It’s easy to understand the current disillusionment around the term “digital transformation,” as it has been thrown around vaguely as the ultimate answer to business innovation without much recognition of the nuances of technological change.
When it comes to mainframe systems, the issue here most likely can be traced back to the word “transformation.” The perceived challenge inherent in the transformation of a vital business process is that it involves a paradigm-shifting, instantaneous “big-bang” overhaul of IT, with no recognition of the complications involved in modernizing a complex web of intertwined systems and data.
