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Multiple business and technology drivers are motivating companies to modernize or re-platform their mainframe applications to run on open systems such as Windows and UNIX. Mainframe application modernization initiatives require careful attention to the translation and transformation of data in order to maximize success.

The complex and specific nature of mainframe data sources and formats pose challenging obstacles in these types of projects. According to one analyst, fully 84% of the data migration portions of application modernization initiatives fail to be delivered on time and on budget.

This shouldn't be surprising, since most mainframe applications have been accumulating data for years or decades, resulting in volumes of legacy data that can exceed hundreds of terabytes. In addition, mainframe data sources and formats such as EBCDIC packed-decimal and binary numeric values are often difficult to examine, manipulate, and convert.

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