Chicago, IL – June 16, 2009 – Clerity, a full-service provider of mainframe migration and modernization solutions, is extending its industry-leading UniKix mainframe rehosting software technology to support Microsoft Windows Server operating systems on industry-standard x86, x64, and Itanium-based servers.
Migrating business-critical applications to open systems using UniKix software has lowered total cost of ownership (TCO) for enterprises by as much as 80 percent.
“Support for Microsoft Windows Server is a natural evolution of Clerity’s strategy to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive mainframe migration and optimization solution portfolio,” said Brandon Edenfield, president of Clerity. “We know that one size does not fit all when it comes to moving complex legacy environments to open systems, so we tailor the most appropriate path forward for a company’s business and IT objectives.”
More than 1300 production sites worldwide have already been migrated to Clerity’s robust mainframe rehosting software environment and the cost savings generated by these moves has freed up IT budgets for continued business evolution and subsequent modernization initiatives, such as SOA integration and user-interface transformation. Now organizations will be able to deploy the same technology used at NYSE Euronext, BNP Paribas, and the U.S. Department of Defense on cost-effective x86 and x64-based architectures from vendors such as HP, IBM, and Sun.
Migration to industry-standard Windows Server systems can be further accelerated by leveraging Clerity’s Mainframe Rehosting Reference Architecture. This designed and pre-tested architecture reduces project complexity and minimizes implementation risks. In addition to central rehosting software products for online and batch workloads, Clerity’s Mainframe Rehosting Reference Architecture for Windows Server platforms includes key components such as Microsoft Hyper-V, which provides enterprise-level virtualization and partitioning functionality on standards-based systems.
“Addressing integrated schedulers, sort routines, output management solutions, and other related infrastructure requirements that commonly surround business-critical mainframe environments can be equally as important to migration success as dealing with specific application and data components,” said Barry Tait, technical pre-sales engineering manager at Clerity. “Operating environments such as Microsoft Server 2008 provide unique and powerful building blocks in effectively rehosting legacy workloads to standards-based systems.”
Additional information on Clerity’s mainframe rehosting software suite for Microsoft Windows platforms can be found at
http://www.clerity.com/windows.
