How six enterprises turned a talent gap into a strategic advantage

As the mainframe workforce evolves with retiring veterans, savvy organizations are modernizing to attract the next generation of talent.  

This Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact^™ (TEI) study analyzes how a composite organization representative of interviewed customers from six enterprises—including leaders in healthcare and financial services—successfully modernized their mainframe application development environments and delivered measurable outcomes.

• 6-month payback
  Achieved full return on investment in under six months
• 15x development velocity
  Accelerated code delivery with intelligent automation
• 240% increase in junior developer hiring
  Attracted the next generation of mainframe talent

What they achieved

• 217% ROI over three years
• 33% increase in developer capacity by removing tedious tasks
• 50% reduction in onboarding time with modern tools
• 99% reduction in application downtime with instant rollbacks
• 50% increase in deployment frequency
  Developers quickly and more confidently change unfamiliar code

These weren’t tech startups. They were established enterprises, each with teams of 80 to 475 developers, confronting the same pressures you face today. And they’ve shown what’s possible with the right approach.

Get the full Forrester TEI study to explore detailed results, cost-benefit analysis, and implementation insights.