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21st Century Computer Specialists, Inc

21st Century Computer Specialists, Inc., an Authorized IBM Business Partner, is a Michigan based full service computer consulting firm. We provide Analysts, Programmers and Technical Specialists for IBM S/370, S/390, AS/400, RS/6000, Personal Computer and UNIX based platforms.

3D Business Solutions, Inc.

3D Business Solutions is a full service IT consulting firm with offices in Minneapolis and Chicago. Although we strive to provide any service a client may need, we focus on applications development, database analysis/administration, and systems administration/programming. We have technical expertise in emerging technologies as well as older legacy systems, and offer services on mainframe, midrange, client-server and PC platforms. Our owners and managers average 30 years of Information Technology experience and are proficient in the complete project life cycle. We are a young (2.5 years) and growing company with appealing advantages for those professionals who prefer a leaner organization. We are always interested in INDIVIDUALS who are highly committed to the IT profession and are eager to share ideas with colleagues and clients. Contact us to learn how we can become mutually successful working in harmony for our clients. We want to earn your respect!
For opportunities in Minneapolis call our recruiter at: 1-800-277-9859.
For opportunities in Chicago call our recruiter at: 1-888-256-8348.

ABIS Training & Consulting

ABIS Training & Consulting provides high-level technological ICT services for large and medium size enterprises. The activities are based on specialized ICT knowledge and is offered as training and consulting. More specifically, courses are available on mainframe products (OS/390, z/OS, DB2, CICS, IMS, WebSphere, MQSeries), on databases (DB2, Oracle, SQL Server) and on application development (OO development, COBOL, PL/I, Java, Perl, VisualAge, WebSphere Studio, SAS, XML, ...). ABIS has offices in Belgium (Leuven), the Netherlands (Woerden) and has a representative in Luxemburg (Windhof).
Contact ABIS

ACTS Corporation

ACTS Corporation has one main goal in serving our clients: to make them more successful. The proper use of technology leads to the successful use of technology, and our services and education are geared to help our clients choose and use the right technology.

Ajilon

Founded more than 20 years ago, Ajilon has enabled our clients to take advantage of changes in the information systems industry. Our management consultants, business analysts, and information technology professionals are uniquely qualified to collaborate with you to develop solutions that are right for your business today and in the future.

Ajilon Learning

Ajilon Learning provides e-learning solutions for mainframe data centers. Ajilon Learning offers the Datatrain product range, a comprehensive range of self-paced e-learning for IBM mainframe and midrange operators and programmers. The interactive and engaging Datatrain courseware provides a meaningful, effective, and measurable learning experience that meets business objectives. Topics covered include but are not limited toMVS z/OS, VSE, CICS, DB2, TSO and ISPF, JCL, VSAM, VTAM, REXX, IMS, SDSF, OPCA, ES900, 4400 ACS, Netmaster, SAS, and System Managed Storage. Free demonstrations and complete course syllabuses can be downloaded from the Ajilon Learning website.

Argus Connection Incorporated

Argus Connection Incorporated is an IBM Business partner based out of Grapevine, TX. As an IBM Business Partner for RS/6000 and S/390 we can offer a hardware solution including ES/9000 series servers, P/390, R/390, CMOS, and the entire RS/6000 line of machines, storage solutions, personal computers, Netfinity products, and workstations. We are dedicated to designing and implementing IBM business solutions, and bringing you the latest technology combined with our professional services to meet your total system requirements.
Argus Connection, Inc. provides on-site support for all of your technical and project management requirements. Our staffing function allows us to create a Total Solution that can provide our clients with on-going support after implementation. Along with staffing we also focus on co-sourcing which is truly a partnership with our clients. Not to simply co-source a department or function, but to utilize our industry partnerships combined with our staffing and services skills to implement and maintain a Total Solution at below industry cost.

Ascent Logic Corporation

Ascent Logic Corporation, founded in 1987, is the premier supplier of Systems Engineering and Information Systems Re-engineering (ISR) software products and related consulting and training services. ALC develops, markets, and supports the RDD-100(RTM) product familty for requirements analysis, traceability, and the modeling of complex systems. The ISR methodology, process, and tool-suite has been tailored to address the special problems associated with large legacy systems and the year 2000. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Ascent Logic Corporation is a privately held, venture-capital funded company with sales and support offices and affiliates in the United States, Europe, and Japan.
ALC has software products and consulting/training services in the following categories:
Year 2000 Solutions, Information Systems Reengineering, Systems Engineering. .

Audit Serve, Inc. HomePage

The Premier Audit, Security and Sarbanes-Oxley Consulting Company.

B.V. Bixoft

B.V. Bixoft is a dutch firm, specialized in assembler-programming for mainframes.
Not just for MVS (i.e. OS/390), but also for VM/CMS and DOS/VSE environments. Our activities comprise amongst others:

• Consultancy on the use of assembler-language.
• Maintenance on existing assembler-programs.
• Design and implementation of assembler-modules.
• Migration of assembler-programs to 3GL (and vice versa).
• Design and implementation of pre-compilers.
• Solutions for bottlenecks in 3GL-programs.
• Assembler courses and instruction.
• Counselling, supervising and coaching.

Furthermore we will be pleased to help you find solutions for all your tough programming problems.
Contact : Bixoft

Barnett Network Strategies

BN Strategies offers training and consulting services for IBM z/OS & CICS product planning, custom creation, installation, maintenance, and tuning of operating system and online software. BN Strategies is an IBM Partner in Development.

Bennett Group, Inc.(BGI)

Specializing in IBM mainframe data center consolidations, process reengineering, advanced automation, network managment and systems managment.

