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Hogan’s world-class core banking platform delivers intelligent operations for modern banking


Core banking system modernization

Many banking operations are driven by powerful z/OS-based COBOL cores. These reliable and resilient platforms provide the scale and security necessary to handle the demands of millions of customers. But today’s digital business world is creating dynamic new challenges requiring banks to optimize and modernize their cores, and deploy mainframe hybrid cloud solutions.

Hogan io (intelligent operations) does precisely that with a recommended eight-point plan to make the best of your existing core. It delivers intelligent operations in an agile, mainframe hybrid-cloud environment to breathe new life into your z/OS CORE.

Hogan io sharpens your competitive edge

The intense, transformative power of core banking system modernization will rejuvenate your business, predicting and addressing even the most challenging of customer demands. Our Hogan io solution streamlines operations, optimizing resource utilization and strengthening security measures. It’s a secure and cost-effective way of upgrading the customer experience and delivering sustainable growth across choppy financial waters. Hogan io is the future, helping you differentiate your bank against fierce competition.

The vast majority of banks realize that modernizing and not replacing their core banking platform is not just a choice, but a necessity. With advancements in processing technology and new approaches to software engineering, Hogan io offers a revolutionary approach to banking.




The Hogan io 8-step modernization plan

 

Here’s how the Hogan io solution revives Hogan legacy systems:


Mainframe testing
Deploy testing environments off the mainframe to improve productivity and security.
DevOps delivery
Undertake the journey to DevOps including testing automation to ensure faster time-to-market and increase the quality of delivery.
APIs/microservices
Open the core through APIs and microservices and connect new systems of experience and other ecosystem partners to create market differentiation.
Workload balance
Enable access to off-mainframe, near-real-time data to balance mainframe workloads with significant processing and cost advantages.
Product/price integration
Integrate external product and pricing platforms to improve the speed of product creation while managing rates and fees more efficiently.
System upgrades
Upgrade your Hogan and supporting Z systems to the latest versions, improving operational resilience and other technological advancements.
AI/automation
Adopt AI and automation across the enterprise using IBM and other third-party solutions with DXC’s integration service.
Resource management
Take advantage of Hogan Managed Services and the DXC Academy to secure a supply of skilled resources.

How Hogan io solution can help


Get training

Train bank resources to handle complex Hogan applications with DXC’s Hogan intelligent operations solution.

Improve business processes

Enable end-to-end Hogan managed services to ensure business continuity.

Mainframe hybrid cloud enablement

Mainframe hybrid cloud enablement.



Contact one of our experts




Leaders

Laura Devilliers
Global Program Manager, Hogan Product Development and Support

Connect with Laura

Arthur Wilson
Senior Project Manager, Hogan Core Banking


Hogan’s API & Microservices solution bridges modern and mainframe banking

How does a Hogan API & Microservices solution improve business outcomes?

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How come COBOL-driven mainframes are still the banking system of choice?

Learn how COBOL’s flexibility, modular programming and easy interfacing deliver the perfect integration of heritage mainframe applications with modern technologies.

Why banks prefer a mainframe hybrid cloud architecture

Learn how integrating mainframes with hybrid cloud architecture offers the best of both worlds: Mainframe reliability and security, plus cloud scalability and innovation.

Frequently asked questions

Hogan intelligent operations, or Hogan io, is a modern core banking platform. It allows banks to modernize their operations and bring them on par with modern customer demands and disruptors’ offerings — without a complete overhaul of the existing z/OS core.

Implementing Hogan io is an eight-step undertaking of modernizing and optimizing the existing core and transitioning to the mainframe hybrid cloud approach. Hogan io is designed to address common bank challenges like the shortage of professionals familiar with legacy core systems and dissatisfaction with core banking system capabilities, such as their lack of agility and flexibility.

As a result of Hogan io modernization, banks can use the rejuvenated core to successfully and promptly navigate both evolving customer demands and fierce competition.

To modernize the Hogan core, our Hogan experts undertake the following eight steps in the transformation roadmap:

  • Deploying Hogan testing environments with zD&T and cloud emulation
  • Implementing DevOps to streamline and automate testing
  • Using z/OS Connect to open the Hogan core to new integrations with APIs and microservices
  • Balancing mainframe workloads and introducing near real-time access to the System of Record data
  • Connecting the core with existing product and pricing tools to accelerate time-to-market and streamline product management
  • Upgrading core and supporting systems to their latest versions to mitigate security risks, boost resilience and enable innovation
  • Implementing AI and automation to streamline processes and improve operational efficiency
  • Ensuring your in-house team has the skills it takes to maintain and enhance your systems

Modernizing your core with Hogan io can help your organization:

  • Streamline operations with AI and automation tools
  • Lay the groundwork for innovation-driven services and products
  • Tightly integrate your existing systems, such as the product and pricing platforms, with the mainframe into one ecosystem
  • Optimize resource allocation by improving process efficiency and employee productivity
  • Enhance security by upgrading to the latest versions of the core and supporting systems
  • Meet customer expectations regarding digital experience, including personalization, by enabling near-real-time access to data
  • Gain a competitive edge over technology-driven disruptors with high mainframe performance and enhanced innovation capabilities
  • Make compliance less resource-consuming by streamlining associated processes
  • Maximize your organization’s agility, enabling it to promptly meet new business requirements