Turning Challenges into Success — Mainframe App Modernization Offers Opportunities for IT Services Providers

Executive Snapshot

• Figure: Executive Snapshot: Turning Challenges into Success — Mainframe App Modernization Offers Opportunities for IT Services Providers

In This Market Note

IDC's Point of View

• Organizations' Migration Plans

• Moving to Public Cloud

• Retiring Mainframe Applications

• Bridging the Gap with APIs

• Leaving Cloud

• Strategies for Mainframe Application Migration

• Recompiling with Mainframe Emulators

• Gradual Migration

• Component-Level Migration

• Lifting and Shifting

• Reasons Why Companies Hesitate to Migrate

• Lack of Skilled Developers and Cloud Expertise

• Cost Concerns

• Data Security and Control

• Risks Associated with Recoding

• Recommendations for IT Service Providers

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