This project is to provide a new infrastructure for the application tier, implementing the recommendations of the 13/14 INF104 project. This would be a skeleton framework implemented to support the application tier going forward and to underpin any new developments in the application tier across business areas. This project will only provide the infrastructure and will not include any migrations.
This is needed to provide a more up to date application environment that is complementary to the new database environment and to provide an exit strategy for applications currently running on obsolete infrastructure. (Solaris infrastructure end of life in ???) This will also provide significant improvements in management particularly in patching and maintenance.
Maintenance cost savings will be realised when the Solaris infrastructure is fully decommissioned