Right application. Right platform. Right pace.
Kyndryl helps enterprises continuously modernize mainframe applications using production insight, agentic AI and expert guidance. We assess business value, dependencies, risk, cost and technical readiness to determine the right path for each application, whether that means modernizing on the mainframe, integrating with new platforms or moving off entirely. Human-led governance and coexistence strategies help protect business continuity while transformation progresses.
Our mainframe modernization capabilities
Why work with us?
We run what we transform, and we transform what we run
Running mission-critical estates gives Kyndryl valuable production context, including business rules, dependencies, data flows, batch behavior, cost, controls and operational risk. That leads to more informed modernization decisions. We then operate the transformed environment, use AI-enabled operations to improve the run state and apply new production insight to guide what changes next.
Agentic accelerated. Expert governed.
Reusable agentic workflows accelerate discovery, analysis, decision support, documentation, engineering, testing and assurance while Kyndryl experts validate decisions, artifacts and progression to production. Human oversight, governance and policy controls help maintain trust, resilience and accountability.
Continuous, workload-neutral modernization
Choose the right path application by application - modernize on, integrate with or move off. Coexistence lets current and modernized environments run side by side while behavior is validated, reducing cutover risk and helping modernization continue without disrupting the business.
Explore the latest news and perspectives
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