Blue Hill Data Services, Inc.

Description: Data Center Facility located in Pearl River, NY providing mainframe based outsourcing services. Multiplatform including VM, VSE, ZOS, MVS

Bradas, Inc.

Bradas is the source for all of your database and direct mail consulting needs. We provide a full range of services to help you build your corporate databases and create fulfillment and correspondence systems.
We specialize in data cleansing, database design, product integration and custom programming. Our development expertise with OS390, MVS, Windows 95/NT and Unix platforms enables us to provide solutions to meet your business needs.
From database builds to custom application development we have the staff to support your design needs.
Bradas is located in Herndon Virginia.
Contact : Bradas

C2i Solutions, Inc.

C2i Solutions, Inc. provides Year 2000 Assessment, Project Management, Remediation, and Testing services for S390 and AS/400 platforms. We support many different languages including COBOL, PL/I, RPG, Assembler, and many 4GLs.
Please go to our Web Site for more information.

Castelein, Michel

Education consultant MVS, OS/390
He has a home page too.

Century Computer Consultants

Century Computer Consultants, Inc is among the fastest-growing, privately held consulting companies in the United States. Our consultants work with Fortune 500 companies across the country in such diversified industries as telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, mass media, government, manufacturing, transportation, finance, retail, health care and insurance.

CIBER, Inc

CIBER provides customized computer consulting, development thru implementation, ranking among the top companies in the $20 billion information technology industry. We grew over 40% from last year's reported results and have been listed in Forbes' "The World's Best Small Companies" ranking three years in a row. We provide information technology consulting, advanced technology services, Peoplesoft consulting, complete millennium date change services and computer network services for our clients' information technology needs.

Clipper Group, Inc.

The Clipper Group concentrates on critical issues and decisions for information technology buyers, vendors and investors. Our portfolio of services combines technology assessment with business process expertise.
Our Missions :
- Helping mid-sized corporations make the right information technology decisions by focusing on each company's critical business values.
- Helping information technology vendors resolve strategic product and marketing issues by better understanding the business needs of the marketplace
The Clipper Group Navigatortm, published since 1993, discusses and reviews IT products.

CMG Home Page

Home page for CMG User Group. Computer and Network resource managers.

conference.dkl.com

conference.dkl.com is a free, virtual conference center with informative seminars, resources, presentations and free things to do and take home - all without leaving your desktop.

ConvTek

VSE to OS/390 and z/OS Conversion and Migration Services. Reengineering of MVS JCL. COBOL conversion.

Cornerstone Systems, Inc. (CSI)

Cornerstone Systems, Inc. was founded in 1990 and has established itself as a leader in providing technical support and application development services. The company's core business is to provide systems programming services for IBM and IBM compatible Enterprise Systems. The business has grown to include such services as facilities management, UNIX systems administration and Lotus Notes custom application development.
Cornerstone Systems has signed several multi-year contracts as a facilities manager with companies that are moving from IBM mainframe to Client Server and AS/400 systems. Our role with these clients has been to provide support for their legacy business systems while their current staff transitions to new architectures.

Coveford Data Systems (CDS)

Coveford Data Systems (CDS) is an independent technical services company specialising in the management of system software for large-scale IBM mainframes. One of our services is aimed at facilitating the work of the people responsible in an IT department for evaluating and planning the implementation of new (or new releases of) strategic system software products. The service, which is based on consultant research and customer proving, aims to provide information and materials that assist with the assessment of the impact of proposed implementations on hardware resources, other strategic software resources, human resources, service levels and the degree to which functional requirements are met. With the information and models provided, the user is assisted in the activities of producing evaluation reports for management, specifying implementation tasks and defining implementation plans.

CPR Systems

VSE/ESA Specialist at your beck and call
Specializing in:

• VSE/ESA Education for the VSE Professional
• Independent Technical Consultations
• Specialized Software Products
• Socket-toVSAM and PowerPac

CPT Consulting

CPT Consulting is an IT services company operating primarily in the specialist area of Performance Tuning large MVS installations. The company consists of experienced IT professionals (minimum ten years in the industry) who adopt a proven approach to providing a complete service to the customer from Opportunity Identification through to Change Implementation and including skills in Capacity Planning and ongoing Performance Monitoring.

Cressida Technology

- Authorized partnership and solution representation of Service Level Management (Proxima Technology), Applications Management (Pathpoint Software, Cressida Technology), Messaging Management (Candle Corporation, Sherpa Software, Mk Net.Work), and Storage Management (RepliWeb).
- Enterprise Performance Management and Systems Services for z/OS (OS390, MVS and it's subsystems including CICS, IMS, DB2, VTAM, TCP/IP, JES2, and SMS), UNIX and NT Platforms, applications, databases (Oracle, Sybase, SQLServer) and networks.
- Enterprise Application Integration utilizing WebSphere, WebSphere MQ, MQSI, Lotus Notes and other related application integration and messaging technologies.

Data Kinetics Ltd.

Data Kinetics Ltd. has provided cost-effective information technology solutions to companies around the world since 1977. As a solutions provider, Data Kinetics offers software products, technical consulting and computer training which enable its Fortune 1000 clients to maximize the return on their investment in information technology. Data Kinetics, a privately held company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, is ranked among the top 100 software companies in the annual Branham Consulting Group survey.

Datatrain

Datatrain is a series of specialized e-learning courses for IBM mainframe and midrange operators and programmers. The interactive and engaging Datatrain courseware provides a meaningful, effective, and measurable learning experience that meets business objectives. The Datatrain libraries contain over 1,500 hours of mainframe and midrange e-learning that is industry-specific, current, and learner-centric. Datatrain courseware is designed to train data center personnel from beginners to advanced in z/OS Operations and Programming, Linux, VSE, iSeries Operations and Programming, TANDEM, Security, Unix, and ITIL.

