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PMU.

A mainframe-to-AWS modernization that cut total cost of ownership by 87% while holding 99.995% uptime on the replatformed betting applications.

What was the situation?

PMU ran a legacy mainframe estate that carried high fixed cost and long lead times for a high-availability betting platform, where any drop in uptime is lost stakes.

What did ARCHITEKT do?

As Group Chief Enterprise and Software Architect, Erwan Deschamps led the mainframe-to-AWS modernization, re-platforming the core betting applications onto cloud infrastructure.

What changed, measurably?

Total cost of ownership fell 87% on the replatformed betting applications, service-level uptime held a five-nines 99.995% target, and change lead time dropped as the estate moved off the mainframe onto AWS cloud.

PMU’s platform moved off the mainframe onto AWS without surrendering the availability a betting operation depends on, proving a five-nines migration is a delivery outcome, not a slide.

How does a mainframe migration hold five-nines uptime?

The core betting applications were re-platformed onto AWS cloud infrastructure in stages, so availability was validated at each cut rather than gambled on a single switchover, which kept the platform live at a 99.995% target while the fixed-cost mainframe estate came down.

Why does an 87% cost cut matter for a betting platform?

A betting operation carries a high-availability floor and a fixed-cost mainframe bill at the same time, so re-platforming onto AWS took 87% out of total cost of ownership without trading away the five-nines uptime that protects live stakes.

-87%TCOErwan Deschamps · Group Chief Enterprise & Software Architect, PMU (2013-15)
99.995%SLA UPTIMEErwan Deschamps · Group Chief Enterprise & Software Architect, PMU (2013-15)
-41%LEAD TIMEErwan Deschamps · Group Chief Enterprise & Software Architect, PMU (2013-15)
What did the PMU modernization move, and to where?
It moved the core betting applications off a legacy mainframe estate onto AWS cloud infrastructure, re-platforming them rather than lifting them unchanged.
How much did the migration save?
Total cost of ownership fell by 87% on the replatformed betting applications while service-level uptime held a five-nines 99.995% target.
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