White Paper - Secrets to Successful Modernization
“59% of IT leaders place modernization as the top software issue”*
Today modernization strategy is top 3 on the CIO’s agenda because every company needs to ensure its applications continue to deliver value for reasonable cost and risk in the face of a steady stream of emerging potentially disruptive technologies.
If you do your homework properly, modernizing your IBM i applications can deliver rapid ROI and long-term success. However, getting it wrong can cost you - big time! A failed modernization project can be the last straw for some companies that seem to have forgotten the business value the IBM i has been delivering for years. A successful project on the other hand, can be the first step to guaranteeing a bright future for IBM i applications.
Today’s modern solution delivery toolsets deliver reuse by service-enabling existing applications to leverage emerging technologies including multi-touch, voice related technologies, RIA clients, mobile devices and Web services – all without forcing you to change your code, let alone redevelop it.
We’ve also seen modernization suites mature to include the integrated development support required when new functionality needs to be delivered rapidly and seamlessly connected with existing applications. Modern solution delivery is about reusing where sensible and generating new code where required, within a services architecture, so that you can plug in tomorrow’s new technologies
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- The modernization big picture
- Front-end versus Back-end modernization
- Business drivers
- Application inventory analysis
- Technology options
- Selecting the right GUI
- Reuse
- Evaluation tips
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* Forrester Consulting, Application Modernization and Migration Trends in 2009/2010