AI-first mainframe modernization

Treat your mainframe like a service, not a sunk cost.

Our MFaaS approach converts clients’ existing infrastructure into a consumption-based model, where day-to-day operations, mainframe cost, performance management and ongoing optimization is managed by Cognizant. 

Through our partnership with IBM and participation in its Blue Diamond program, an invite-only agreement that provides exclusive access and special pricing for over 3,295 IBM products—our clients can unlock ongoing savings that help fund other deployment roadmaps of the transformation program and drive overall ROI.

Let AI handle the heavy lifting and increase modernization velocity by up to 60%.

Our AI-first modernization factory automates core activities, including dead code detection, program decomposition, code generation and validation, transforming modernization from a manual, resource-intensive effort into a scalable, AI-powered process with human oversight built in.

Rather than applying a one-size-fits-all approach, the modernization factory determines the optimal modernization path for each application—refactor, rearchitect or reimagine—based on its complexity, business value and target architecture. From there, each application progresses through a six-phase, agent-orchestrated, human-led lifecycle that spans intake and requirements through design, generation, validation and data migration.

By modernizing the right applications in the right way and leveraging the market-leading capabilities of Anthropic's Claude models and AWS Bedrock, organizations can reduce technical debt, accelerate innovation and create an application portfolio ready for the next generation of AI.

The benefits of modernization should continue long after migration is complete.

With our resilient next generation managed services, Cognizant assumes responsibility for day-to-day mainframe operations and continuously optimizes the environment through cloud-powered infrastructure, AI-driven operations and outcome-based service delivery. We ensure that organizations continue to capture value through improved performance, lower costs, greater resilience and ongoing adaptability.