From 4f381a31514eb438d4e805ba2d11fde24bbbdcd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DarkSun Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 01:13:18 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=E9=80=89=E9=A2=98:=2020200221=20Google=20Cloud?= =?UTF-8?q?=20moves=20to=20aid=20mainframe=20migration?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit sources/talk/20200221 Google Cloud moves to aid mainframe migration.md --- ... Cloud moves to aid mainframe migration.md | 64 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sources/talk/20200221 Google Cloud moves to aid mainframe migration.md diff --git a/sources/talk/20200221 Google Cloud moves to aid mainframe migration.md b/sources/talk/20200221 Google Cloud moves to aid mainframe migration.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..64b3565109 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/talk/20200221 Google Cloud moves to aid mainframe migration.md @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +[#]: collector: (lujun9972) +[#]: translator: ( ) +[#]: reviewer: ( ) +[#]: publisher: ( ) +[#]: url: ( ) +[#]: subject: (Google Cloud moves to aid mainframe migration) +[#]: via: (https://www.networkworld.com/article/3528451/google-cloud-moves-to-aid-mainframe-migration.html) +[#]: author: (Michael Cooney https://www.networkworld.com/author/Michael-Cooney/) + +Google Cloud moves to aid mainframe migration +====== +Google bought Cornerstone Technology, whose technology facilitates moving mainframe applications to the cloud. +Thinkstock + +Google Cloud this week bought a mainframe cloud-migration service firm Cornerstone Technology with an eye toward helping Big Iron customers move workloads to the private and public cloud.  + +Google said the Cornerstone technology – found in its [G4 platform][1] – will shape the foundation of its future mainframe-to-Google Cloud offerings and help mainframe customers modernize applications and infrastructure. + +[[Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters.]][2] + +“Through the use of automated processes, Cornerstone’s tools can break down your Cobol, PL/1, or Assembler programs into services and then make them cloud native, such as within a managed, containerized environment” wrote Howard Weale, Google’s director, Transformation Practice, in a [blog][3] about the buy. + +“As the industry increasingly builds applications as a set of services, many customers want to break their mainframe monolith programs into either Java monoliths or Java microservices,” Weale stated.  + +Google Cloud’s Cornerstone service will: + + * Develop a migration roadmap where Google will assess a customer’s mainframe environment and create a roadmap to a modern services architecture. + * Convert any language to any other language and any database to any other database to prepare applications for modern environments. + * Automate the migration of workloads to the Google Cloud. + + + +“Easy mainframe migration will go a long way as Google attracts large enterprises to its cloud,” said Matt Eastwood, senior vice president, Enterprise Infrastructure, Cloud, Developers and Alliances, IDC wrote in a statement. + +The Cornerstone move is also part of Google’s effort stay competitive in the face of mainframe-migration offerings from [Amazon Web Services][4], [IBM/RedHat][5] and [Microsoft][6]. + +While the idea of moving legacy applications off the mainframe might indeed be beneficial to a business, Gartner last year warned that such decisions should be taken very deliberately. + +“The value gained by moving applications from the traditional enterprise platform onto the next ‘bright, shiny thing’ rarely provides an improvement in the business process or the company’s bottom line. A great deal of analysis must be performed and each cost accounted for,” Gartner stated in a report entitled *[_Considering Leaving Legacy IBM Platforms? Beware, as Cost Savings May Disappoint, While Risking Quality_][7]. * “Legacy platforms may seem old, outdated and due for replacement. Yet IBM and other vendors are continually integrating open-source tools to appeal to more developers while updating the hardware. Application leaders should reassess the capabilities and quality of these platforms before leaving them.” + +Join the Network World communities on [Facebook][8] and [LinkedIn][9] to comment on topics that are top of mind. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://www.networkworld.com/article/3528451/google-cloud-moves-to-aid-mainframe-migration.html + +作者：[Michael Cooney][a] +选题：[lujun9972][b] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://www.networkworld.com/author/Michael-Cooney/ +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://www.cornerstone.nl/solutions/modernization +[2]: https://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/signup.html +[3]: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/inside-google-cloud/helping-customers-migrate-their-mainframe-workloads-to-google-cloud +[4]: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/yes-you-should-modernize-your-mainframe-with-the-cloud/ +[5]: https://www.networkworld.com/article/3438542/ibm-z15-mainframe-amps-up-cloud-security-features.html +[6]: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/migration/mainframe/ +[7]: https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-6L80XQJ&ct=190429&st=sb +[8]: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkWorld/ +[9]: https://www.linkedin.com/company/network-world