As mainframe modernization priorities accelerate, business and IT leaders are evaluating how to increase agility, reduce technical debt, improve operational efficiency, and better leverage enterprise data and workloads across the business.

Complication: Modernizing mainframe applications and data is complex. Legacy dependencies, operational risk, talent constraints, regulatory requirements, and growing demand for AI-ready data make transformation decisions challenging and increase pressure to balance innovation with business continuity.

Resolution: This executive interactive dinner discussion will focus on the realities of modernizing mission critical mainframe environments. Together with industry experts and peers leading similar transformation initiatives, you will exchange perspectives on application replatforming, targeted refactoring of legacy languages such as Assembler, AI readiness, workload placement, governance and risk mitigation.

With candid conversations about challenges, successes and lessons learned, you will gain practical insights to help accelerate modernization.

Key Takeaways:

1. Evaluate the business, technical, and operational considerations for replatforming applications and data from the mainframe.
2. Understand how modern data strategies can help prepare organizations for AI adoption and innovation.
3. Explore workload placement options across mainframe, cloud, and hybrid environments to balance cost, performance, and risk.
4. Learn practical approaches to reducing technical debt while maintaining security, compliance, and business continuity.
5. Gain insights from peer discussions on modernization priorities, migration strategies, and lessons learned from large-scale transformation initiatives.