IBM has introduced the aIBM Z update and the Cloud Modernization Center, a platform with which IBM Z clients have access to all kinds of tools, resources and training, as well as access to an ecosystem of partners with which to find facilities to modernize applications, data and processes. All in an open hybrid cloud architecture.
With the Cloud Modernization Center, IBM Z customers can learn a variety of information about the health of their infrastructure. This enables them to focus on designing and executing their application and data strategy running on IBM Z.
As part of the IBM Z and the Cloud Modernization Center, the company’s clients have access to resources and training, with which they will have a suitable guide for professionals, IT executives and developers. Among the main advantages of this center is the specific IBM experience in the domain, which includes the assets, the experience and the methodologies of IBM Consulting, co-creation with clients, access to demos, tests, minimum viable products, workshops and other services. .
Apart from this, it incorporates a strategic ecosystem of technology and service partners, including system integrators, with diverse offerings and competencies. Currently such partners in the Cloud Modernization Center are Cap Gemini and Deloitte Consulting LLP. Technology partners include software providers and managed service companies such as Fujitsu Limites, MuleSoft or Software AG.
On the other hand, the platform also has several additional resources, among which there are links to learning centers to facilitate modernization application techniques to architects and developers. Also a reference center with success stories, analysis documents and other education and training materials.
Meredith Stowell, Vice President, IBM Z Ecosystem, remember that «hUntil now, global companies running IBM Z have had limited options for information and modernization steps. Coupled with confusing vendor narratives in the marketplace and accounts of failed migrations, finding a resource that IT leaders can turn to can be a real challenge. The reality is that the future is hybrid, and there IBM Z and Cloud work better together. While in some cases elevation and displacement mitigation seem attractive options for modernization, in others it can be a one-way street, limited to a public cloud that can have cost, governance and security implications. IBM has a deep understanding of the capabilities of the IBM Z, the cloud ecosystem and the environment of the industries that trust us, and we have put together all the necessary elements to help our clients adopt the hybrid cloud in one place. “
