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Micro Focus Reference Architecture

A proven architecture to migrate mission critical mainframe applications to Windows

The Micro Focus Reference Architecture (MFRA) is a z/OS mainframe rehosting infrastructure blueprint for the Windows platform. It is designed to reduce the risk and complexity of migration by providing a proven framework of the components required for moving COBOL and PL/I mainframe applications onto the Microsoft Application Platform.

The Micro Focus Reference Architecture (MFRA) gives organizations a clear and demonstrable understanding of the behavior of their business critical mainframe applications within a distributed environment. It allows them to validate their migration project in a real-life scenario that can be tailored to their specific needs, giving insight into the immediate benefits it could have on performance, flexibility and productivity.

Migrating mission critical mainframe applications is a proven, low risk approach that yields rapid return on investment, releasing budget for reinvestment to support growth. As well as economic and innovation benefits, migrating off the mainframe delivers other advantages as organizations look to rationalize the IT platform strategy. Among the benefits delivered are:

  • Reduce application costs by up to 77%
  • Significantly reduce the time required to complete batch processes
  • Double the number of online transactions achievable in the same time
  • Modernize applications sooner by enabling IT to deliver new functionality 40% faster

With over 600 successful migrations, the Micro Focus modernization and migration approach has proved that the MFRA combination of technologies and services delivers the lowest-risk migration solution available today. Organizations can see the evidence for themselves by visiting the MARI installations to view representative examples of how their applications would run on the Microsoft Application Platform.

ProductDescription
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition and Active DirectoryOperating system foundation and application platform, directory services, access authentication and policy management
SQL Server 2008Relational database, BI, analytics and reporting server
SharePoint ServerCollaborative portal server for content/document management, social networking, database applications, BI and workflow
Micro Focus Server Enterprise EditionDeployment environment for COBOL and PL/I applications
Micro Focus Studio Enterprise EditionGraphical IDE for rehosting mainframe applications to lower-cost environments
Visual StudioIntegrated development environment and framework
Visual COBOLCOBOL application language support for Visual Studio
Team Foundation ServerSource code management
System CenterOperation management
LRS VPSXOutput management
CA Workload AutomationJob scheduling
Syncsort DMExpressHigh-speed file sort operations
Micro Focus Silk Performer 2010Online user testing and workload simulation
RumbaTerminal emulator (IBM 3270)
OnWebInstant Web enablement and Web service generator

Intersistemi

Intersistemi helps Banca Fideuram move key applications off the mainframe in a move that will save millions of Euros

Insurance BPO

A leading Insurance BPO banks on Micro Focus to rehost client systems off the mainframe

Tata Consultancy Services

Micro Focus technology powers TCS core banking solution

City of Fort Worth

Applications moved onto lower cost platforms ahead of full migration

ZVK

Using Micro Focus technology to replace a shared leased mainframe and create an alternative platform to develop and deploy its applications, ZVK pension fund significantly reduced ...

Vestcom

When Vestcom launched an initiative to move over 750 COBOL programs, averaging 1500 lines per program, from the mainframe to Windows, Micro Focus was able to help it increase devel...

Valero Energy Corporation

Valero chose to migrate from their existing CICS emulation software to the powerful Enterprise Server software solution from Micro Focus, and increase performance by 50%.

Tulane University

Reducing high mainframe maintenance fees was a priority for Tulane University. Using Micro Focus enabled it to save $240,000 a year and achieve 3-4 fold increase in the speed of ba...

TietoEnator

TietoEnator saw a dramatic decrease in MIPS usage, and reduced costs by 66% while improving flexibility and developer productivity.

TIB Denmark

When Danish trade union TIB needed a cost-effective and flexible IT-platform, Micro Focus helped it migrate the mission critical unemployment fund system to Windows and achieve a 7...

St Helens Council

Micro Focus enabled St Helens Council to improve efficiency and lower the cost of running key financial applications.

SolCorp

Micro Focus enabled SolCorp to migrate its insurance policy system to .NET and improve agility, flexibility, productivity, and signifcantly reduce costs.

SAS

Scandinavian Airlines used Micro Focus technology to provide real time data access to improve business intelligence reporting and adhoc analysis, halving the annual cost associated...

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

When the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead wanted to store and access its archived data cost effectively, without compromising the data, Micro Focus Server proved the ideal sol...

Raet

Micro Focus technology enabled RAET to both lower the cost and increase the productivity of its mainframe salary processing application, improving the user experience and visibilit...

Quebec Loisirs

Premier book club, Québec Loisirs, used Micro Focus technology to migrate to Windows and saw a 43% reduction in system development and operating costs, a 17% reduction in overall I...

