Application modernization

Application modernization: The business challenge

Extending the value of legacy applications

Inflexible, aging, and poorly integrated IT systems can hinder your ability to quickly innovate and deliver new products and services to your customers. Today’s users have grown accustomed to the ease of use of modern Web-based applications. However, many organizations still depend on traditional text-oriented, host based applications which can be inefficient, difficult to use, and hard to change. Organizations are looking for efficient, secure and high performance access to this information from new and existing applications to improve customer satisfaction and drive new business growth.

IBM application modernization offers solutions to help you re-vitalize, modernize, and extend these applications to deliver new differentiated value and realize greater return on technology investments and avoid costly rewrites.

  • Reduce IT costs and improve alignment with your customer needs
  • Minimize project risk and achieve quick return on investment (ROI)
  • Deliver new products and services faster with fewer resources

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Featured application modernization products

  • Rational Developer for Power Systems

    Integrated development and debug tools for AIX IBM i, and Linux, covering C/C++ and COBOL application development.

  • Rational Migration Extensions

    Migrate older applications to EGL a modern programming environment that facilitates deployment of applications and services on to open platforms.

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Evaluate the enterprise modernization sandbox for System z and Power Systems

System z resource kit

Resources to get you started and deepen your knowledge of modern mainframe application development.

Power systems resource kit

Resources designed to guide you into making the most of your existing IT investments

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Enterprise modernization: The Cornerstone of Smarter Computing

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Application modernization: The business challenge