IBM Z for the Digital Enterprise 2018 - IBM ADDI as an Enabler for Digital Transformation
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This document provides an overview of IBM Application Discovery, which helps clients understand their legacy application code on mainframe systems. It discusses how Application Discovery can help clients protect their investments in legacy applications by enabling digital transformation and API integration. Several customer examples are then presented that discuss how Application Discovery helped reduce risks, enable transformation, and increase productivity for clients in industries such as insurance, banking, retail, and energy. The document concludes with frequently asked questions about Application Discovery.
IBM Z for the Digital Enterprise 2018 - IBM ADDI as an Enabler for Digital Transformation
- 1. IBM Z / © 2017 IBM Corporation IBM Application Discovery An enabler for Digital Transformation Shelagh Ashley Application Discovery : Integration Executive IBM Z for the Digital Enterprise Delhi Jan 19th 2017
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- 3. Why does this matter? DevOps Hybrid Cloud API Economy 3
- 4. Mainframe legacy systems have their own challenges “I am being isolated from the newer technologies” “I cant find resources for legacy technologies” “My staff is nearing or past retirement age” “I need to be more responsive to the market and competition” “I need to save costs on running my Legacy System. ” “Regulatory changes are getting faster paced, I can’t keep up” “How do I Identify quality & test exposure for my modified code”
- 5. How can you improve understanding of your legacy code? 5
- 6. ADDI helps protect, extend and grow the investments made in legacy applications PROTECT Regulation & Control Management ADDI allow clients to expose new z based services as APIs and connect their existing mainframe applications to cloud apps as the fastest & most cost effective way to drive new value and agility ADDI combined with IBM solutions for hybrid cloud and API management tools like z/os connect help accelerate the transformation to cloud and the enabling of new revenue and service models. ADDI helps retrieve and analyse mainframe application components to get an automated view of the source code to quickly identify software quality and complexity issues EXTEND Digital Transformation API Economy GROW Cloud Adoption New revenue models
- 9. Business Problem/Opportunity • Cost and development effort to do source investigations was an issue • 100 man months for the investigation ;10% of overall development workload. • Efforts to modernize existing applications and deploy a new partner-enabled application had stalled due to complexity of their application architecture • Considerable business frustration led them to seek impact analysis tools for legacy system source code investigations Solution/Benefits • IBM Application Discovery used across 900 plus developers • Securely enabled the opening of existing mainframe systems to web services • Enterprise rollout reduced analysis time by 30% • Defined and implemented core coding standards to improve application quality A Major Japanese Insurance Company To: Securely open existing mainframe to web services and Improve quality/maintainability
- 10. Business Problem/Opportunity • Modernization was a strategic direction for the client • Client facing Strategic initiative to enable their clients and partners more access to self service functions (improve service, lower costs, increase competitive capabilities) • IT Data Services Manager was the key sponsor. Solution/Benefits • IBM Application Discovery used to enable development teams to better support initiative • Existing staff resources in their mainframe development team could work at speed • Business agility – differentiator was the entire Dev Ops platform value proposition A Major US based Energy company To: Drive customer modernization
- 11. Business Problem/Opportunity • After a merger of 2 companies, the client had 2 mainframe core systems • Client wanted to combine these into a single new system. Solution/Benefits • Client needed to understand their mainframe application landscape. • IBM Application Discovery team took 5 source code stacks from a LOB sponsor and presented a solution to the customer using their own source code. • The client immediately saw the value add and the productivity gains that could be derived A Major US Retailer To: Increase productivity and help understand core system mainframe apps after an acquisition
- 13. Business Problem/Opportunity • 10,000 hrs per year in lost productivity looking up application dependencies • Lack of documentation of legacy application documentation • New hires lack understanding of domain apps • Other problems identified in their Application Development lifecycle • Needed an Intuitive, lightweight, easy to use User Interface that met the requirement for a wide range of development experience Solution/Benefits • Under 1 year payback and fast deployment to 600 developers with Agile process. • Wider solution opportunities opened up covering Test, Documentation • Place at the table with CIO agenda A Major European Bank To: Regain lost productivity and CIO Waste Reduction Project
- 14. Business Problem/Opportunity • Company had a 5,000 people reduction in force with significant impact on developers • Replacement hiring of junior developers but not able to deliver function at the speed of the business with reduced Headcount and Skills Solution/Benefits • ADDI was bought to improve the productivity and efficiencies of the resources through improvement of impact analysis and visualization. • Company was able to speed up development of required modernization changes that was centred on improvements in customer facing code A US based Insurance Company To: Drive increase productivity benefits
- 15. Business Problem/Opportunity • All Development in the companies Insurance division is done in India • The Insurance Division wanted to improve the productivity of their off shore development team • They started looking for automated software to help them with improving their Impact Analysis and the ramp up time for productivity of their new hires Solution/Benefits • Demo of IBM Application Discovery • Client concluded they could meet their productivity targets and drive faster time to market with less resource using ADDI • The client sponsor was the Director of Applications A US based Global Financial Investment Management Leader To: Improve productivity
- 17. Business Problem/Opportunity Customer was doing a VSE to zOS migration using off shore contracted resources They needed tools to help them understand the zOS version and to quickly trouble shoot problems and assess who owns the resolution (them or contractor) They needed a way of reducing the risks associated with the migrated code. Solution/Benefits Customer wanted the ability to understand what the contractor had given them and to have confidence that they can analyze it when operational issues occur. IBM Application Discovery was sold along with RDz and RTC to provide the client with a complete tool set for their new zOS environment. ADDI helps them understand the old code, the complexity, size the modernization effort, and assist in debugging operational issues. environments well. US based Financial Credit provider To: Reduction of risk from migration
- 18. Business Problem/Opportunity • Resiliency of core application • 30yr old code for Cash and Custody Application Solution/Benefits • Application Resiliency Assessment • Remediation recommendation engagement • Leveraged IBM Application Discovery A New York Based Bank To: Reduction of risk from managing old code
- 19. Business Problem/Opportunity • Customer had a Driver’s License Application that was very old and written in assembler + Cobol. • Business concern on the risks associated with being able to modernize and move to an “Automated Driver’s License” • their application Subject matter expert (SME) was retiring • They used CAST but found it did not support the mainframe environments well. Solution/Benefits • The retiring SME participated in the demos and recommended ADDI • Customer’s code used for the demo –immediate realization of risk reduction • SME learned some things about his own code he no longer remembered. US State Government To: Reduction of risk from migration
- 20. Clients have experienced measurable Benefits in Productivity 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Assessment Requirements Project Management Development Documentation Testing Support, Problem… 70-80% 15-20% 30-50% 20-30% 60-90% 40-50% 30-40% * Based on analyst’s validation of client surveys for typical activity improvement
- 21. Frequently asked Questions How can I access the software? • z-trial – 3 day access to AD/ADDI in the cloud • Triahttps://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/resources/trials.html • Evaluation software (100 program limit How is the Software priced? • Perpetual user license and monthly term options Who do I talk with to get assistance if I have a customer project? Suzanne at scrumb@us.ibm.com Suman at suman.gopinath@in.ibm.com
- 22. Additional Information A pan-African bank cuts through complexity to identify efficiencies and save millions of dollars Read the case study A US insurer gives developers the tools to innovate with greater freedom and lower risk Read the case study UK bank optimizes visibility of internal systems See how bank gained fresh insight into its application landscape to spot opportunities and boost performance. Read the case study Forrester Report : Total Economic Impact of IBM Application Discovery And Delivery Intelligence
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