DecisionOne

DecisionOne Corporation is the largest independent provider of multivendor computer maintenance and technology support services in North America. DecisionOne has the experience and resources to serve up everything you need, from hardware and software support to help desk and planning. Whether your environment includes mainframes, distributed systems or work groups, DecisionOne is the single-source solution for all your computer support needs.

Denver Solutions Group, Inc. (DSG)

Denver Solutions Group, Inc. (DSG) was incorporated in Colorado in 1991 as a firm specializing in providing personnel to IBM to meet coverage needs in areas such as education, large systems, and PCs. Over the years we have evolved to provide expertise in many industries and product offerings. We have grown to over 50 employees in 9 states and have maintained our close Business Partner relationship with IBM.
Contact : Denver Solutions Group Infos

Dickens Data Systems

Dickens Data Systems is dedicated to developing total IBM solutions. As a Value-Added Distributor of IBM midrange solutions, scores of Fortune 500 companies already rely on Dickens' proven expertise in virtually every IBM platform and product line. Those same customers stay with us year after year because Dickens' solutions are delivered and supported with superlative service.
Since 1992, we've been recognized as an IBM Premier Business Partner, based on sales volume and our dedication to customer satisfaction.
We have the answers when you need to know about: AS/400, Networking, Professional Services RS/6000, RS/6000 Scalable POWERparallel (SP), Software, Storage, System/390.

DV Trend West

Consulting Services for z/OS, CICS and many more - Products for Legacy Extension and Performance Management and Capacity Planning for Linux under z/VM

EasySoft Applications

EasySoft Applications was founded in 1985 to provide support and training in the IBM Mainframe Systems Programming area. SSS Consultants give MVS and OS390 Systems Programming training in Germany and Austria in both German and English. SSS provide support and implementation of the Enigma product that acts as a frontend for the IBM DF Space Management products.
Please contact in the first instance Malcolm T. Smith, Director, Systems Software & Services Limited on tel:+44 1986 782 474 or fax +44 1986 782 404 or email EasySoft Applications

Echo Associates Inc.

Established in 1981, ECHO Associates, Inc., continues to serve the transportation industry while expanding into the MVS, DEC, LAN/WAN, Internet etc. arenas. ECHO keeps current with new software languages, concepts and systems being developed to serve the transportation, hospitality, financial and retail industries in both TPF as well as non TPF-related technologies.

Essential Systems Technical Consulting

Essential Systems Technical Consulting offers Output Management consulting services including Product Assessments, Implementation, and Conversion. ESTC has proprietary utilities to convert FROM products such as CA-Bundl, CA-Dispatch, CA-View/Deliver, Mantissa RDMS, IBM RMDS, Mobius Infopac, X/Ptr, $avrs/TRMS to the newer Output Management systems such as Quest Software's VistaPlus, Report.Web, Report2Web, IBM's OnDemand and Mobius ViewDirect.
Email contact : Jim Rahm

Euramark

Euramark specializes in the MVS/VM/VSE software market. In 5 years, more than 40 ISVs have choosen Euramark as their international consultant. Proposed services include:

• Overseas distributors search
• Market studies
• Merge / Acquisition
• Due diligence
• Subsidiary set-up

Expanded Systems Services Ltd

Expanded Systems Services Ltd. is a team of System Programmers focused on OS/390 Product Development, Education and Consulting services.
The purpose of this partner relationship is to provide: marketing recognition to our customers, peer support, consultative backup, education, administration centralization, coordinated marketing efforts, high standard corporate guidelines, and a focused long-term technical direction.
The company was limited in 1995 and is in its fifth year of operation. We at ESS are all partners with independent businesses and practices. We operate collectively as Expanded System Services Ltd.

Gens Software Ltd. Homepage

Managing IBM compatible mainframe computer complexes running MVS/ESA and VM/ESA Operating Systems:
Service Level Agreement management (SLA) for mainframe computers. Assisting Production Control Department in setting up agreements and developing management procedures for reporting and problem investigation; Performance Tuning and Reporting for operating systems and specific applications; Capacity Planning management; Computer Accounting and Chargeback implementation; APPC (LU6.2) development; 3270 EHLLAPI development; E-mail gateway development (PROFS, MS-Mail, Microsoft Exchange)

Gregory & Associates

Professional technical training available in CA-ACF2 at all levels.
Basic ACF2 Administrator course offered as a five day session; advanced administrator presented as a two day class; CA-ACF2/CICS interface class is two days; Advanced Systems Programmer for CA-ACF2 is also a two day class.
Classes can be held in Southern Florida or at your company location. Over 15 years experience in enterprise security systems.
Installation and maintenance of CA-ACF2 is also available on a contract basis.
Extensive experience in UID design and conversion.

