Most Mainframe Application Rewrites Fail The First Time
CIODIVE, Tuesday, September 24th, 2024
'Almost everyone in the mainframe space recognizes that these are not toy workloads,' Rocket Software executive Phil Buckellew said.
Refactoring mainframe applications commonly results in failure on the first try, according to a Forrester survey of over 300 IT professionals commissioned by Rocket Software.
Nine in 10 rewrite projects don't succeed on their initial attempt and more than half of respondents said multiple failures stalled broader digital transformation initiatives. Mainframe skills gaps, complex integration strategies and inadequate tools were the most common reasons for misfires, the survey found.
'Almost everyone in the mainframe space recognizes that these are not toy workloads,' Phil Buckellew, president of Rocket Software's infrastructure modernization business unit, told CIO Dive. 'They are the core of everyone's business.'