Modernization tools for mainframes

In the financial services sector, enterprise organizations depend on mainframe and midrange technologies to operate their core systems and point-of-sale devices, such as credit card systems, automated teller machines, and cash registers. They utilize systems like IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS), IBM Information Management System (IMS), and IBM MQ, among other systems. Data is typically stored in Virtual storage access method (VSAM) files, relational databases, or other storage solutions.​

Microsoft offers application and data capabilities to support financial services growth in the Cloud. Microsoft is a key player in the financial services industry since 1990, with our Microsoft Host Integration Server technologies serving as a bridge between mainframes and midranges. As customers now demand cloud-native modernization tools to integrate legacy systems with current ecosystems, Azure Logic Apps provides the necessary orchestration capabilities for mainframe systems and Artificial Intelligence solutions, while our modern data platform ensures secure storage of mission-critical information in the cloud.​

A high-level architecture diagram for modernizing mainframe systems using Azure Logic Apps

Learn more about Azure logic apps and their usage from the following information sources:

Customer example

How a US bank modernized its mainframe applications with IBM Consulting and Microsoft Azure - IBM Blog​

Partner example

Accelerate mainframe application modernization with IBM and Microsoft - Microsoft Community Hub

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