Mainframe Software & Services

Our services provide end to end solutions on Mainframe technologies, including Business as Usual (BAU) services to innovative and cutting edge solutions. These services demonstrate a perfect alignment to customer’s business priorities and challenges.

• Integrated Operations & Application Management Services (IOAMS): We provide a complete range of integrated services to maintain mainframe infrastructure, database, storage, network and applications. Our IOAMS service offering combines the best of infrastructure operations and application management services to deliver value to a customer

• Mainframe Application Decommissioning Services: We provide a structured approach to retire mainframe applications in an orderly manner, so as to provide a logical conclusion to a migration, modernization or re-hosting project. Our solution is based on the industry-proven methodology which enables customers to complete decommissioning of their obsolete systems without any hassle and ensures cost effectiveness…

• Mainframe Application Development, Maintenance & Support Services: We have around 15+ years of experience in developing, maintaining and supporting critical applications running on mainframes for financial institutions, insurance companies, aircraft manufacturers, travel, transportation & logistics providers and organizations in retail, life sciences, health care, media & entertainment domains.

• Mainframe Consulting Services: We provide consulting services to assess portfolio of legacy applications and advice customers on migration, modernization, performance management, zCloud implementation, mainframe re-hosting, SOA implementation and more. We also evaluate products/tools on the mainframe…

• Mainframe Migration Services: We offer migration services that can lower the costs and risks of migrating legacy applications, languages, databases and platforms. We utilize a proprietary Migration Factory approach to ensure that migration projects are delivered on time, budget and cost..

• Mainframe Modernization Services: We modernize legacy applications to enable them to participate in an agile, flexible and business aligned IT environment. We have proven methodologies to ensure that legacy assets are able to deliver value by integrating them with modern service-based architecture..

• Mainframe Product Engineering Services: We develop, maintain & test products for leading mainframe Independent Software Vendors (ISV) by using our proprietary product engineering framework. We accelarate product development and time to market by utilizing our technical and domain expertise…

• Mainframe Re-hosting Services: We have a proven methodology, tools and solutions to migrate applications away from the mainframe by re-hosting the application to Windows, Unix or Linux environments , thereby significantly reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for mainframe applications…

• Mainframe Testing Services: We provide independent verification and validation services for mainframe applications. We offer a full suite of testing services on the mainframe including Functional, Integration, Regression, Performance, Load, Stress, Security, Vulnerability and Disaster Recovery Testing…

• Mainframe Managed Tools as a Service (MFMTaaS)
• Mainframe Performance Management Services: We can optimize workloads running on the mainframe to improve CPU utilization, throughput, concurreny and response time. Our services have helped customers reduce operating costs, improve availability of online regions and defer expensive hardware upgrades..

• Mainframe zCloud Implementation Services: We can implement virtualization in mainframes to reduce Total Cost of Operations (TCO) of data centers. We also provide services to integrate legacy mainframe applications with private/public cloud infrastructure.

• zTPF Services: We offer end-to-end services for mission critical applications running on TPF, zTPF and ALCS. Our consultant have hands-on experience in TPF/ALCS environment and have worked on all major functional domains such as Travel, Hospitality, Banking and Financial Services..

• “System i” Modernization Services: CCS understands that there is no silver bullet to address modernization concerns and your needs can be varied..

• iSeries Consulting Services: Building on CCS’s maturity in technology and experience in handling few of the largest iSeries customer installations, our consulting line of services ensures that customers enjoy an effective, efficient and productive IT infrastructure operation…

• iSeries Integrated Operations and Application Support: The integrated operations and management services work on the principle of ‘Customer Delight’ through predictable, consistent processes and ITIL compliant interfaces…

• “System i” Product Engineering: The midrange practice runs dedicated Product Competency Centers as virtual extensions for a number of world class ERP companies, significantly reducing their costs and Time-to-Market..

• Re-Platform to the iSeries: Challenged with increasing sustenance cost and a compulsive need to improve the accessibility of legacy applications aggravated due to shrinking pool of legacy programming resources, re-hosting to the “System i” could be an option you would like to evaluate…

• “System i” Migration Services: Whatever be the drivers for your migration to or out of the System i, CCS has solutions for every component and phase. Our automation tools can bring about significant savings of upto 60% for select components…

Service Offerings

• Turn-Key Solutions – From User Requirements to Implementation
• Consulting – Business Process Re-engineering, Analysis Study/RFP preparation, ROI/TCO Calculation, Prototype development, SRS/Functional Spec preparation, Design/Architecture, Capacity/Network planning, Performance/Security, Testing, Training
• Solutions using 3GL and Case Tools
• Object Oriented & GUI based solutions
• Multi-platform Client/Server solutions for Mainframe
• Web, E-Business & ERP solutions using Mainframe

Key features

• Proven methodologies & processes
• Tools based approach – in-house tools and expertise in industry standard tools.
• Effective and field proven project management, quality and customer support processes
• Strong R&D team
• Customer focus

Technology Expertise (Mainframe)

• OS : MVS, OS-390, UNIX, VSE
• Languages: JCL, COBOL, REXX, CLIST, PL/1, C/C++, Assembler, Java.
• DBs : DB2, ADABAS,IDMS,VSAM, IMS DB
• TS : CICS, TPF, IMS DC
• Interfaces : MQ Series, CSP
• Utilities : Syncsort, Quikjob, Fileaid, Transformer, Anchor, Dialogue, EZ-Letter, PKZIP
• Tools : REVOLVE, CA7, XPEDITER, ACF2, CA-Examine