Case Study: West Northamptonshire Council retires its mainframe while retaining direct data access with DataNovation

West Northamptonshire Council - Customer Case Study

The West Northamptonshire Council needed to decommission its outdated Fujitsu VME mainframe while upgrading to new systems but faced the prohibitive cost of data conversion. They sought an archiving solution from DataNovata that would allow them to retire the mainframe on schedule, decommission undocumented applications, and maintain direct access to 15 GB of financial records without compromising the upgrade's ROI.

DataNovata's consultants deduced the data logic of the seven legacy applications and converted the data to an open platform. The solution successfully replicated the original systems' enquiries with an improved interface. This enabled the council to retire its mainframe, retain full data access, and complete the entire project remotely within a six-month timeline, fulfilling their strategic mandate.

West Northamptonshire Council