Application Services for Microsoft Azure

Enjoy peace of mind with DXC’s application migration solution for Azure.

For enterprises looking to host their applications on Microsoft Azure platforms, DXC Technology provides a comprehensive migration solution that provides the specialized tools, methods and skills needed to successfully transform and optimize applications on Azure with a predefined solution set of discrete Azure use cases.

Challenges that enterprises face today in the applications space include gaining higher visibility into ROI, reducing capital costs and improving customer engagement. Enterprises are also looking for increased flexibility and speed, while gaining better control over margins for business applications by reducing operating expenses and maximizing regional spend.

Enterprises also find it challenging to derive true business value from their applications. For one, organizations find it difficult to leverage autonomous control of features and applications services on demand to maximize customer adoption. Companies are also looking to improve customer reach with shorter application cycle times that yield higher value.

DXC Application Services for Azure comprises the following use cases:

• QuickStarts — Four-, five- or seven-week projects to transform two applications to Azure
• Unix2Linux — Standardize on Linux for Azure by migrating applications from UNIX flavors such as Solaris, HP-UX, AIX
• Migration Plus+ — Migrate apps that are incompatible with automated mass migration and rehost tools/services
• Tech refresh — Combine Azure adoption with legacy technical
• debt remediation programs, such as Win 2008 upgrades, while maintaining functional equivalency
• SharePoint — Migrate SharePoint, Lotus Notes and Access Forms applications to Azure SharePoint
• Containers — Containerize applications with Azure container services
• Cloud Native — Leverage native Azure services to deliver powerful applications that are economical to run
• Databases — Homogenous and complex heterogeneous database migrations to Azure Managed Data Services
• Mainframe/Legacy — Run mainframe and legacy applications on Azure with no code change
• Data Center Exit — Migrate the application estate off data centers and optimize on Azure
• Business applications — Replicate enterprise and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) environments on Azure
• Websites — Migrate intranet, public and mobile websites to Azure with native integration
• Cloud migration — Migrate applications using Microsoft’s native solution for cloud migration

Why DXC?

Industry-leading modernization platform. As an experienced leader in application services and systems integration, DXC delivers consistent quality at a lower cost. Our modernization platform provides faster time to value, as well as improved maintainability.

Consulting-first approach. DXC takes a consulting-first approach to our cloud engagements, meaning you are assured speed to market with lower business risks. With DXC, you get access to the expertise of seasoned migration and Azure professionals.

DXC Migration Services. Our cloud-based migration services provide a variety of choices to meet your specific applications needs. In addition to the Azure public cloud, clients have the option of leveraging a private cloud, a hybrid cloud blending Azure with a private cloud or any combination thereof.

Microsoft partnership. DXC has an enterprise-level agreement with Microsoft and considerable experience delivering Azure application migrations. In addition, we collaborate closely with Microsoft to provide intelligent, hybrid cloud IT infrastructures.
DXC and Microsoft collaborate to provide intelligent, hybrid cloud IT infrastructures.resources as well as offshore, onshore and nearshore capabilities. The agile processes that serve as a part of our global delivery model provide flexibility and cost savings.

Global delivery model

DXC’s broad global reach can deliver considerable value. Our leveraged resources include a number of certified resources as well as offshore, onshore and nearshore capabilities. The agile processes that serve as a part of our global delivery model provide flexibility and cost savings.

DXC and partner tools

DXC delivers value by having access to a wide variety of migration tools within our own inventory as well as through our extensive, global partner network. Among the valuable tools DXC can tap into to facilitate your application migration are DXC Agility Platform, Data Migration Studio and a wide range of Java, Linux and Microsoft modernization tools.

The benefits: Increased automation, cost savings and much more

DXC’s Application Services for Azure solution delivers dramatic cost savings, increased automation and reduced business risks.

Our solution provides these benefits:
Increased cost savings. Achieve 70% to 80% in cost savings through DXC’s proven processes and patented tools for transformation, which also reduce project timeframe up to three times compared to manual approaches.
Automated coding. Advanced coding automation ensures up to 90% automated code migration and up to three times faster code transformation.
Industry partnerships. DXC’s global strategic partnership with Microsoft and our vast expertise with Azure ensure our experience in deploying the integrated solutions needed to succeed in a cloud-first world.
Native integration. DXC transforms applications with Azure native services for an optimal public cloud experience — faster, cheaper and more securely. The cloud should not be only about virtualization, shifting costs from CAPEX to OPEX or outsourcing
IT infrastructure.
Proven migration tools. Proven through our extensive experience with enterprise application migrations, DXC’s custom migration tools ease your technology upgrade and ensure a low-risk migration.

In addition to these new services, DXC’s Application Development and Testing Services now extend polyglot microservices design and engineering to the Azure platform through the Azure Container Service to provide clients with modernization of legacy .NET and Windows applications and digital applications requirements. DXC Cloud Services for Microsoft Azure help clients plan their path to the cloud, transform and migrate applications, and manage and optimize hybrid IT environments.