Mainframe to Virtual Environment Migration

A legacy mainframe can be limiting in many ways. As your organization grows and technology advances, your mainframe which runs on outdated legacy software becomes obsolete. You are also finding it difficult to manage such dated software, as the people who used to be familiar with them have long since retired and left the workforce. In order to maintain your competitive edge in today’s tough market, you have to move with the times. This means that your organization has to move away from its almost obsolete legacy mainframe system to more modern virtual environment.

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A virtual environment is nothing but a collective of virtual machines; which are in effect, cloud computing networks scattered around and connected only by the Internet. They work on the same platform using the same software and work on the same problem or problems, but are physically not connected. The advantage of cloud computing and virtual environments over conventional mainframes is that they can all use virtualized software. Which means that one licensed copy of the software can be used on any number of virtual machines, unlike a legacy mainframe where licensing fees can be prohibitive because they are based on the actual usage.

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When you want to migrate to a cloud network or virtual environment, you have to engage a team of migration specialists. They will study your organization, your unique needs, your computing needs and then come up with a plan for the migration process which will give you the best possible benefits with the least amount of disruption. Your organization has to be studied, analyzed, assessed and tested before the migration can be implemented. This detailed analysis will ensure in as smooth and painless migration as possible.