Mainframe Modernization: A Practical Conversation with BMC on Understanding Before Converting
I had a blast chatting with Anthony Anter, DevOps Evangelist at BMC Software on The Ravit Show and this one goes deep into a topic many enterprises are struggling with quietly. Mainframe modernization. Not tools. Not hype. Real ground reality.
We started with a simple but uncomfortable truth Tony writes about
Before you even think about converting code, explain what you already have.
That single line sets the tone for the entire conversation.
- We talked about why so many COBOL to Java projects fail even before they begin.
- Why teams rush into conversion without understanding decades of…
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