Hudson Williams

Hudson Williams is a consulting firm operating worldwide with offices in the United States of America, Canada and The Netherlands.
Our strength is our focus on Systems and Network Management across all platforms. With Hudson Williams, you don't just get a consultant. The collective knowledge and abilities of the entire company stand behind each Hudson Williams professional. Additionally, our solutions are software- independent. Hudson Williams works within your existing environment to provide a solution that's right for you. Hudson Williams closely monitors new developments by all major hardware vendors and software manufacturers. We work closely with SAS Institute in the U.S.A., the European Headquarters in Germany and national offices. This cooperation enables us access to the very latest technology and software solutions.
Hudson Williams is a Quality Partner of SAS Institute in the U.S.A. and the Netherlands and recently achieved Solution Provider status for IT Service Vision. At this moment SAS Institute and Hudson Williams are working on a Business Alliance agreement.
The SAS System is a very important part of our toolkit. Products like SAS Institute's IT Service Vision and IT Charge Manager (originally developed by Hudson Williams) provide us with the framework to realize our solutions. These products cover a wide range of operating systems and are able to process data from a large number of sources. Hudson Williams can help you with the implementation of these products and the conversion from other products like MICS from CA or SLR from IBM.
Hudson Williams professionals are experts in multi-platform environments. Hudson Williams offers a wide array of professional services, with a staff comprised of leading authorities in the areas of capacity management, service level management and chargeback systems. Designing, building and implementing management information systems is one of our strengths.
Contact : Hudson Williams Europe

IBMMAINFRAMES.com

IBMMAINFRAMES.com - India's No: 1 Mainframe Portal now offers Job-Oriented Live IBM Mainframe Training in Chennai at the lowest cost in the world!. We charge only Rs. 12,000 for the entire course with Live Unlimited Mainframe Access, World-class Course Materials, Master Mainframe CD, Real Time Project work & Placement Assistance. We have experienced faculties and we take only 10 students in a batch. What we promise you that we teach you better than any other institute in India or get your money back.

IBS Conversions

IBS Conversions, Inc., the undisputed leader in migration methodologies, staffing and software tools, can become your partner in addressing the requirements associated with date processing.
IBS performs projects in three phases: Impact Analysis and Planning, Pilot Project and Implementation. This phased approach brings organization and control to the project and assures low risk and quality deliverables.

ICU IT Services

ICU IT Services specialise in providing high quality systems oriented staff, skilled in IT infrastructurs based on the IBM System 390 (S/390) platform, for high profile clients in the European marketplace. Our consultants are currently positioned in both a ‘hands on’ role, for various long and medium term client projects, and also in advisory positions.
ICU IT Services concentrate in providing staff in the areas of Systems Programming, Consultancy, Project Management, and Support. Specific roles include Product installation and implementation, Product tuning, Data sharing, Backup and Recovery strategies, Quality Assurance, Change Management, Exploitation Management, Education/Training and both product specific and S/390 technical support.
Specific skills available for the S/390 platform include CICS, DB2 UDB, IMS, MQ-Series, MVS, USS, WebSphere, SNA and TCP/IP Networking and various IBM Utilities.
Other core knowledge includes IDMS, DBRC, BMC Utilities, Platinum Utilities, Candle workbench, OPC/ESA and also significant experience in UNIX and NT environments.
ICU IT Services is also committed to providing quality expertise in the seamless integration of E-commerce products, with potentially UNIX or Windows NT distributed components, together with an Enterprises S/390 data centre.
ICU IT Services mission is to develop its core knowledge base of the IBM S/390 environment in conjunction with providing expertise in the use and integration of E-commerce related products in System 390.
ICU IT Services vision is to become the European Centre for mainframe based architectures.
ICU IT Services currently operate in four European Countries, The Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland.
Contact : ICU IT Services Infos

Information Society (The)

Information Systems Audit & Security Seminars, Services and products for OS/390, MVS/ESA and Security Server (RACF)

Infoskill

Infoskill Intelligent Solutions, Inc. ("Infoskill"), a body corporate, registered federally in Canada. Infoskill operates as a "Virtual Corporation", which means that streamlined project teams, instead of full-time employees, tap into the expertise necessary from resources both inside and outside the organization, to tackle the project at hand.
Infoskill is specialized in operating system and associated software upgrades. Utilizing its unique "cloning" methodology to manage multiple operating platforms in a sysplex environment, Infoskill provides full systems programming services and system programming for major clients in all versions of the MVS operating system including OS/390 and Open Edition. Infoskill also participated in the packaging of MVS/ESA Open Edition for IBM Toronto Labs.
Infoskill also focuses on providing its clients with a System Management Framework that consists of seven management areas: accounting management, change management, operations management, security, configuration management, performance management and problem management. This involves evaluating the current situation, identifying requirements, preparing a test lab, evaluating short-listed products, setting up the future platform, and component rollout. The products vary from HP Open View, CA Unicenter-TNG, to IBM-Tivoli TME10 depending on clients existing financial layout for products and equipment. A typical project runs from six to eighteen months depending on the management modules prepared and rolled out.
Infoskill provides a wide range of services for data center operations including organizational review, performance management, capacity planning, security management, disaster recovery planning, automated operations, system managed storage and help desk design and implementation.
- Contact : Infoskill

Ithaca Solutions

Independent IT Consultancy specialising in Mainframes and migrations. Established 1978 and have worked with numerous blue-chip and international clients in UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, Israel and the United States.
Currently 17 full-time Consultants available for project work or individual contracts.
Have experience in the Operation, Systems Generation, Software Maintenance and custom extentions (Software Engineering) covering the MVS operating system since its Beta Test trials. Working on assignment with IBM at their Santa Teresa Laboratory covering IMS, DB2 and DPropR.
Were one of the twelve customer representatives invited to participate in the OS/390 Parallel Sysplex Design Council.
Specifics :
Job Entry Sub-Systems - JES3 (expert), JES2 (proficient)
Program languages - ASSEMBLER (expert), COBOL (highly proficient), PL/1 (highly proficient), PLS (highly proficient).
Access Methods - BDAM, BSAM, BPAM, QSAM and VSAM
Databases - DL/1 and DB2 (database design, administration and exit routine development)
Application Development - experience in architecture (blueprints), analysis, design, development, testing and maintenance.
Software Engineering - experience in the design/development of access methods, cross memory sub-systems, internal address space task scheduling and virtual execution ("Hypervisor") environments.
Please contact Andrew Maybin on +44 (0)20 7945 6286 or send an email

