麦克·韦尔斯的戏剧性大型机转换
公司规模
Large Corporate
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- Compuware Topaz
- Jenkins
- SonarSource
技术栈
- Mainframe
- Java
- Agile Development
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Productivity Improvements
- Digital Expertise
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - API 集成与管理
适用行业
- 金融与保险
适用功能
- 离散制造
- 产品研发
用例
- 自动化制造系统
- 预测性维护
服务
- 软件设计与工程服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
Ameritas 是一家互助人寿和健康保险公司，资产规模达 356 亿美元。该公司希望在日益数字化的市场中获得竞争优势。然而，其约 70% 的开发人员专注于大型机，这对速度和敏捷性提出了挑战。该公司需要更新其在大型机上的开发流程，并采用更好的流程和工具，使其开发人员能够以相同的敏捷方式跨语言和平台工作。这将使 Ameritas 能够更好地完成其雄心勃勃的使命，同时避免重新平台化其大型机应用程序和数据的成本、中断和风险。
挑战
Mike Wells 是 Ameritas 的软件开发总监，Ameritas 是一家拥有 356 亿美元资产的互助人寿和健康保险公司，他的任务是帮助该公司在日益数字化的市场中获得竞争优势。然而，他面临着一个重大挑战。Wells 的大部分软件开发经验都集中在分布式平台上；然而，他在 Ameritas 的开发人员中约有 70% 专注于大型机。由于他的背景是自动化和可视性是每个 Java 开发人员的首要任务，他意识到这在大型机领域是一个挑战。Wells 怀疑他们的工具和流程是否能提供 Ameritas 在快速发展的数字市场中蓬勃发展所需的速度和灵活性。
解决方案
Wells 突然意识到，为全球 Java 团队提供自动化、可视性和代码质量洞察的工具和流程也可以帮助实现大型机开发流程的现代化。通过积极采用更好的流程和更好的工具，他和 Ameritas 迅速成为大型机“主流化”的领先实践者——这使开发人员能够以相同的敏捷方式跨语言和平台工作。因此，Ameritas 可以更好地完成其雄心勃勃的使命，同时避免重新平台化大型机应用程序和数据的成本、中断和风险。Wells 还推动了开发人员生产力和软件质量的大幅提高。Wells 在大型机工作中的主要合作伙伴是 Compuware，该公司为他提供技术、见解并倾听他的创新想法。
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