Just like a periodic health check-up is important to assess your overall well-being, a detailed reexamination of the enterprise IT landscape is paramount. We take a look at the various ways an enterprise needs to revamp its mainframe and sharpen its functionalities to stay ahead of the game. While APIs aid you in providing superior customer service, migrating to the cloud provides you with scalability and resilience. These and many more sub-offerings from Infosys aid your organization in staying agile and equipped to leverage the latest technologies to cater to the ever-changing market. Learn more.
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5 tips to make your mainframe as fit as you
1. Wondering how to get your IT infrastructure into
shape this Year? Here is how to get started.
2. 1 PURSUE THE GOAL OF
âCOMPLETE WELL-BEINGâ
Critically review your IT landscape and put in place a
comprehensive strategy to strengthen both the software and
hardware, just as you would for your body and mind.
RETIRE LEGACY APPS, POWER UP
FOR AGILITY âą Re-architect effort intensive & redundant processes
âą Begin change management
âą Explore new technologies - cloud, mobility, digitalâŠ
3. LESS EXCUSES, MORE
WEIGHTS
Enough of the theory, now letâs get down to action. It will be an
arduous journey to modernization, but the potential offered by
new technologies is huge.
CLOUD IS THE NEW
âFITâ âą Re-host â to the cloud for scalability, reliability & availability
âą Re-engineer â to support new business models and technologies
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4. EAT GOOD, EAT RIGHT
Plan a wholesome diet according to your energy needs. Ensure
your diet has just the right balance of carbs to compute, and
proteins to build new tech muscles.
MAKE YOUR CALORIES COUNT, WITH BATCH
OFFLOADING âą Identify, classify and offload batch processes to
efficient platforms
âą Engage in need-based adoption of MongoDB,
Hadoop, Spring Batch & ETL platforms
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5. CHALLENGE YOUR MUSCLES,
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
You can spend time and revenue on modernization, but unless
your effort is directed, you wouldnât see the desired results.
ACTIVATE BEAST MODE WITH
APIâS âą Enhance personalization of user experience
âą Increase digitization, increase adaptation
âą Access data faster, on time and cost efficiency
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6. WHEN YOU WANT TO GIVE UP,
REMEMBER WHY YOU STARTED5
Keep your long-term goal in sight, track your performance in
measurable stages, and push your critical processes towards agility.
IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, UNTIL ITâS DONE
WITH DEVOPS âą Combine people, processes, and tools for
next-gen capabilities
âą Adopt an iterative approach using open
source and CI/CD
7. WONDERING HOW TO GET YOUR
MAINFRAME INTO SHAPE THIS YEAR?
Here is how Infosys helped 5 enterprises.
STRENGTHENED health insurance provider with APIâs & micro
services. Reduced mainframe usage and improved response time by 10-
15%
MOTIVATED credit card giant to leverage Spring batch for high volume batch applications.
Enabled processing of USD 15 million transactions in little over an hour
POWERED leading bank to decommission 12 complex legacy apps saving
~2 million AUD a year
JUMPSTARTED transition to cloud. Enabled CPG major to save USD 35 million. Reduced
2000 MIPS in the mainframe
REINVIGORATED legacy apps for a large insurer. Enabled reduction in infrastructure,
improved productivity and realized benefits worth USD16 million over 4 years