Jeeves Consulting / Ethica

Jeeves Consulting / Ethica is a Belgian Information Technology firm dedicated to professional system services for mainframe, Unix & Windows/NT platforms. As an IBM Business Partner, specialising in S/390 Solutions, we can offer a hardware solution including P/390, Integrated Server, Multiprise 2003 and CMOS 9672 and we can act as reseller for all S/390 software.
We aim to design and implement business solutions, bringing the latest technology together with our professional services to meet companies their system requirements.
All of our consultants are excellent skilled in various aspects of mainframe or Unix systems and their experience is kept in track with the latest evolution on hard- and software technology.
Our goal is to provide all the expertise and training you need to acquire and utilize a system that performs very well and continues to deliver excellent results in the future.
All of our services are generally available in Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg and France, other countries can be served on special demand.
Contact : Jeeves Infos

K.C. Software, LLC

K.C. Software offers a wide array of OS/390 (z/OS) consulting services. We have extensive knowledge in WLM conversion and tuning, XCF, GRS, TCP/IP, HCD, RACF, SMP/E, ServerPac, DFSMS, Assembler, VTAM, and many other areas. We rely heavily on telecommuting as a cost-effective way to connect to customer sites and carry out assignments.

Lancaster Systems, Inc.

Since 1984, Lancaster Systems, Inc., (LSI), a Woman-owned Business Enterprise (WBE), has been helping a long and growing list of Fortune 500 corporations meet their needs for information systems consulting.

MainFrame Service Providers, Inc.

MainFrame Service Providers, Inc. offers IBM S/390 hardware and support as an alternative to large data center bureaucracy. Connect to a flexible and responsive platform via the Internet. Eliminate monthly CPU charges. Reduce 3rd party software costs and annual maintenance fees.
(Service type : IBM PC Server S/390 and IBM RS/6000 S/390 Server-on-Board services)

Mainframe System Programmer Services (MSPS)

Mainframe System Programmer Services offers a wide range of System Programming and Technical Support services at a price that is tailored to your needs and budget.

May, Peter

Peter May specialises in IBM Information/Management (Info/Man) and TME 10 Operations Planning and Control (OPC & OPC/ESA), providing consultancy and training in twelve countries. He has spoken at the USA National Info/Man Conference, UK GSE Info/Man Conference, and GSE Nordic Info/Man Conferences. His web-site at http://web.ukonline.co.uk/p.may provides a focal reference point for those products.

Mentor Consultants, Inc.

Mentor Consultants, Inc. has been the leader in Mainframe Systems Consulting for over 18 years. We understand that it was in the mainframe world that the term mission critical evolved, and the service we give our clients reflects this understanding.
We are experts in the following mainframe environments: UNISYS, IBM, DEC

Metro Information Services

Founded in 1979, is a $100M company supporting 1300 professionals who provide a wide range of Information Technology Consulting services to Fortune 1000 Clients located throughout the United States.

MGA Technologies

MGA Technologies is a management and information systems consulting company, providing professional consulting services to U.S. and international clients. Extensive project management experience and technical expertise provides an array of services designed to enhance the processes, products, and organization necessary to provide solutions to protect and capitalize on your data processing investment.

MIS Training Institute

The Mission of MIS Training Institute is to provide:
Timely information, knowledge and wisdom to auditors
Educate auditors in the latest methodologies
Train auditors in the current and emerging technologies
Act as an influence with audit committees and boards of directors

MVS Training, Inc.

MVS Training, Inc., 12 years of Excellence

• Customized MVS (OS/390) On-site Training
• VSE to MVS (OS/390) Conversion Training Specialists
• New Hire Training Experts
• Non-IBM to IBM MVS-OS/390 Training
• COBOL Differences Training
• Book Publications COBOL, JCL, TSO, REXX ...

NacSoft, Inc.

NacSoft, Inc. is a computer software consulting firm whose primary expertise is in the IBM mainframe environment. We provide proactive development solutions and system integration services to our clients.
NacSoft's emphasis is on analysis, design, implementation and tuning of relational databases for the development of large scale online applications.

NMI Internet Expert Services

NMI is a cross-platform integrator of electronic commerce solutions, offering consulting services and software engineering.
Contact : NMI answers

Northern Illinois University (Department of Computer Science)

The Department of Computer Science at Northern Illinois University provides quality IBM mainframe training and consulting by faculty members and associates. Faculty members of NIU are involved with SHARE and have corporate experience. Training courses available include COBOL, Assembler, JCL, and CICS.

OIC Programming Services

OIC was founded in 1974 and Incorporated in the State of Georgia as Otwell International Corporation in 1977. Our experience has spanned OS, PCP, MFT, MVT, HASP, VS1, SVS, MVS, MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, OS/390, JES2 and other Operating System components as well as various Application Programs and interfaces to the Operating System. The staff of OIC Programming Services has remained continuously active in the areas of mainframe operating systems, application programs, and the interactions between them.

PCS Training

PCS Training offers Assembler, ISOC and TPF training for users of IBM's TPF Operating system on S/390. Courses have been taught in Australia, USA, Singapore, Europe and Bangkok. C and Assembler classes are also available for users of VM or MVS operating systems.

PERSETEL Holdings

"Persetel's Mission is to strive to be the leading providers of unquestionably superior solutions to organisations with extensive demands for information technology. Our measure of success is the delivery of IT solutions that contribute to our clients' success".

