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+# Defining Mainframe Modernization
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+Businesses are digitally transforming to better serve their customers,
+reduce time to market, and increase their ability to respond quickly to
+market changes, consumer behavior, and new regulations. As businesses
+transform, they are imposing significant demands on existing mainframe
+applications and data, driving the need for modernization to better
+achieve business outcomes.
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+It's often not a question of if you need to modernize mainframe
+applications, only a question of how. The OMP Working Group embraces a
+hybrid cloud approach to mainframe modernization with the goal of
+helping business improve business agility, optimize costs, achieve
+non-functional requirements, while leveraging existing investments. We
+will provide a framework for modernization that spans applications,
+data, operations, interoperability, and security. We encourage looking
+at the business needs first, then take an ROI driven approach to help
+assess costs, business risks, and tradeoffs. There is rarely a "one-size
+fits all" approach to anything in the IT industry. By providing a
+framework we intend to feature the range of options available to help
+you to achieve your mainframe modernization objectives.