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Investment modernization

Focusing on new development, not maintenance


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Investment modernization

Modernizing how you invest your development dollars is the key to being more responsive. This affects organization in two ways: First, by moving investments to key platforms and architectures; Second, by making developers more productive in these platforms and architectures.

Organizations that continue to use inefficient and outdated legacy applications and pre-relational databases are finding that their ongoing maintenance costs are skyrocketing. They are also finding it difficult to attract and retain development talent because many IT professionals are unfamiliar with modern tools.

To stay competitive, you need to make the transition to open, modular, and proven software development platforms that span the entire software delivery lifecycle.

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If you need to…   IBM Software can help
Devote more resources to new development rather than maintenance

Move to supported platforms and fully leverage the capabilities of the IBM Software Delivery Platform

  IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform — offers an array of products, services and best practices to help developers throughout the entire software and systems delivery lifecycle
 
Make incremental improvements within the context of a long-term strategic modernization plan   Application transformation solutions — provide end-to-end solutions for migrating existing legacy applications to IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform.
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