PKS Information Services, Inc.

PKS Information Services, Inc., is an international, full service information technology company which provides computer outsourcing and systems integration services. The company has a long, successful track record of providing custom-tailored computer outsourcing services. Its technology expertise encompasses all computing environments from mainframes to client/server platforms. A network integration group designs and implements all LAN/WAN topologies and network management platforms. A business software group defines, develops, implements, and supports application software. The company's Suite 2000SM service helps customers convert source code to make it century date compliant. LexiBridgeTM, a PKS company, helps customers port legacy COBOL applications to client/server platforms.

ProTech, Professional Technical Services, Inc.

ProTech, Professional Technical Services, Inc. is a international provider of training and consulting services. We offer classes for mainframe, enterprise systems management software, client/server, UNIX and networking technologies. For more information, you may visit our homepage, send email to ProTech Infos, or call one of our Account Representatives at 800-373-9188.

Quantum Consulting & Placement

Quantum strives to relate in an empowering, non-protective way to our Consultants, while putting the goals and needs of our Client sites as our top priority.
Quantum staffs local companies with experienced consultants in a variety of technologies (year 2000, mainframes, project management, Internet/Intranet, technical support, client/server & PC

QuiP Institute, Inc.

An education and consulting company, specializing in AFP and the creation of Web-based training applications for all subject areas.
- Advanced Function Printing (AFP) - a QuiP Institute, Inc course
AFP courses tailored towards all levels of users, from beginning to advanced. QuiP delivers all courses onsite at the customer location, and content can be customized to meet specific needs.

Remote Associates, Ltd.

VM Systems and Applications Programming. Linux/390, Data center management, Custom Applications Programming. Expert Systems Programming services available onsite or via remote access. We can handle all data center or programming issues; Disaster Recovery, On Site Training, Audit Compliance Issues. Let us rewrite code to fix problems. Expertise in operating system upgrades, and application software upgrades. We can setup an independant test system for complete regression testing. SAS and FOCUS expertise, as well as in COBOL and PL/1. Rexx and Pipelines master plumbers on staff.

Ricos

Welcome at Ricos, your preferred Information Technology Partner. Ricos was founded in 1999 by IT professional Jan Riviere. We provide high quality IT services for top companies in Belgium, mainly in the area of mainframe application development and dynamic webprogramming.
During the last 17 years, we gained a broad IT and business experience in the banking sector as well as the industry sector. We can work onsite or offsite, independently, as a member of a development team, team leader, or as a project leader. We seek to provide services at the highest level of professionalism, expediency and integrity to our clients.
As fully qualified independent IT professionals, we are highly motivated and results-driven with an outstanding work ethic and ability to learn and apply new skills, a remarkable depth of knowledge and highly adaptable.

SBBWorks

SBBWorks specializes in the review, design and implementation of cost allocation and chargeback systems that enable I/S managers to control resource costs. Our senior-level technical consultants have diverse knowledge and experience to help customers address their computing resource management needs.

Scott Enterprise Consultancy

Free MVS Systems Programming software to download, including the popular MXI, STEMPUSH and VTOCUTIL utilities.
SEC Ltd is a partnership which offers services in two fields: web design and development, and systems programming for corporate mainframe computers.
The mainframe section of the site offers resources for professionals working with MVS, OS/390, ISPF, REXX and Assembler. There you will find:

• Free software to download, including utility programs and REXX external functions;
• Example Assembler programs and REXX Execs;
• Links to other relevant and interesting sites.

Contact : Scott Enterprise Consultancy Infos

SHARE

SHARE is an association whose member associations are broad-based users of IBM information technology. SHARE's mission is to enable people in information technology environments to achieve business results through education, professional connections, and opportunities to influence the IT industry. Contact email : SHARE

SimoTime

SimoTime, when technology complements business. We are a technologies, services and consulting company specializing in the integration or transformation of mainframe legacy and web systems for the Internet. We have the people and complementary technology to quickly convert BMS and MFS screens to HTML forms that include JavaScript. We can assist in defining the scope and content of existing mainframe applications consisting of JCL, COBOL, Assembler or HLASM, VSAM and more.

Sine Nomine Associates

Sine Nomine Associates provides a comprehensive range of internetworking, telecommunications, strategic, and training services for organizations in all commercial and government sectors worldwide. This includes IBM System/390 as well as Sun, HP, DEC/Compaq, etc. We are one of the pioneers in the Linux/390 arena; our record of 97,939 Linux images on a single mainframe remains the benchmark.
Our vendor-neutral approach means there is no hidden reason for us to recommend a particular solution for your project, and our broad range of experience means we have the knowledge to make good selections from among possible solutions.
Sine Nomine Associates was formed on the principle that information technology solutions should use the best possible technology and be implemented by people who care deeply about both product success and customer satisfaction. We use the phrase "built to last" to characterize the solutions we build--it represents measures of quality and services that are the hallmarks of a well-planned architecture and careful implementation: expandability, scalability, reliability, and usability.
This philosophy also means we believe that implementations are not optimally useful unless customers are trained on the underlying technologies and details of the solution. Our projects include detailed design documentation, diagrams, materials lists, and integral training to use the implemented solution.
Past clients include AT&T, MCI, Nextel, Unisource, Verizon, IBM, American Standard, University of Wisconsin, Smithsonian Institution, SHL, Home Shopping Network, Cable Online UK, Asbury Park Press, Epoch, Global One, Codetel, Etisalat, Satko, Indosat, Maxis, Ascend, COMPAQ, Sprint, Cisco, Lucent Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, Teleglobe, Nextlink, Shearson Lehman, e.spire, and others.
Email contact : Sine Nomine Associates Infos

Sirius Solutions, Inc., Year 2000 Solutions For The IDMS Environment

Sirius Solutions, Inc. is an independent consulting firm specializing in Year 2000 solutions for IDMS. Our developers are experienced with IDMS in the MVS and VM environments.
We highly recommend the database procedure solution developed by Hybrid Systems, Ltd. This solution DOES NOT require a database restructure.
Visit http://www.hslinc.com/ for more information on this product. We can provide a Time and Materials or fixed price bid.

