Why You Need Managed Services for IBM Z
For many mainframe users, managed services for IBM Z may make the difference between abandoning the mainframe and continuing along the mainframe journey. Mainframe experts are retiring, leaving companies with gaps in the skills needed to manage, maintain, and upgrade their IBM Z technology. Managed Services for IBM Z from PSR provide this sorely needed expertise through an affordable subscription-based model.
Our IBM Z Managed Services
PSR draws on our depth of skills to provide IBM Z Managed Services in key areas, ensuring that mainframe users overcome skills gaps to get the most business value out of their mainframe. Our IBM Z Managed Services enhance our clients' mainframe experience, no matter where they are in their mainframe journey.
Our IBM Z Managed Services include:
- Infrastructure as a Service and Colocation
- Disaster Recovery
- Virtual Tape
- Modernization
Infrastructure as a Service and Colocation
We provide customer-centric IaaS and Colocation Services for IBM Z Systems so mainframe users can overcome the challenges of managing them in-house. We work closely with our clients to identify their pain points and requirements so we can recommend whether IaaS or colocation will work best for them. With managed IBM Z Infrastructure Services, you gain access to PSR's state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology housed in secure data centers. Colocation is a secure and reliable choice for businesses that want to maintain control of their existing mainframe hardware.
Disaster Recovery
PSR delivers Disaster Recovery for IBM Z by connecting a company's data center to our Massachusetts data center through a secure virtual private network (VPN). At our data center, we provide CPU, disk storage, and replication through virtual tape. Our disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) provides Global Mirror Disk Replication, leading to improvements in both recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs).
Virtual Tape
Our virtual tape as a service offering for IBM Z helps companies overcome the challenges of working with aging and cumbersome tape drives. PSR has partnered with Luminex to deliver cost-effective, secure, and efficient virtual tape for data storage, management, and disaster recovery. Our managed virtual tape service for IBM Z replicates mainframe data over a secure virtual private network (VPN).
Modernization
Our Managed IBM Z Modernization Services debunk the myth that the mainframe is a legacy technology. Our team is proficient in the latest IBM Z technology, allowing us to upgrade our clients' mainframes so they can keep using and deriving business value from them. PSR Mainframe Modernization services include hardware and software upgrades, resiliency, and application modernization. We conduct regular capacity and support reviews so we can make recommendations for necessary upgrades.
Why Choose PSR for IBM Z Managed Services?
At PSR, we exclusively provide managed services for IBM Z Systems. For over 43 years, we have been consulting, supporting, and advising our clients on their IBM Z journey. We aim to use managed services to move IBM Z users from stagnation to growth by enabling them to get the most from their mainframe. When you partner with PSR for IBM Z managed services, you benefit from our targeted expertise and dedication to staying up to date with the latest innovations in IBM Z technology. Our team members are eager to earn new IBM Z badges and certifications as soon as they are available so we can deliver cutting-edge managed services for the mainframe.
At PSR, we don't just provide services; we use them ourselves. We operate multiple IBM Z Systems for various workloads and cloud services. Our firsthand experience gives us an in-depth understanding of mainframe challenges and how to overcome them.
