Slides presented on 9-9-2020 around the joitn research done by EnterpriseDB and Platform 3 Solutions.

1. Business Transformation and the
role of Application Retirement -
THE RESEARCH
Andrew Marsh
Tom Rieger

2. What you said - How old is the oldest technology
running in your enterprise?
In the last 10 years -
young and spry
13%
Between 10 and 20 years
- early 2000s
32%
Between 20 and 30 years
- 1990s
22%
Between 30 and 40 years
- 1980s
8%
Old than 40 years
8%
Not sure
17%

3. The Research
• Hypothesis: From our conversations and
Survey’s with organizations
• Most companies are transforming
• Want better, faster, cheaper.
• What does that really mean?
• Not sure how to get there
• Cost is too high – Maintenance,
Infrastructure, SMEs, etc.
• Compliance?
• Cloud is quickly becoming the next ‘platform’
• Open source is the ‘new-normal’ for
fundamental layers in technology
• Old is not new again

4. Q1: What is the priority in your organization
at this time?
Transformation – Developing and moving
to a better tomorrow
Maintaining – we are keeping the
lights on
Cost Cutting – focused on reduction of spend
in both IT and across the organization
Not really
defined
Not Sure

5. The Gartner view

6. Q2: Does your organization feel there is a big
shift in enterprise technology happening?

7. Q3: Is your organization taking a 'cloud first'
perspective in all future projects?
We tried to move to cloud and actually
reverted some back
No
Getting there
Yes
Not Sure

8. Cloud first initiatives have crossed the chasm

9. Q4: Can you think of technologies in your
data center that should be retired?
Yes – More than you will ever
know
Yes – Some
Maybe
No
Honestly –
Not Sure

10. Q5: Do you think there is wasted money in
keeping old tech alive in your organization?

11. 70% of IT budgets are spent maintaining
legacy apps – there's a cost to "do nothing"

12. Q6: Do you still have any of the following?
(check all that apply)
Legacy On-premise apps
(Peoplesoft, JD Edwards, etc)
Legacy content management
(Documentum, IBM, etc)
Network Drives
Old email systems still running
(Lotus Notes, etc)
Other
”Any non-cloud ready apps”,
“SAP”, “I plead the 5th”

13. Q7: Why do you think older systems are still
running in your organization? (check all that apply)
Not a priority with senior
management
A business case has not been made to
WHY they should be retired
Our compliance people won’t let us
turn applications off
No one owns that
role/responsibility
Not Sure

14. Q8: Which of these are happening in your
organization over the next 12 months? (click all that apply)
Merge: Data Center
Consolidation
Lift-and-Shift: Replatforming
current systems into the cloud
Retiring old applications to
save money
Retiring old applications to
save money
Not Sure

15. Q9: Do you have an open-source technology
strategy (operating systems like Linux, database like Postgres, tools, etc)?
YES – Absolutely – that is a
priority going forward
YES – Kind of – we are
beginning to use it now
Discussing it
now
No
Not Sure

16. Q10: Your favorite old-tech centric movie
Imitation Game – Alan Turing
and the Enigma code breaking
Hidden Figures – pre-Apollo NASA
Sneakers – Even Robert Redford can be geeky and
the bad guy own his own Cray computer
War Games (The WOPR computer) – Matthew Broderick
hacks into everything with his acoustic coupler modem
Office Space – Those TPS reports
Apollo 13 – Everyone had a slide rule
Other
2001 Space Odyssey, Swordfish,
Terminator, Tron

17. Key Takeaways
• Companies want to transform to
reduce cost, risk and
complexities.
• Not all organizations have a full
vision on how to get there
• Resources are constrained
• Technology and financial
‘nimbleness’ rules the day
• Risk and compliance are a
concern.

18. A bit about Platform 3 Solutions and EDB
• LEADER IN APPLICATION
MIGRATION, ARCHIVAL, &
RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS
• We help you realize your
transformational objectives.
• Reduce cost & complexity from your
organization while maintaining
compliance and business continuity
• Turn a ‘Cost Center’ into a ‘Benefit
Center’
https://www.enterprisedb.com
• EMPOWERS OPEN SOURCE
POSTGRES TO:
• Make open-source -> enterprise
ready (support, education, technology)
• Make Oracle migrations seamless
• Allow a portable DB layer no matter
your needs – on prem, any cloud.
• Bring a new level of economics to
your database
https://www.platform3solutions.com