{"id":432804,"date":"2022-02-04T12:29:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T10:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=432804"},"modified":"2022-02-04T12:29:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T10:29:03","slug":"the-complete-micro-focus-model-for-application-modernization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/industrynews\/432804-the-complete-micro-focus-model-for-application-modernization.html","title":{"rendered":"The complete Micro Focus model for application modernization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Micro Focus Modernization Maturity Model streamlines your planning and execution of core system and application modernisation.<\/p>\n<p>The model is designed to provide rapid, low-risk IT evolution through the prioritisation of industry best practices.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microfocus.com\/en-us\/portfolio\/application-modernization-and-connectivity\/overview?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_term=February+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Begin your modernization journey with Micro Focus.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It has been refined across over 1,000 successful customer engagements and is the best way to implement business-critical change.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how it works.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Micro Focus Modernization Maturity Model<\/h3>\n<p>Firstly, you need to understand your organization\u2019s requirements for change \u2013 both operationally and from a business perspective.<\/p>\n<p>With this knowledge, you can begin a review of the technical drivers for this change \u2013 including application complexity, technical and supplier strategy, and platform and architectural needs.<\/p>\n<p>After completing these two steps, these insights will drive discussions regarding your application modernization strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions will determine which applications and business processes need to be modernized, as well as the situations that require you to replace or retire certain hardware, software, or systems.<\/p>\n<p>A great way to determine this is by viewing each of your proposed modernization initiatives through an individual lens.<\/p>\n<p>This makes it easy to see where you are in the modernization journey in each of your core business areas, and allows you to determine your next steps.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 384px;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #003366; font-weight: bold; color: #fff;\">\n<th style=\"text-align: center; width: 97.7273%; height: 18px;\" colspan=\"6\"><strong>Micro Focus Modernisation Maturity Model<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 46px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 18.1818%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"121\"><strong>Lens\/Phase<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0511%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"92\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.2102%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"84\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.3409%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"114\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.3409%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"97\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.6023%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"95\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 64px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 18.1818%; text-align: center; height: 64px;\" width=\"121\"><strong>Infrastructure<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0511%; text-align: center; height: 64px;\" width=\"92\">Mainframe<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.2102%; text-align: center; height: 64px;\" width=\"84\">Distributed<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.3409%; text-align: center; height: 64px;\" width=\"114\">Cloud-ready<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.3409%; text-align: center; height: 64px;\" width=\"97\">Cloud-optimised<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.6023%; text-align: center; height: 64px;\" width=\"95\">Cloud-native<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 118px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 18.1818%; text-align: center; height: 118px;\" width=\"121\"><strong>Application<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0511%; text-align: center; height: 118px;\" width=\"92\">Monolithic Proprietary ACID transactions<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.2102%; text-align: center; height: 118px;\" width=\"84\">N-tier Portable Virtualized<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.3409%; text-align: center; height: 118px;\" width=\"114\">Loosely coupled Relational \u2018Macro\u2019 Container<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.3409%; text-align: center; height: 118px;\" width=\"97\">Components API Services Containers<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.6023%; text-align: center; height: 118px;\" width=\"95\">Microservices NoSQL BASE transactions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 46px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 18.1818%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"121\"><strong>Dev Process<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0511%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"92\">Waterfall<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.2102%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"84\">Iterative<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.3409%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"114\">Agile<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.3409%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"97\">DevOps<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.6023%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"95\">DevSecOps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 46px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 18.1818%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"121\"><strong>Management<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0511%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"92\">Linear<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.2102%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"84\">Managed<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.3409%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"114\">Defined<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.3409%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"97\">Measured<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.6023%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"95\">Optimized<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 46px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 18.1818%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"121\"><strong>Culture<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0511%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"92\">Departmental<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.2102%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"84\">Directed<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.3409%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"114\">Collaborative<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.3409%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"97\">Trusted<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.6023%; text-align: center; height: 46px;\" width=\"95\">Performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This guideline shows whether you have smaller, isolated departments that can continue using current processes and technologies, whereas larger-scale applications with cross-team dependencies may require a more comprehensive modernisation approach.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Micro Focus<\/h3>\n<p>Micro Focus has an impressive record in application modernization as it offers its customers unique and comprehensive capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Working with Micro Focus provides your business with the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Efficiency<\/strong> \u2013 Streamline development and delivery activities by up to 40%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Experience<\/strong> \u2013 Micro Focus has delivered over 1,000 modernization projects and is supported by the best global partner network.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep what works<\/strong> \u2013 Deploy COBOL and PL\/I applications across all major supported platforms unchanged.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be supported<\/strong> \u2013 Micro Focus modernization solutions work for all core applications and major data stores.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stay current<\/strong> \u2013 Innovate with confidence thanks to Micro Focus\u2019s certifications \u2013 including in AWS, Azure, and Docker.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reduce and improve<\/strong> \u2013 Expect 50%-90% reduction in IT operation costs and a performance improvement of up to 50% for batch and online transactions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Micro Focus would love to work with you to modernize your business applications.<\/p>\n<p>Simply contact Micro Focus and an expert will work with you to understand your goals and explain the Micro Focus modernization solutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microfocus.com\/en-us\/portfolio\/application-modernization-and-connectivity\/overview?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_term=February+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Begin your modernization journey with Micro Focus.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Micro Focus has refined its Modernization Maturity Model by working with over 1,000 customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341030,"featured_media":432808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28937],"tags":[49295],"class_list":["post-432804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industrynews","tag-micro-focus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}