10440: PSP: Automation Strategies to Modernize Mainframe Applications – Within a Hybrid Cloud Environment

While the mainframe has long been the backbone of IT infrastructures, the rise of cloud computing, microservices, and SaaS solutions has introduced new opportunities for modernization. Automation is the cornerstone of a successful modernization initiative, ensuring that IT processes run efficiently across diverse platforms. Unfortunately, many traditional job scheduling and workload automation tools can't bridge the mainframe-to-cloud gap. Introducing Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms (SOAP) With a service orchestration and automation platform (SOAP), which is a modern evolution from legacy workload automation tools, organizations can bridge the automation gap between mainframe systems and cloud environments. SOAP enables centralized management of all automated jobs, orchestrating processes that span mainframe, distributed, and cloud systems – within your hybrid IT environment. Additionally, SOAPs play a key role in building and orchestrating data workflows that connect mainframe data to the rest of your hybrid infrastructure. During this Session, Learn How To: * Centrally manage automation across mainframe, distributed, and cloud * Add event-based scheduling for real-time automation * Securely move data between mainframe and cloud with managed file transfer * Orchestrate data workflows that span your entire hybrid environment * Use role-based access to enable self-service automation * Empower DevOps with jobs-as-code capabilities * Gain observability with reports, dashboards, and monitoring