pSeries Application Modernization to Azure
Kyndryl Inc.
Kyndryl helps organizations modernize IBM pSeries workloads on AIX and IBM i by leveraging Kyndryl Cloud Uplift (KCU) and Azure cloud-native services.
IBM pSeries workloads remain critical for many enterprises but face challenges with aging infrastructure, high costs, and limited scalability. Kyndryl provides a structured modernization approach that enables organizations to either migrate workloads with minimal disruption or modernize them for long-term innovation on Microsoft Azure.
Customer Challenges
- Aging infrastructure and rising operational costs
- Limited scalability and flexibility of legacy systems
- Complexity in modernizing mission-critical workloads
- Need to balance quick migration with long-term transformation
- Difficulty integrating legacy platforms with modern cloud services
Solution Overview
Kyndryl delivers a comprehensive approach to modernize pSeries workloads using Kyndryl Cloud Uplift (KCU) for lift-and-shift migration and Azure cloud-native services for deeper modernization.
Solution Capabilities
- Kyndryl Cloud Uplift (KCU) Migration: Seamless lift-and-shift migration of AIX and IBM i workloads without code changes
- Cloud-native Modernization: Replatform, refactor, or rearchitect applications using Azure services such as AKS, App Service, and managed databases
- Modernization Assessment: Define the right cloud adoption and transformation strategy
- Application & Data Modernization: Enable scalable and future-ready architectures
- Managed Services: Ongoing operations, monitoring, and optimization
Modernization Approach
- Discovery and Assessment: Analyze workloads, dependencies, and risks
- Design and Planning: Define strategy, migration waves, and success criteria
- Migration and Testing: Execute migration and validate through testing
- Cutover and Support: Transition with minimal disruption and provide support
- Continuous Improvement: Optimize performance and adapt to evolving needs
Key Benefits
- Fast migration using Kyndryl Cloud Uplift (KCU) or phased modernization
- Reduced infrastructure costs and improved resource utilization
- Enhanced scalability and flexibility with Azure services
- Improved security and compliance posture
- Support for modern development practices and integration with AI and advanced services
- Reduced risk through proven methodologies and automation
Why Kyndryl
- Deep expertise in mainframe and pSeries transformation
- Proven experience modernizing mission-critical enterprise workloads
- End-to-end services from assessment through managed operations
- Strong alignment with Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud strategies
Kyndryl helps organizations modernize pSeries workloads to leverage Azure capabilities while ensuring the right platform for the right workload.
Call to Action
Modernize your pSeries environment with Kyndryl. Contact us to assess your workloads and define a migration and modernization roadmap.
Terms, conditions, duration, and pricing are custom to each engagement. Please contact us to discuss a solution that meets your business needs. Offer availability may be limited in some countries.
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Solution Brief - pSeries Modernization to Azure