Softech Solutions, Inc.

Softech Solutions, Inc. was established in 1994 by four individuals who are technical experts on internationally acclaimed systems developed by a major "Bankcard" and "Retail" software vendor in central Florida. With over 80 years of combined experience, these individuals were the primary architects for many of those applications.
These mainframe applications include credit card processing, credit decision management, collection tracking, on-line real-time authorization processing, and full transaction warehousing and correction.

Softstream Corporation

SOFTSTREAM Corporation is a full-service Information Technology solutions provider - everything from high-end Strategic Consulting, Technology Implementation to IT Staffing - with clients in manufacturing, technology, consumer products, financial services and more.

Software Architects, Inc.

Software Architects, Inc. is an Information Technology and Management firm providing consulting and application development services to the government and private industry. We specialize in the design, implementation and administration of database solutions in Mainframe and WAN/LAN environments, as well as project management for large scale application development systems. We also specialize in the design, review and assessment, feasability studies and performance tuning of a wide array of database systems.

Software Spectrum

Like every individual, every business holds certain beliefs.
As in personal life, the soundness of those beliefs defines how the business conducts itself in its relationships with others, such as customers, suppliers and associates. That soundness also determines how successful the business will be, both today and tomorrow.
Furthermore, the beliefs of a business must incorporate those of its employees. This must be true so that business practices and personal conduct can remain consistently aligned, even in the absence of specific rules or policies. Thus all personnel must be able to live by the beliefs of the business, just as they live by beliefs they call their own.
Software Spectrum's beliefs therefore strive to recognize what makes good business sense, and to embody a personal philosophy that each team member can embrace with pride.

SolracZ Inc.

IBM Mainframe Support for VM/VSE. WIN2000 to mainframe support. VM/VSE upgrades. ALL levels of VM/VSE Supported.
Appication Software development.
Email address : SolracZ

Source Recovery Company (The)

The Source Recovery Company recovers missing Cobol and Assembler source code from MVS, VM or VSE executable modules. Our service started officially in 1992 but the concept has been offered since 1989

SSC, Inc.

Mainframe Consulting Services System Programming
Company was started in 1989, and incorporated in 1990
SSC, Inc. has provided high quality, Mainframe System Programming services, to major organizations throughout the Washington, DC Metropolitan area
Law Enforcement expertise with records management, and NCIC/NLETS message traffic using TCP/IP and BSC
Installation and/or migration of MVS/ESA and OS/390 at numerous organizations in the Washington, DC area
Recent involvement in writing C ICS Sockets applications and CICS Web aware applications
Three year, System Programming outsourcing contract, for a prestigious Washington, DC University (1994 - 1997)
Involvement in projects that required all aspects of Mainframe System Programming, to include: Operating System, CICS, Networking, DB2, IMS, Assembler programming, Imaging, and Disaster Recovery

Strategia

Strategia has helped hundreds of companies with large-scale IBM and Bull systems protect themselves from unexpected interruptions in their data processing.
These companies count on Strategia for a comprehensive portfolio of services including Year 2000 compliance, disaster recovery, plus a variety of consulting and outsourcing services.

SunGard Computer Services

SunGard Computer Services (SCS) has been a leading provider of remote IBM services for more than twenty years. Our clients span financial, manufacturing, government and service sectors.
SunGard Computer Services provides its services throughout the US and Europe from one of the most technologically advanced, highly reliable and secure data processing centers in the United States.
Products : Outsourcing, Enterprise Software Engineering Center, Application Maintenance Services, Direct Marketing Data Processing

Superior Systems Solutions Ltd. (Ireland)

IBM MVS & OS/390 Operations & Systems Support / Installation and Tuning. Security (RACF) a speciality.
All aspects of operational support offered.
REXX & Clist programing Services.
COBOL & Assembler Developement & Maintenance undertaken (and offered over the web ....)
Internet Support offered for World Wide coverage.
Email contact : Superior Systems Solutions

Support Net Inc.

Since its inception in 1982, Support Net has experienced meteoric growth to become the largest distributor of IBM midrange products!
We offer the IBM AS/400, IBM RS/6000, IBM Netfinity, IBM S/390, Networking, Industrial Computers, and Storage Products, as well as peripherals, IBM Services, and Software. Named an IBM Premier Business Partner for the fifth consecutive year, our business is to serve our Solution Providers and offer the best products and industry-exclusive services available.
Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN, Support Net leads the industry through our extensive support services, product offerings and leading-edge technology.

Sytek Services, Inc

Provides VM, VSE, OS/390, & Linux for zVM support, training & consultation, from the system level to 'help desk' tasks.

TechKnowledge Corporation (formerly Amdahl Education).

TecKnowledge Corporation, formerly Amdahl Education, was established in April, 1996 as a result of a management buyout by Amdahl employees. We specialize in objective enterprise-wide education services including System/390 and Unix based open systems. Some areas of expertise are: MVS, CICS, IMS, DB2, Networking, C Language, C++, and Visual Basic.

