the legacy mainframe platform.
- Build a team of experts and stakeholders from the customer, solution provider and integration partner and establish transparent governance.
The customer.
A North American communications and media company with revenues above CHF 7 billion and employing more than 20,000 people. It operates primarily in the fields of wireless communications, cable television, telephony and internet.
The results.
60% OpEx Reduction
Reduction of operational costs each year, including license fees and reduced datacentre floor space usage.
Future
Readiness
The infrastructure consolidation enables seamless integration, richer data, management within the standard IT processes, scalability and agility thanks to open technologies
Innovation Blueprint
The excellent teamwork within the project team serves as a role model for further modernisation projects
Real-world success.
The man behind this successful migration, Aidan Cahill, joined the LzLabs team to help other leaders accomplish such projects. In this episode of our series, “The Irresistible Business Case for Mainframe Migration”, Aidan shares his experience around mainframe modernisation projects.
What you will discover:
– Why should organisations prioritise mainframe modernisation and migration.
– Aidan’s business case: considered elements and delivered outcomes.
– What are things to do and what to avoid when organisations plan for a mainframe migration.
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Our team of experts is ready to help.