In this podcast episode, Walter Sweat hosts Chad Jones, CRO, and Paul Holland, CTO, from Astadia to discuss the evolving landscape of mainframe modernization and cloud migration. They explore the historical context of mainframe migration, the shift in customer needs towards agility and cloud solutions, and the current trends in refactoring versus replatforming. The conversation also touches on the importance of planning, automation, and the role of Gen AI in modernizing legacy systems. The experts share insights on how organizations can successfully navigate their mainframe to cloud journeys and the future potential of Gen AI in this space.

Takeaways
1) Mainframe migration is evolving with cloud adoption.
2) Customer needs have shifted towards agility and responsiveness.
3) Refactoring is becoming more common than replatforming.
4) Automation is key to successful modernization projects.
5) Planning and mapping are critical for migration success.
6) Gen AI is an enabler, not a standalone solution.
7) Experience and partnership are vital for successful projects.
8) The market for mainframe migration is changing rapidly.
9) Legacy systems require tailored modernization strategies.
10) Understanding dependencies is crucial for migration planning.
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Astadia is an industry leader providing core software solutions, know-how, and support for complex mainframe-to-cloud migration and modernization projects. With over 30 years of experience, demonstrated solutions, and high-performing software tools, we help enterprises and government organizations boost their innovation capacity, competitiveness and agility by accelerating their digital transformation.
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