Platform 3 Solutions helps a top 10 global bank retire 1000s of legacy applications – expected to save billions
December 20, 2018 – Minnetonka, MN – One of the largest banks in the world with $2.5 trillion under management is kicking off a global data center and application reconciliation …Read More
TICK TOCK TICK TOCK – A lot of software goes out of service soon
The layers that define the modern ‘tech stack’ is heading to a need for a grand refresh. 2019 brings significant portions of any organizations data center to need major upgrades. …Read More
IBM sells Lotus Notes to HCL – What are your options?
On October 30, 2018 IBM sold a portfolio of technologies to HCL (including Lotus Notes) for $1.8B ends an era that started when they purchased Lotus in 1995 for $3.52B. …Read More
The future of Customer Communications Management and what to do if you use legacy applications like IBM CMOD
The desire for everyone to create a better customer experience and ‘transform’ their technology to create those more modern experiences is in full swing. Corporations desire to move clients away …Read More
App Decomm 101 – What and why you should care
We are heading into the biggest transformation of business since the move from the mainframe to open systems. Today’s world requires a nimbleness and costing structure that takes the risk out of technology – all based on cloud services. But how you get there, the business case and where to start are big issues – but not the top issue. The primary challenge is how organizations reconcile their existing systems and decide what to migrate, archive or completely retire.Read More
The Impetus to start the App Decomm Refinery
Every conversation I have – no matter the size, age or complexity of a company – there is a need to retire and decommission technology. No debates the need, …Read More
Archon is the first application retirement tool to pass security attestation testing
At-test-what?
Attestation is not a term widely used in everyday conversation. However, it is critical that software be secure and properly reviewed, especially in the current technological landscape. …Read More
Legacy Technology is Slowing Transformation – an Insurance Example
The evolution of technology from mainframe, to open systems and now cloud has left the need to reconcile what you have and guide your path forward:
Replace systems (Migration to new)Retain …Read More
IT costs in healthcare are going through a huge reconciliation
Even as technology costs drop and cloud options grow, hospitals are hampered by their legacy systems in moving forward. One of the biggest challenges that carries a significant cost and security concern is in the management of older patient data—medical records that bring a 360 degree view of a patients’ medical history potentially including digital x-rays, CAT scans, MRIs and the list goes on. But also the financial relationship with the patient and the insurance carrier(s).Read More