It wasn’t that long ago that Hitachi Data Systems was rumoured to be buying IBM’s mainframe division and now it has announced that it’s dumping its own mainframe business. It’s also announced that it will supply IBM z Systems loaded with Hitachi VOS3 operating system software. Let’s unpick this information.
Swisscom to replace legacy systems with LzLabs Software Defined Mainframe
Swisscom is planning to migrate its mainframe applications from its IBM mainframe onto x86 servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, using the LzLabs Software Defined Mainframe as a virtual system within Swisscom data centres. It will run existing mainframe applications on more cost-efficient Linux servers, without changes to its application programme code.
Swisscom to re-host legacy applications on the LzLabs Software Defined Mainframe
LzLabs today announced that leading Swiss telecommunications and IT service provider Swisscom is planning the re-hosting of its legacy applications on the LzLabs Software Defined Mainframe. Using the solution, Swisscom will run existing mainframe applications on more cost-efficient Linux servers, without changes to its application program code.
Swisscom to re-host legacy apps on LzLabs platform
LzLabs announced that Swisscom is planning the re-hosting of its legacy applications on the LzLabs Software Defined Mainframe. Using the platform, Swisscom said it will run existing mainframe applications on more cost-efficient Linux servers, without changes to its application programme code. The re-hosting requires no recompilation of Cobol or PL / 1 application programmes as LzLabs supports existing mainframe operational environments and programming languages.
Applying ‘Software Defined’ to Mainframes
Representatives of LzLabs reached out to me to wave a banner for the company’s “very first customer,” Swiss telco and IT service provider, Swisscom. According to the company, their customer is “planning to migrate its mainframe applications from its IBM mainframe onto x86 servers running Linux, using the LzLabs Software Defined Mainframe.”
