Some organizations plan to move as many applications as possible from the mainframe to distributed systems; they plan either minimal or no new investment in the mainframe. Some mainframe apps will be made accessible via the web.

DataKinetics has both product and consulting solutions that help make a protracted migration like this as seamless as possible.

tableBASE is the key to minimizing the mainframe-- it reduces the cost of running the mainframe, while improving both performance and throughput. Cost savings will be significant, and can be applied to more high-proirity spending on distributed system development.

Fig 1: Modernization: Minimizing the Mainframe

tableDIRECT, a reference data distribution product, and netTABLES, a distributed systems data manager, are used for the distribution and management of oft-accessed reference data, and efficient data interoperability between mainframe systems and distributed systems.

mainframeDIRECT, an application modernization product, provides the capability for the immediate modernization of mainframe applications.

DataKinetics professional services can help with both the interpretation and assessment of existing mainframe applications, as well as preparation, planning and coding of the replacement distributed system applications.