ISG Names IBA Group among the Top 25 Mainframe Modernization Providers
Information Services Group (ISG), a global technology research and advisory firm, recognizes IBA Group among the Top 25 providers in Mainframe Application Modernization Services in Europe and the U.S. in its ISG Provider Lens® Mainframes — Services and Solutions 2026 research.
ISG highlights IBA Group’s extensive mainframe engineering experience and broad range of services that cover application understanding, modernization, migration, and ongoing support.
The research identifies several key competitive advantages for providers of mainframe application modernization services. These are:
• Governed, business-aware engineering
• Multiple modernization paths with lifecycle continuity
• Skills, ecosystem and regional execution
IBA Group demonstrates these capabilities through its expertise in legacy engineering and code recovery, AI-assisted support and reverse engineering, business-oriented modernization, and hybrid integration. Its strengths also include comprehensive lifecycle services, a well-established ecosystem, and a strong focus on security.
IBA Group’s mainframe experience includes recovering missing COBOL source code and restoring business semantics, modernizing development with Zowe, and implementing comprehensive DevOps programs.
IBA Group is a company to look out for in mainframe application modernization because it combines long-standing platform engineering with practical capabilities in AI-assisted reverse engineering, COBOL source recovery, DevOps and API-led integration. This approach directly addresses transformation challenges such as missing knowledge, skill shortage and slow release processes, while supporting a phased path that preserves critical business logic and operational continuity.
Being recognized among the Top 25 companies in mainframe application modernization services is a strong acknowledgment of our expertise, innovation, and long-standing commitment to customers. This milestone validates our investments in AI tooling. We share ISG’s view that the mainframe remains a core platform within hybrid IT because of its resilience, security, and transaction integrity. Leveraging AI for system analysis, reverse engineering, code and test assistance, we enable our clients to transform their applications for a hybrid mainframe platform. This recognition reinforces our vision of combining deep expertise in high-availability systems with modern AI-based technologies.
Inclusion in the ISG’s Top 25 providers quadrant in mainframe application modernization services proves our expertise and commitment. This recognition reinforces our focus on delivering practical, scalable modernization solutions that bridge proven mainframe capabilities with modern technologies and architectures.
Being named among the Top 25 companies in mainframe application modernization services by ISG is a meaningful recognition of the value we bring to organizations across the US and beyond. Our clients rely on mainframe environments to run critical business processes, and therefore modernization must go far beyond technology replacement. It requires a clear understanding of business priorities and the ability to connect established mainframe systems with modern digital ecosystems. We are proud that our solutions provide a solid foundation for future innovation.