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Title: 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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