Mainframe as a Service Is the Bridge to the Future for New York
Getting off the mainframe is a priority for New York CIO Angelo “Tony” Riddick as he transforms the state’s IT infrastructure. And he is looking to off-premises cloud services as a vital step on the road to modernization.
One of the primary drivers for transitioning away from legacy technologies is that IT teams don't have the skills within their workforce to properly manage them.
At the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) Midyear conference earlier this month, New York Chief Information Officer Angelo "Tony" Riddick cited this specific challenge when it comes to the mainframe. Many large government organizations still rely upon mainframe technologies for core systems, but Riddick is looking to as-a-service solutions to usher in the next phase of transformation for New York.
In the interim, however, Riddick points to a hybrid environment as the right solution for the state, with a mix of on-premise and outsourced technologies.
"We have to make sure that we use a hybrid model because we want to capture some of the resources that we have in place like our data center," he said.
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