FINAL WORD
4 . Analyse their data in time to act : Leverage Machine Learning so they can transform unlimited volumes of data into accurate , actionable and automated insights .
How can organisations balance the two conflicting objectives of ‘ run ’ and ‘ transform ’?
There are two different ways organisations can move forward to run and transform at the same time . They could choose a risky rip-and-replace strategy and rip out much of what they ’ ve built up over time and start over .
There are benefits to that . They get bleeding Edge technology and can create exactly what they want .
But there can also be significant challenges with that option as starting over from scratch takes time and moving technologies and data comes with risks of downtime , losing information or exposing your organisation to new vulnerabilities . As we ’ ve seen in recent research , modernisation projects using an incremental and continuous improvement model achieve superior results when compared to other project-based approaches including the ripping and replacing of core business applications .
The alternative is to run and transform by bridging the existing and emerging – that means organisations leverage the investments they ’ ve already made and modernise some of the systems they have by adding new technologies that are integrated and backward compatible with them .
Tell us about the four key outcomes that modern businesses – and your customers – are striving to achieve ?
Our portfolio is finely tuned to help customers meet the four key outcomes they ’ re looking to achieve as they run and transform :
1 . Accelerate their application delivery : Reliably scale Agile and DevOps across all their environments , from mainframe to cloud – quickly bringing innovative ideas to life at the pace their business demands .
2 . Simplify their IT transformation : Simplify the complexity of hybrid IT and transform into an agile , services-driven organisation .
3 . Strengthen their cyber-resilience : Intelligently adapt their security to respond to an ever-evolving threat landscape and protect their company ’ s most important assets .
Ultimately , that delivers a very different outcome for organisations because :
• It allows them to build more quickly
• It leverages the investments they ’ ve already made so the incremental costs to transform are less
• It minimises the risks of impacting the processes and core business systems that they ’ ve been relying on for years
Given these two paths , at Micro Focus , our position is that most often the best approach for an organisation is to run and transform by bridging existing and emerging technologies .
How important is it that organisations prioritise ‘ flexibility ’ when making technology investments and how do your solutions enable this ?
IT challenges are in a continuous state of change because the world is changing faster than ever . This
Que Magnus , Product Marketing Manager , Micro Focus
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