Peek&Cloppenburg

Migrating off expensive and out-of-date VSE mainframe technology using Micro Focus technology gave Peek&Cloppenburg a 57% increase in batch performance, and rapid ROI with massive ...

Paymaster

When Paymaster’s Banking Payable Orders looked like it would be operating on an unsupported platform, they migrated to Micro Focus COBOL and now run banking processes10-30 times fa...

Owens & Minor

Modernizing its business-critical enterprise systems, Owens & Minor was able to retain the competitive advantage of its business logic and release funds for reinvestment in custome...

Major US Food Service Provider

Following an SAP implementation, a U.S. food service provider turned to Micro Focus to help retain the remaining mainframe applications while eliminating all costs associated with ...

Kaufpark

Mainframe migration returns cost savings and performance benefits for Kaufpark

IMP

IMP's migration to Windows improved enterprise performance, business agility and saved the Swedish media publisher more than €1.2 million annually.

ICS CompetenceCenter Bertelsmann

ICS CompetenceCenter migrated 19-year-old business processes to an open environment based on Windows using Micro Focus Server and Micro Focus Studio, improving throughput with appl...

Howard County

Howard County needed to remove a final application from its IBM System z mainframe platform to shut down the mainframe permanently. Using Micro Focus Studio Enterprise Edition a sm...

HCL Insurance

Working with Micro Focus enabled HCL to quickly implement an infrastructure transformation programme to migrate a key application to a more cost-effective, lower-risk platform.

HBA

HBA reduced mainframe system costs by $2 million a year by moving to a Services Oriented Architecture with Micro Focus Studio and Micro Focus Server

Guernsey Electricity

Micro Focus solutions helped Guernsey Electricity improve system performance and cut application operating costs by 70% with a move to flexible Windows platform.

Gjensidige

Gjensidige increased competitive advantage by creating a modern data warehouse using existing technology and skills, saving $150,000 a year and improving test and development effic...

Fidelity Information Services

Improving developer productivity for a core banking application was a priority for Fidelity Information Services. Mainframe Express Enterprise Edition helped it achieve this while ...

Express Newspapers

Express Newspapers saved £830,000 a year, improved system performance and freed up IT staff to focus on key projects by using Micro Focus technology to move its Pre-Press Control s...

Essilor International

Moving its accounts receivable system onto Windows helped Essilor achieve a 100 - 200% performance improvement and delivered reports in 45 minutes rather than 4.5 hours, using Micr...

Elektroskandia Sverige

Using Micro Focus Studio and Micro Focus Server, Elektroskandia migrated its Central Warehouse Management System onto a more cost-effective, flexible Windows platform and saw a 65%...

DaimlerChrysler South Africa

DaimlerChrysler South Africa’s successful migration of its after sales and parts supply chain system more than halved the reduced annual hardware and software costs.

CSC Airline Solutions

CSC Airline Solutions needed to modernize its archaic development environment. Micro Focus provided the more productive development tools the company wanted.

CSC

Micro Focus Mainframe Express Enterprise Edition and Micro Focus Server gave CSC Financial Services Group a cost-effective way to enhance and deploy financial services software on ...

CO-OP Financial Services

Micro Focus helped CO-OP Financial Services move its branch transaction system to a more cost-effective platform without compromising service levels, and reduced annual operating c...

City of Inglewood

City of Inglewood rehosted an essential Computer Aided Dispatch system from an aging mainframe onto Windows

Cegeka

Micro Focus helped Cegeka revamp its Kid-IT application while reducing operating costs, the migrated application surpassed expectations, completing batch processes up to 30% faster...

Book Club Associates

Micro Focus helped Book Club Associates eliminate mainframe leasing costs, and forecast a 200% ROI in the first year post implementation.

Australian Jockey Club

Micro Focus technology and expertise helped the Australian Jockey Club take its stud book to the web, enabling breeders and owners to register and search the ASB online.

ABK Systeme GmbH

Micro Focus Studio enabled ABK Systeme to migrate COBOL applications onto Linux , creating a platform independent business payment transaction solution.

Tesco

Micro Focus technology enabled retail giant Tesco to modernize crucial mainframe applications to run on standardized platforms worldwide – expanding its international presence sign...

Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered Bank meets Chinese regulatory requirements with modernization strategy

Kansas City Southern Lines

A modernization strategy is helping Kansas City Southern save 90% of its annual mainframe maintenance costs

Barmenia

Barmenia realign its IT infrastructure

Stahlgruber

Stahlgruber migrated a core mainframe application to Linux using Micro Focus technology and achieved 70% cost savings.

American Management Systems

Reduced Mainframe charges by 50%
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