Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 19 | Page 16

NEWS Swisscom moves entire mainframe workload to software defined mainframe in the cloud L zLabs has announced that leading Swiss telecommunications and IT service provider, Swisscom, has migrated its entire mainframe workload to the cloud, running on LzLabs Software Defined Mainframe. With this migration, Swisscom has achieved a landmark in enterprise IT, by moving its business-critical legacy mainframe applications and data to its own enterprise cloud infrastructure, without any data reformatting or recompilation of its application program code. own customers via our enterprise cloud, so our customers can experience the same benefits.” Swisscom achieved approximately 60% IT cost reduction as a result of its journey to entirely phase out its legacy mainframe, which it has now switched off. The business-critical applications migrated – measured at 2,500 installed MIPS (million instructions per second) – manage billing, geography and address information and line administration for the provider’s entire fixed line network. All workload now runs on Swisscom’s own private cloud. “We turned to LzLabs for two reasons – reducing the high cost of our legacy mainframe, but also a need for greater flexibility in our IT infrastructure that we could not achieve on the mainframe,” said Markus Tschumper, Head of General IT Services at Swisscom. “With applications and data migrated unchanged, SDM represented a lower risk path for us to reach this goal,” he continued. “We even have plans to offer SDM as a service to our ////////////////// UK Police Forces still hamstrung by lack of modern equipment, says research to information, freeing up valuable time and drastically improving response times and outcomes. Alongside a request for more IT devices, research showed 71% of those surveyed want devices that are easier to use in order to better serve the UK public. Although better devices top the IT wish list for individual police, the research also highlighted force-wide transformations need to be prioritised. C omputacenter, the independent provider of digital technology infrastructure and services, has announced new research findings which highlight significant technology limitations within the UK Police Force. A recent survey among IT decision-makers within the UK Police has highlighted that over 70% of officers are requesting more IT devices to efficiently combat crime. Through the introduction of technology such as body cameras, smartphones and tablets, the life of the ‘bobby on the beat’ could be significantly improved. These devices not only help to enhance officer and civilian safety, but they can capture evidence and provide quick and automated access 16 INTELLIGENTCIO Just over a quarter (26%) of respondents cited that lack of access to modern applications and software to improve intelligence gathering was a challenge. As part of this, the basic deployment of tools such as Microsoft Windows 10 and Office 365 were identified as valuable projects that could transform how police forces exploit digital technology. With the ability to capitalise on digital sharing and a modern central infrastructure, officers will be able to improve on crime prevention and intelligence. Rob Stanley, Computacenter’s Director of End User Services, commented: “Collaboration tools make a massive difference to how police officers share intelligence with their colleagues. Criminals are increasingly using technology and routinely operate across county lines, so more effective sharing of intelligence is critical to solving cases faster.” www.intelligentcio.com