Appendix C: Case Studies
Real World Migration Examples
The following is a list of a few real world migration examples. To find additional case studies, go to https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies and search for “mainframe”, or look at the case studies posted on https://www.mainframemigration.org by members of the Mainframe Migration Alliance (MMA).
Bertelsmann Group — Book Club Saves More than $900,000 Per Year
https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=52664
https://www.microfocus.com/files/customersuccesses/ICSBert+CS.pdf
Ceridian — HR Solutions Firm to Save More than $12 Million Per Year with New Customer Service Application
https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=51420
Fortis Health — Forward-Thinking Healthcare Provider Gets Positioned for the Future
https://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?CaseStudyID=14076
Financial Network Services — Financial organizations may stand to save millions of dollars by running their critical applications on Windows instead of on mainframes or UNIX
https://www.microfocus.com/files/customersuccesses/FNS-Australia.pdf
Unisys and State of Indiana Department of Administration — Hoosier State Realizes 90-Day ROI Migrating PeopleSoft Applications to Unisys and Microsoft Solution
https://www.unisys.com/products/enterprise__servers/clients/featured__case__studies/idoa.htm
Royal Borough of Windows and Maidenhead — Council Dramatically Reduces Costs of Accessing Local Authority Historical Data by Migrating from Mainframe to Windows
https://www.microfocus.com/files/customersuccesses/customerstoreis-Royal+Borough.pdf
IT Business.Ca — Manulife IT Upgrades Pave Way for Maritime Life Integration
Premera Blue Cross — Premera Consolidates Platforms to Gain Market Responsiveness
https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=52382
Public School Retirement System of the City of St. Louis — Migration to Windows increases agility and productivity
https://www.microfocus.com/files/customersuccesses/stlouis.pdf
Quebec Loisirs — Facing Growing Competition in the Book Club Industry, Company Opts for System Migration to Microsoft® Windows Server
https://www.microfocus.com/files/customersuccesses/quebec+cs.pdf
Server Watch — Hardware Today: Unisys Customer Case Study
https://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?CaseStudyID=15185
Tulane University — Limited Resources and Continued "Sky-High" Maintenance Fees for Mainframe Software Reduces Level of Flexibility of Financial Systems
https://www.microfocus.com/files/customersuccesses/tulane+CS.pdf
Western Australia Dept. of Industry and Resources — Migration of More than 1,000 COBOL Programs and 1,500 Copybooks from Mainframe Environment
https://www.microfocus.com/files/customersuccesses/DOIR+Western+Au.pdf
Fujitsu NetCOBOL™ for .NET Eases Pain of Determining Insurance Coverage for Dental Offices — Migration to NetCOBOL Gives Dentists and Patients Immediate Access to Insurance Information
Where the Rubber Meets the Road — Move to E-business Enables Fleet Management Services Organization ARI to Increase Customer Base, International Presence and Customer Service Capabilities
Superior Court Stanislaus County System — Stanislaus County System Court Saves more than $700,000 Annually by Migrating to a Modern Computing Environment
https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=52180
Fujitsu Consulting — Washington State Department of Licensing Selects NetCOBOL for .NET
https://www.netcobol.com/info/WADOL_Technical_Case_Study.htm