- Proprietary and localized system residing in a costly IBM mainframe
- System inflexibility affecting availability, performance, reliability, and efficiency
- De-centralized disparate applications and systems with poor user experiences
- Infrastructure not designed for smooth operations and centralized oversight
- Reduction in maintenance and development costs
The Korea Coast Guard that is responsible for the maritime safety and control of its country’s coastline operates a main headquarters and hundreds of smaller operating stations.
It uses and maintains heavy, light, and medium vessels, along with other watercraft such as barges and an aircraft unit.
Its operations include speedy and effective rescue activities, crime protection, marine pollution surveillance, hazardous spill prevention, and protection of sea tourism.
The widely divergent range of the coast guard’s activities was putting a strain on its outdated, fragmented, and disparate systems running on a mainframe. The Korea Coast Guard wanted the reliability, efficiency, integrity, and flexibility of next‑generation systems but was being held back by high maintenance costs and the rigid cost structure of an IBM mainframe. The need to convert to client screens was inconveniencing users, and the maritime agency was having difficulty finding resources to maintain and develop for their proprietary, localized legacy system.