Mainframe
Adopting industry best practices, empowered by a robust set of in-house tools and methodologies, HCL's Mainframe practice has a deep understanding of mainframe technologies and delivers solutions to transform customer's Mainframe infrastructure and the legacy applications. The goal of the Mainframe practice is to help customers unlock the value of legacy systems and reduce TCO, thereby generating quick and maximum ROI from their Mainframe installations. HCL has delivered solutions (shown in Figure to transform its customers' Mainframe infrastructure and legacy applications.
Customers with dated Mainframe hardware and software face the challenge of achieving faster delivery times and flexibility in application development models, architectures and web technologies and design approaches are being employed to build applications that can respond to the ever-changing business conditions. HCL collaborates with customers in providing Mainframe Application Modernization that will help customers maximize their investments in legacy Mainframe applications/infrastructure.
Our Mainframe practice can be categorized into four parts:Application Development, Maintenance and Support
HCL's legacy ADM service offering provides offers the following services
- Applications Development- 3GL, 4GL, Linux, Java
- Maintenance – Corrective/Preventive Maintenance, Enhancements, Availability Management of Batch/Online apps
- Production Support-24x7 On-Call Support Management
- Testing- Performance testing, Regression testing, Test Automation
- Independent Verification and Validation
- Applications Portfolio Optimization
- Applications Performance Tuning
With wide experience and strong Mainframe Delivery capability, the practice has developed unique methodologies and frameworks to service the customers better. In this regard, ADM+ is an integrated Transformational framework with Application Assessment and Transformational Consulting as value added service offerings along with the ADM services. Likewise, ASM+ methodology upholds the value – “Improving while performing”. These combined with operational readiness analysis offer differentiated services to the Mainframe Customer.
Mainframe Infrastructure ManagementHCL’s legacy infrastructure management services offer the following:
- 24*7 Business Critical Mainframe Infrastructure support
- Production Support and Control
- Partner enabled Hosting services
- Systems Management- Systems Administration
With an integrated helpdesk and strong tools capabilities, the Infrastructure Management services offer added benefit to the customer from a holistic Mainframe Application/Infrastructure management perspective.
Application MigrationHCL's legacy Application Migration services offer the following
- Database Migrations – Pre-relational to relational databases
- Language Migrations – 3GL to 4GL and vice versa
- Platform Migrations- Into and out of Mainframes, Re-hosting
- Data Migrations
The practice has also developed a unique service proposition to carry out Migrations in a smooth seamless manner- taking care of end-to-end migration starting from assessment to implementation.
Application ModernizationHCL's Mainframe Application Modernization service offerings include:
- Phased, Minimal Business Disruption, Modernization Services
- Enabling a Service Oriented Enterprise- Web services, SOA
- Web enabling
- Web based workflow
- Enterprise Application Integration, Environment upgrades
Representative Engagement
Mainframe Application Modernization for a Leading Insurer in US
Mainframe Migration for an Insurance Organization
