Dexterity Business Analysts

MAINFRAMES
• Operating system
Z/OS, OS/390

• Programming Languages
COBOL,PL/I,ASSEMBLER,REXX,JCL

• Database
DB2,IMS,VSAM

• Online
CICS
 Advantages

• Concurrent users
• High Processing Speed
• Storage
• TSO
• Multiprogramming
• Multiprocessing
• Security
• Reliable
• Batch Processing
 Domains

• Banking

• Finance

• Insurance

• Market Research (Retail)

• Telecom
 So far

• Mainframes is a very stable environment

• It has been there in the Software Industry for more than 40 years

• No new technology can totally replace Mainframes because of its

architecture and efficiency
 Current trend

• Around 80% of Mainframes projects are maintenance projects

• Only 20% or less are development projects

• The reason being the cost factor. The hardware maintenance cost and the
initial investment required is too high.

• Migration projects are the current trend in the market

• Reasons:
User friendly screens
Maintenance cost
 Future

• A survey to determine the current demand for mainframes found

that more than half of the respondents still have major applications
running on mainframes
 Top 5 reasons customers are
migrating off the mainframe.

• High cost of mainframe operations and upgrades

• Lack of flexibility and agility

• Long time-to-market for few products

• Shrinking mainframe labor pool

• Vendor roadmaps forcing tough decisions

 In DBA

• We are working on mainframes right from the day company started.

• We are experts in PL/I, IMS but we have also worked on COBOL, DB2
Projects.

• Our clients:
ACNielsen, Blue Cross Blue Shield
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