Raincode IMSql:
Technical Discussion
Raincode IMSql is a solution for migrating mainframe IMS applications to Azure SQL. Together with Microsoft we’ll discuss how Azure SQL is optimized to handle high volume transactional workloads that are currently hosted on mainframes.

The Discussion
Microsoft has been investing heavily in helping customers migrate their critical Tier 1 Mainframe workloads to Azure. While Raincode’s cloud-native strategy fits perfectly in this strategy, IMS is a very specific kind of workload. How does IMS workload modernization differ from typical COBOL/DB2/CICS modernization efforts?
The Speakers
Watch it NOW!
Raincode IMSql is a unique solution to migrate IMS workloads: it does not transform the code or the data.
Deciding for or against transforming programs and/or data as part of the migration project may seem like a secondary issue, but it is not. It makes or breaks migration projects.
At the code level, being non-transformational means that the core value of the application, namely, its business logic, is preserved, and does not go through a potentially disruptive process that will change its structure, just for the sake of an infrastructure change. It also means that the application can keep on being maintained during the migration project.
And on the data side, it is even more impactful. If the data must be analyzed, normalized, converted for the project, its migration becomes a project in its own right.