Mainframe Support

5 Things to Look for in Mainframe IaaS

Some companies perceive   the mainframe as a legacy solution that has seen better days and have put off maintaining the currenty of applications Others may be experiencing a mainframe skill gap due to retiring personnel. For the majority of existing users, the mainframe is still relevant and needs to be supported. According to MarketWatch, the…

How to Bridge the Mainframe Skills Gap

As mainframe experts retire, companies are faced with a skills gap. Today’s IT professionals aren’t learning mainframe coding languages, such as COBOL. With a shrinking bench of mainframe experts and a lack of qualified applicants on the job market, mainframe users may consider moving away from the technology. Instead of abandoning the mainframe, organizations can…

Mainframes: On-premises vs. PSR Infrastructure as a Service

In the past, if your business needed a mainframe, on-premises or outsourcing providers were your alternatives.  This meant that your company or the outsourcing provider was responsible for maintenance, backup, programming, and troubleshooting. Today, technologies have advanced to a place where you have additional options for your mainframe workloads. With PSR Infrastructure Services, you have…

Disruption-Free Mainframe Migration

The PSR Disruption-Free Mainframe Migration Method & Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) If your company has ever gone through a significant hardware or software migration, you know it’s a process that can be disruptive. Sometimes, it can even be disastrous. The outcome of any migration process is dependent on the preparation. Over PSR’s long history,…

4 Key Benefits of Mainframe Hosting | Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

The mainframe sector grew in 2018 and is expected to continue its growth well into 2019 and beyond. This growth is due to several factors, including the mainframe’s unmatched reliability, performance, and security. While mainframes still support many critical workloads and applications, for some organizations, mainframes can seem expensive and troublesome to maintain. Enter mainframe…