Talk to the Modernization Experts articles

Blog Consolidation

MKSmith101 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:27:19 GMT

Heading into the sunset...

Transformation to the Cloud

MKSmith101 — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:02:42 GMT

If you want to fully embrace the cloud, you are going to need to consider architecture changes to the vast majority of your applications that are not currently cloud suitable.

Automated Language Translation: Pitfalls

MKSmith101 — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:39:48 GMT

When evaluating automated translation as a modernization solution, there are trade-offs to be considered between exact semantic fidelity and comprehensibility.

Automated Language Translation : One Element of Continuous Transformation

MKSmith101 — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:24:21 GMT

While you may engage very focused specialists to accelerate a transformation, it is critical that you have either an in-house team or advisors that can ensure that these niche capabilities are applied as part of an overall portfolio life-cycle. Individual projects will share repeatable processes for the universal transformation functions like testing, training and incremental deployment into production.

Pretotyping Applied to Application Transformation

MKSmith101 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:03:33 GMT

"Innovators beat ideas. Building beats talking. Data beats opinion."

Show me the money: reinvesting untapped facilities savings into IT modernization

Modernization — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:10:45 GMT

By Shawna Rudd, Enterprise Services WW Marketing

Check out this Q&A on data center facilities modernization with HP’s Mike Thomas.

Application Modernization Can Reduce Mainframe TCO

Modernization — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:39:21 GMT

By Shawna Rudd, Product Marketing Manager, Mainframe Management & Data Center Modernization Services

Looking for ways to cut your mainframe costs? Well, HP offers many …

Why I’m Not Reading George Eliot, Same Goes for COBOL

woodsps56 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:25:26 GMT

Critical transformation decisions can't ignore application functionality.

But how do you "read" all your code beforehand?

Consumerization, Mobility and BYOC – It’s not about the device

Modernization — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:34:25 GMT

By Dave Welch, Enterprise Services Workplace Modernization Consultant

Attend HP DISCOVER Session ID #4242: De-mystifying IT Transformation—achieving IT optimization through transformation to hear more from Dave on Workplace infrastructure modernization.

Business Process to Applications Mapping

MKSmith101 — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:13:38 GMT

Analyze your application portfolio to identify candidates for cost reduction and the potential to streamline a bloated inventory.

Are You Leaving Money on the Table?

MKSmith101 — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:53:00 GMT

Are you leaving money on the table thanks to applications that are underutilized (or not utilized)?

Enterprise Wide Instant-On

MKSmith101 — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:05:33 GMT

Last week HP unveiled its vision for the "instant-On Enterprise".

Your IT Enterprise as an Ecosystem

MKSmith101 — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:01:41 GMT

Your IT enterprise is part of an ecosystem, not a collection of applications.

Modernization: How Radical is Enough?

MKSmith101 — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:10:01 GMT

Is your mainframe software context-aware?

N-grams: Documenting the Rise and Fall of 'Mainframe'

MKSmith101 — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:08:57 GMT

Does frequency of use correspond to the rise and fall of named technologies?

Rules of Thumb: Custom Software Replacement Cost

MKSmith101 — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:48:20 GMT

What are the rules of thumb for the time and cost required to perform a software replacement?

Programming languages on the rise include COBOL. Huh?

MKSmith101 — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:34:24 GMT

Didn't realize you were cutting edge?

Pattern Recognition, Latency, and the Instant-On Enterprise

woodsps56 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:56:52 GMT

Can you quickly find the critical patterns in your legacy source code?

Would you like a roadmap?

woodsps56 — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:34:08 GMT

Sample Transformation Experience roadmap

Coyote Rule #3

woodsps56 — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:23:33 GMT

How I spent my summer vacation and why Wile E. Coyote may offer philosophical relief.