| |October 20199agile models of IT delivery in order for them to make informed decisions about infrastructure, processes, people and tools. 3. It allows a business to exploit the cloud- Rehost-ing is critical to helping an IT organization extend its modernizing apps to the cloud. Your choice of a Re-hosting application should offer the option of running it in a cloud. 4. It's less risky than rewriting. Re-engineering pro-jects can take years. Rehosting is not only faster, but it also means no changes to the underlying business logic or user interface, with no negative impact on the en-terprise. It requires minimal training, and the system operates in exactly the same way.5. It increases uptime and reliability- Rehost-ing gives the ability to configure Active, and Ac-tive clustering across your infrastructure provides the foundation for the `five nines' of availability in this `always-on' world. 6. It improves performance and manageability- The ability to dynamically scale your environment based on business demand eliminates the need to always provide resources for peak processing ­ even though they may only be required for short periods of time ­ maintaining maximum service and reliability. You pay for what you use, with no impact on the business.7. It helps identify system inefficiencies- Through Rehosting, you might discover portions of your source code go unused. Rehosting allows you to review all of your legacy code for efficiency and usage patterns.8. It enables a business to leverage existing work-force and skillsets- Mainframe experts still exist because so many mission-critical systems in enterprises are still running mainframes. With Rehosting, IT departments can leverage their existing mainframe skills as well as the skills of the open systems teams.9. It helps increase agility and time to market- Ac-cording to CGI, apart from vendor lock-in, organiza-tions still dependent on mainframes are confronted by four realities: slow time-to-market; aging skills pools; lack of access to best-in-class software; and high maintenance costs.10. It allows a business to provide the best customer experience- We live in an always-on world with con-sumers expecting a highly personalized customer expe-rience, even in the virtual realm. Rehosting allows you to unlock the value of your mainframe apps by expos-ing them to web services for mobile and digital applica-tions, transforming the customer experience.A Changing Enterprise LandscapeEnterprise organizations benefit when they resist see-ing modernization as a `one-off' project where progress and innovation stop at the end, and instead embrace modernization as a cycle. For businesses that want to modernize but are wary of a full rewrite, Rehosting provides the platform an organization needs to meet the demands of the new digital economy and ensure its future success. With Rehosting, IT departments can leverage their existing mainframe skills as well as the skills of the open systems teams
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