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Astadia FastTrack Factory automates mainframe refactoring to AWS cloud-native architectures, helping enterprises save up to 80% on operating costs with proven methodology from 300+ transformations.
Overview
Astadia's FastTrack Factory enables enterprises to break free from legacy mainframe constraints by transforming monolithic COBOL, Assembler, Natural, IDMS/ADS, JCL, PL/1, and EGL applications into modern cloud-native architectures - fully optimized for Amazon Web Services (AWS). With over 300 mainframe systems transformed, Astadia brings decades of proven methodology to every engagement.
Engagement Process
Astadia delivers mainframe modernization through a structured, phased approach:
Phase 1 - Assessment and Discovery Astadia evaluates your mainframe workload characteristics, identifies outliers, and produces a detailed workload assessment report including complexity analysis, dependency mapping, and a modernization roadmap with effort estimates.
Phase 2 - Pilot Refactoring A representative subset of applications is refactored to validate the automated conversion approach. Deliverables include a working proof-of-concept deployment on AWS, functional equivalence test results, and a refined migration plan.
Phase 3 - Full Migration and Testing The FastTrack Factory automates large-scale code transformation, converting legacy languages into Java or C#. Astadia's proprietary testing framework delivers 100% automated testing across unit, integration, regression, and performance layers - validating every line of refactored code against original mainframe logic.
Phase 4 - Go-Live and Optimization Refactored applications are deployed to production on AWS with knowledge transfer documentation, operational runbooks, and a hypercare support period to ensure stability.
Key Capabilities
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Migrate to AWS with Confidence - Seamlessly transition mainframe workloads using proven automation tools. Astadia's refactoring approach ensures zero functional regression and preserves business logic while rearchitecting to modern languages
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Rebuild for Cloud-Native Agility - Refactored applications are rearchitected to leverage AWS services such as Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon RDS, and Amazon S3 - enabling elastic scalability, high availability, and cost efficiency.
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Solve the Mainframe Skills Shortage - Converting legacy code into widely adopted modern languages eliminates reliance on shrinking pools of mainframe expertise, opening the door to a broader talent base familiar with AWS-native development.
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100% Automated Testing - Astadia's proprietary testing framework delivers full automation integrated with AWS DevOps tools like AWS CodeBuild and AWS CodePipeline, making testing a continuous, scalable process that dramatically reduces QA cycles.
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TINA AI/ML Analytics - Astadia's Transformation Intelligence for Next-Gen Applications (TINA) uses AI and machine learning to analyze legacy codebases, identify transformation patterns, and accelerate the refactoring pipeline.
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Enhanced Security and Compliance - AWS-native security features like IAM, encryption at rest and in transit, and automated compliance checks help modernized applications meet enterprise-grade regulatory requirements.
Prerequisites and Scope
Supported source platforms: IBM z/OS mainframe environments running COBOL, Assembler, Natural, IDMS/ADS, JCL, PL/1, or EGL applications. Buyers must provide source code access and subject matter expert availability during the assessment and validation phases. An active AWS account is required for target environment provisioning.
Industry Use Case
A large enterprise running thousands of MIPS on IBM z/OS with aging COBOL-based transaction processing systems can engage Astadia to refactor those applications into Java microservices deployed on Amazon EC2 and AWS Lambda - eliminating mainframe licensing costs, reducing operating expenses by up to 80%, and enabling integration with modern cloud-native applications and data services.
Getting Started
Contact Astadia to schedule a mainframe workload assessment. The initial discovery phase evaluates your environment's complexity and produces a detailed modernization roadmap tailored to your organization's goals and timeline.
Highlights
- Mainframe Modernization Using Agile methods, DevOps, automated conversion and testing, and cross-studio engagement as a foundation for fast, efficient, reliable, end-to-end application modernization
- By thoroughly evaluating and understanding the unique characteristics of your workload, estimates can be more accurate, outliers can be identified, and time can be saved in your modernization journey.
- By refactoring and rearchitecting mainframe applications to AWS, organizations can: save up to 80% on operating costs, eliminate data centers and DR facilities costs, integrate legacy business functions and data with cloud-native apps.
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Astadia provides organizations migrating to AWS with a next-generation software platform, automating the transformation of mainframe-based applications and databases. Enterprises and government agencies can license the Astadia FastTrack Factory to simplify, automate, and shorten their mainframe-to-cloud journey.
Contact us: Chad Jones – CRO – ChadJ@Amdocs.com Paul Holland – CTO – Paul.Holland@Amdocs.com