MAINFRAMES

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MAINFRAMES
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• Operating system
• Z/OS, OS/390
• Programming Languages
• COBOL,PL/I,ASSEMBLER,REXX,JCL
• Database
• DB2,IMS,VSAM
• Online
• CICS

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Advantages

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

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Domains

• Banking
• Finance
• Insurance
• Market Research (Retail)
• Telecom

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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

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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.

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Current trend

• Migration projects are the current trend in the
  market
• Reasons
• User friendly screens
• Maintenance cost

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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

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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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