The emulator stage is that - zOS and DB2 emulation on x86 iron, at 50% cost (or so consultants claim - at least I can drive fear in IBM and lower costs if trial

The emulator stage is that - zOS and DB2 emulation on x86 iron, at 50% cost (or so consultants claim - at least I can drive fear in IBM and lower costs if trials fail). However we do feel complexity is creeping - some code is 50 yo - and a clean reboot might be the best way forwards. Also a lot of my team is edging towards retirement abs getting fresh COBOL talent is getting harder every day. Not all the right motives, but puzzled together they start to make a case for change.