<s>
OpenFrame	B-Application
is	O
a	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
rehosting	B-General_Concept
solution	O
developed	O
by	O
TmaxSoft	O
that	O
aims	O
to	O
help	O
customers	O
move	O
existing	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
assets	O
to	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
quickly	O
and	O
with	O
minimal	O
risk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
replaces	O
legacy	O
CICS/IMS/JES	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
engines	O
and	O
shifts	O
business	O
applications	O
written	O
in	O
legacy	O
code	O
like	O
COBOL	B-Application
and	O
PL/I	B-Language
to	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
reduced	O
licensing	O
costs	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
OpenFrame	B-Application
is	O
7.0	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
previous	O
version	O
,	O
OpenFrame	B-Application
6.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
market	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Organizations	O
that	O
run	O
on	O
mainframes	B-Architecture
tend	O
to	O
have	O
difficulty	O
with	O
costs	O
and	O
agility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rehosting	B-General_Concept
is	O
one	O
approach	O
an	O
organization	O
may	O
take	O
to	O
migrate	O
their	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
operations	O
to	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
,	O
with	O
other	O
options	O
including	O
batch-job	O
migration	O
and	O
full	O
re-engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
rehosting	B-General_Concept
option	O
,	O
the	O
entire	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
is	O
emulated	O
on	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
so	O
that	O
the	O
end-user	O
experience	O
is	O
essentially	O
unchanged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenFrame	B-Application
advertises	O
the	O
following	O
components	O
can	O
be	O
migrated	O
and	O
continue	O
working	O
without	O
modification	O
,	O
provided	O
they	O
run	O
on	O
open	O
systems	O
components	O
such	O
as	O
Linux	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Kela	O
,	O
the	O
Finnish	O
government	O
agency	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
the	O
nation	O
's	O
social	O
security	O
programs	O
,	O
used	O
OpenFrame	B-Application
to	O
rehost	O
its	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
agency	O
had	O
estimated	O
that	O
the	O
rising	O
costs	O
of	O
maintaining	O
a	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
would	O
become	O
prohibitive	O
in	O
the	O
near	O
future	O
,	O
and	O
saw	O
a	O
shortage	O
of	O
IT	O
professionals	O
skilled	O
in	O
working	O
in	O
a	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
rehosted	O
iteration	O
was	O
functionally	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
system	O
,	O
Kela	O
was	O
also	O
able	O
to	O
keep	O
its	O
existing	O
IT	O
staff	O
in	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GE	O
Capital	O
opted	O
to	O
use	O
OpenFrame	B-Application
to	O
modernize	O
its	O
aging	O
IT	O
infrastructure	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
mostly	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
mainframes	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
rehosting	B-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
GE	O
Capital	O
system	O
was	O
managing	O
5	O
million	O
account	O
schedules	O
,	O
over	O
382	O
interfaces	O
,	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
1,700	O
concurrent	O
users	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
an	O
average	O
of	O
3.5	O
million	O
transactions	O
per	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenFrame	B-Application
allowed	O
GE	O
Capital	O
to	O
rehost	O
without	O
redeveloping	O
any	O
applications	O
or	O
changing	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
