Eighty percent of the world’s corporate data resides on the mainframe. While reports of the death of mainframes have been greatly exaggerated, IT teams must consider the best long term strategy for leveraging legacy systems. In this session, we will discuss:
• Pros and cons of legacy systems
• The hurdles with converting to the cloud
• Considerations for migrating data
• Integration tools to modernize the mainframe

About the Speaker, Don Spoerke
Director of Product Evangelization of GT Software

A 25-year veteran in the enterprise modernization space, Don has collaborated with an impressive list of global FORTUNE companies to intelligently integrate legacy mainframe assets to scale for new business application initiatives. Don provides practical, sound technical and strategic vision for organizations that seek to expand the role of the mainframe within the enterprise to quickly and cost-effectively integrate into new technologies like mobile and web applications, as well as cloud-based solutions.