Writing for CIO, Brandon Edenfield recently outlined some of the reasons companies should think of the cloud as they work toward legacy system modernization. According to him (and others), cloud use has wide-spreading benefits for your company's IT architecture.
Below are some key points that reinforce why the cloud is preferable, and what an efficient migration plan can mean for your business:
- More options: A big change present in the legacy modernization field these days is the wealth of options available to companies looking to update. This means choosing the right one is more important, with the Flynet viewer offered by Inventu presenting an easy choice for virtual access.
- Increased connectivity: Technology has specifically evolved to transform mainframe access into a viable process within the reach of any business. The Guardian recently ran an article by Alyson Edmonds from O2 Business on the growing role that smartphones play in everyday lives and work settings. She notes that more than 1 billion new phones will be sold this year alone, meaning that enterprise solutions for legacy terminals need to anticipate devices that are new as well as mobile
- Financial savings: Ultimately, the cloud saves money, as well as time and effort, by boosting usage and functionality. Edenfield writes that legacy applications in virtual environments "immediately take advantage of the greater economies of scale that cloud provides and give your business greater agility and resilience. For instance, running decoupled services in the cloud will allow multiple users to access the application during peak periods of increased workload volumes."
Taking advantage of legacy modernization systems will lead businesses to better use of the cloud in the long run.