Replacing a Retiring Mainframe Systems Programmer

Challenge: Finding expert mainframe skills Objective: Staff the systems programmer position to match actual business requirements Industry: Finance/Insurance Solution: PSR’s client staff augmentation supported the gradual transfer of system programming responsibility to PSR. Scenario: The planned retirement of this finance and insurance company’s system programmer presented the CIO with the challenge of finding a replacement…

Challenge: One last mission-critical application prevented the decommissioning of the mainframe Objective: Retire the mainframe Industry: Public Sector – Higher Education Solution: Move the application to PSR’s hosted mainframe. Scenario: Many years into an effort to retire the mainframe at this major university, one final mission-critical application running on the mainframe had still not been…

Challenge: Optimize mainframe recovery times to compete in new industry Objective: Increase mainframe capacity to meet industry requirements and establish reliable reputation Industry: Manufacturing Solution: Implement new mainframe with offsite-replicated, hybrid flash storage Scenario: A raw materials supplier wanted to expand into the automotive industry and form a reputation for being a viable supplier in the marketplace. The…

Challenge: Aging, dated mainframe and storage were losing vendor support Objective: Upgrade to modern, vendor-supported mainframe and storage Industry: Direct Marketing Solution: PSR Systems Programming and IBM Business Partner Solutions for z Systems Scenario: The customer had been operating for some time with an unsupported zOS release, and had concluded that it was not upgradeable. Even if they…

Challenge: Replace the services and expertise of a zOS Systems programmer retiring after 35 years Objective: Ensure the mainframe environment remains properly supported Industry: Insurance Solution: Provide mainframe support via PSR Systems Programming Service plan coverage for zOS Scenario: The company’s mainframe systems programmer, John, had worked at the firm for over 35 years, and had significant technical, operational,…