Moving IBM i Applications to the Cloud with AWS and Precisely
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The document discusses the transition of IBM i applications to the AWS cloud, highlighting the importance of IBM i data for mid-size enterprises and the growing trend towards cloud modernization. It details customer challenges such as data silos and the need for real-time data integration, while presenting solutions like Precisely's data replication services for enhanced agility and innovation. Real-world examples demonstrate the successful modernization initiatives of organizations like AAA Life and Sky New Zealand using these tools.
Moving IBM i Applications to the Cloud with AWS and Precisely
- 1. Moving IBM i Applications to the Cloud with AWS and Precisely John de Saint Phalle | Director, Product Management Rochelle Grubbs | Senior Director, Solutions Architect
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- 4. Confidential: Prepared for Precisely Customers and Prospects IBM i is a critical asset for your business 70% Mid-size Enterprises Globally 50% + Core business applications run on IBM i Financial services fastest adopters of IBM i #1 of World’s Top Industries use IBM i 3 Higher ROI than other servers* ↑ *2024 IBM i Marketplace Survey Results
- 5. 85% of organizations will embrace a cloud-first principle by 2025” - Gartner 55% of leaders site data modernization as the reason for their shift to cloud” - Deloitte •72% of IBM i users cite modernization as their top concern” • - Forta 2024 IBM i Marketplace Survey “ “ “
- 6. Customer challenges with IBM i Integrity of data during modernization Data silos Limited innovation Data vulnerabilities due to bespoke solutions
- 7. AWS Mainframe Modernization Data Replication with Precisely for IBM i Quickly replicate enterprise data from IBM i to Cloud Allow business applications to leverage IBM i data in near real time Agility Replicate IBM i data for use with AWS Cloud services Use for reporting, advanced analytics, ML/AI, and migration and modernization Innovation Leverage built-in centralized security, monitoring, fail-over and data sovereignty enabled by target AWS Cloud databases Enable data consistency across IBM i and the AWS Cloud with near real-time replication Resilience © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- 8. Benefits © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Quickly Replicate IBM i Data Supports IBM i Data Sources Built in Integration with Cloud DB and AWS Services Pay per Use by GB of Data Replicated Observability and Auditability Resiliency and High Availability
- 9. Use Cases 9 Business Insights Digital Operations Incremental Modernization • Web and mobile apps • Near real-time fraud detection • Chat bots • Customer engagement • Start with inquiry services Distributed architecture with CQRS pattern • Incrementally offload business functions • Business insights • Reporting • AI model training • Generative AI use cases © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- 10. How it works Quickly replicate the data into purpose built datastores on AWS to generate business value AWS Mainframe Modernization service for IBM i Data Replication with Precisely uses CDC to replicate data from IBM i to AWS Db2 for IBM i IBM i Data Sources People Apps Devices Integrate Databases Data warehouse Amazon SageMaker Store, Query, analyze Act Amazon Bedrock Amazon Aurora Amazon DynamoDB Business Intelligence Amazon QuickSight ML Generative AI BIG Data Amazon EMR Amazon Redshift 1 2 3 AWS Cloud © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- 12. OBJECTIVE CHALLENGES BENEFITS SOLUTION: Precisely Connect for Db2 to AWS • AAA understood that modernizing every aspect of its business operations, especially core IT systems, was key to providing the innovative applications and services expected by its consumers, partners, and internal team members. • Policy processing and customer analytics hindered by reliance on multiple disparate computing platforms and applications • Cloud modernization initiative required extensive integration of existing applications and data flows • Dependent upon core business applications and data on IBM i servers and storage systems • Transforming, validating, and migrating extensive volumes of historical customer and financial data for use in cloud computing systems • IBM i data is available for in near real-time • Future-proofing the architecture so that AAA Life can implement new targets and data use cases seamlessly • Maximizing the investment in IBM i while continuing to innovate and deliver new functionality • Eliminate need for IBM i specialized skills
- 13. OBJECTIVE • Sky New Zealand needed a way to move data from their core IBM i systems to the new cloud-based technologies that they were implementing. CHALLENGES • Data silos prevented IBM i data from being readily available for use • Existing ETL tools were inflexible and slow (lag time of 4-10 hours) • Limited time and skills to build and maintain a process that would connect existing on- premises data sources with new cloud-based platforms BENEFITS • Breakdown of data silos between IBM i systems and their new cloud-based platforms • Hours of development time were saved, allowing time to be spent on other projects • Sales team has access to data in near real-time, feeding their reports and dashboards SOLUTION: Precisely Connect for Db2 to Snowflake on AWS
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Editor's Notes
- #5: We also see organizations continue to get value out of their i investment – 70% of companies in the mid-size range are using IBM i today, that means organizations that have between $50 million and $1 billion in annual revenues and/or 100 to 1000 employees. The top 3 industries globally have IBM i in their technology stack - wholesale distribution, retail distribution, manufacturing, When asked how many core business applications run on their IBM i in 2019, 500 IBM i users surveyed said more than half Those surveyed also said they felt that IBM i had higher ROI than other platforms they were using for data systems With numbers like these, it is clear that mainframe and IBM i systems are critical to the business…
- #6: Research shows that: 85% of organizations will embrace a cloud-first principle by 2025 55% of leaders site data modernization as the reason for their shift to cloud Approximately $100 billion of wasted migration spend is expected over the next three years So despite the excitement around getting to the cloud, organizations need to be careful…
- #14: Precisely Connect IBMi Snowflake Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) Precisely Connect with Change Data Capture (CDC) SAS IT services Challenge: They were unable to derive business insights from their data due to internal silos and the ETL tools weren't satisfactory. Needed a tool that would not only take the data out of the IBMi systems and push it into Snowflake, but also, do that in near real time without having to build anything. Solution: Results: