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Enterprise modernization for distributed platforms

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Today’s IT systems depend upon complex and interrelated applications deployed across multiple platforms, including IBM® z/OS®, IBM i (i5/OS®), UNIX®, Microsoft® Windows®, Linux®, and others.

To modernize, legacy applications written in Java™, C/C++, Visual Basic®, PowerBuilder®, and other proprietary environments must be transformed and integrated to provide a unified, business process-centric IT environment.

You must decide when and how to enhance collaboration and productivity across various development teams. You need integrated tools for the rapid development of flexible applications using traditional and new skills to create applications that run in a variety of environments.

Application modernization solutions

  • Reduce TCO and project risk, improve productivity, and achieve rapid and cost-effective execution of strategies to develop, maintain, support, and reuse proven Java™, Microsoft® .Net, and client/server applications in more flexible architectures.


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People modernization solutions

  • Empower your staff of veteran distributed-technology developers to become: more productive at their daily distributed application development, maintenance, and support tasks. Learn how they can participate and contribute significantly in Web 2.0 (Rich Internet Application) leading-edge multiplatform development projects.


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Team modernization solutions

  • Learn how your teams can develop and deploy using unified software collaboration, change, configuration, and build management solutions. Elevate and accelerate multiplatform and multi-site IT team cooperative development projects. Improve governance and business agility.


    Learn about team modernization