Category: Legacy

What workloads you must move to the Cloud – Part 3 (for Batch workloads)

Batch workloads date back to the early days of computation when mainframes dominated the computing world.  They still play a significant role in different disciplines including business, engineering, medical, healthcare, and other areas. Batch workloads are normally designed to run in the background and are meant to process huge amounts of data. What are the challenges of running batch workloads on-premise? 1. Poor customer experience Less availability of business functionality On-premise IT ecosystems typically have batch workloads that need an extensive amount of computing and storage provisioning. This is why real-time workloads cannot share environments with batch workloads due to...

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How lack of pre-analysis doubles or triples the costs for business rule extraction from legacy systems

Legacy platform modernization is one of the top IT priorities for most business organizations. It is a key strategy for organizations to stay relevant in the modern market. However, legacy modernization is typically a large and complex initiative. One of the reasons why legacy modernization is complex is because it typically involves business rule extraction from legacy systems. Business rule extraction from legacy mainframe systems has always been a complex task, involves a lot of unknowns, and the degree of accuracy is traditionally low. This makes it difficult to estimate what it takes to perform business rule extraction with reasonable...