The Trainer's Friend, Inc.

We have been doing instructor-led IBM mainframe applications programmer training since 1975.
In addition to offering live classes at your installation, we offer: consortium training; training materials licensing; individual study programs through our Remote Contact Training option.
Contact : Steve Comstock

Themis Education Services

Themis, Inc. is a leading provider of advanced systems software training to the information processing community.
New Jersey-based Themis specializes in the delivery of instructor-led Client/Server, CICS, DB2 and other system software training on both a public and client-site basis. Currently, it offers public class training in 14 key cities throughout the United States. In-house training is tailored to individualized client needs. Courses are well-constructed agendas of practical programming, design and debugging disciplines and systems theory required by data processing professionals to maintain skills at a high level.

Trainframe

Trainframe places your MVS console operators into an exciting OS390 Flight Simulator. Operators will experience the latest releases of the real IBM OS.

Transition Systems Corporation

Transition Systems Corporation, although a relatively young company, is composed of a group of highly skilled and motivated professionals. The majority of our professionals possess many years of professional and management experience. The strength of our professional staff allows TSC to provide a vast array of high quality consulting services. Our professional expertise covers the more traditional legacy systems as well as the capability and expertise required to provide expert advice and services for the more comtemporary client/server systems. This flexibility allows our clients to choose the professional services that best fit their information services requirements.

Trident Services

Trident Services is a provider of OS/390 and MVS/ESA environment enhancement software tools and systems programming consulting services. Services provided include: operating systems software maintenance; DFSMS planning, implementation and tuning; capacity planning, performance evaluation and tuning; operating system and hardware upgrade support, network planning, implementation and support; security systems planning and implementation; and, customized training and education.
Contact : Trident Services

Triton Consulting

Triton Consulting is a highly focused, independent DB2 technical services provider that is able to supply exceptional individuals to assist organisations in addressing their most pressing I.T. issues.
Triton Consulting has a proven track record in helping companies with household names address a wide variety of DB2-related strategic, technical and managerial issues, from wide-ranging database strategy reviews to detailed database performance modelling and tuning.
Our consultants are carefully selected to combine in-depth technical knowledge with excellent communication and presentation skills. This combination allows us to work with our clients to quickly investigate their DB2 issues and propose effective solutions.

TSD UK Ltd.

TSD was formed in 1994 to provide consultancy services, education and system software for the IBM mainframe market place. We have undertaken projects throughout Europe providing both high level consultancy and implementation skills to enable project delivery across all commercial sectors.
The primary objective of our company is to provide a centre of expertise within the IBM technical arena and we achieve this by maintaining the high quality of our consultancy and monitoring the effectiveness of our solutions through strong project management disciplines.

TYC Consulting Resources, Inc. Computer Consulting Hawaii

Our Experienced Team of Professionals can provide you with the following services:.

• Computer Programming
• Business or Applications Analysts
• Systems Programming
• Project Management
• Production Support

These services can be performed on-site or remotely depending on your specific needs. Our expertise is in the area of large IBM mainframe and AS/400 midrange computers.

Verhoef Information Packages, Inc.

Verhoef Information Packages, Inc. has, for the past 16 years, provided high quality training to the data processing community across the United States, Canada and England. Among the many organizations which have made Verhoef training their first choice have been government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, software developers and hi-tech corporations.
Verhoef was established in 1980 with the simple mission of providing the best in technical education for professionals utilizing IBM mainframe software. In order to serve clients in a changing computer information market, Verhoef has expanded its curriculum to include a range of new computer technology courses in UNIX, Client/Server technologies and PC programming languages. this year has also seen the introduction of new Internet courses to enable our clients to move confidently and easily down the ever changing information superhighway.
We are constantly in need for freelance instructors. We would like to hear from anyone who can teach our classes on a contract basis. Assignments could be anywhere in the world but will usually be in the USA, UK, Europe or South Africa.
- MVS Classes include: MVS/ESA Control Structure & Logic, MVS Parallel Sysplex Fundementals, MVS Concepts and Migrations, MVS/ESA Performance Management and Tuning, MVS Job Control Language, MVS/ESA Operator Training, MVS/ESA Advanced Operations - Other classes include: CICS Structure & Logic, CICS Tuning, CICS System Debugging, CICS Migration to V 4.1, CICS Command Level, CICS Advanced Command Level, CICS Application Debugging, CICS LU 6.2 Applications
Also, if you would like to receive details of the classes; content; objectives, price, availablity, etc., then please reply with your name and address so that we can send our catalog to you.

VM Resources LTD

VM RESOURCES LTD. is a full service VM consulting and training company.
We offer VM:Virtual Sysprog, a remote telecommuting programming service.

VSE Central

VSE Training for Operators and Programmers suitable for beginners to professionals. Email contact : VSE Central Infos

VSEasy, Inc.

VSEasy, Inc. is an independent VSE/VM Consulting firm. We specialize in providing systems programming support for legacy VSE and VM Mainframe environments. Our consultant has over 20 years of VSE/VM experience, including installing and maintaining 3rd party vendor products, maintaining CICS, VTAM and NCP configuration, disaster recovery planning, assembler language programming and other tasks.
We can perform services for your enterprise directly from our office, freeing up valuable space in your cubicle farm. We can also provide on-site services or any combination of the two.
We are located in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area.

Watson Watson & Walker, Inc.

Cheryl Watson and Watson & Walker, Inc. offer practical mainframe performance and measurement advice. Through our newsletter, classes, consulting, and software, we assist system programmers, capacity planners and performance analysts using the IBM MVS or OS/390 operating system. Our goal is to offer vendor-independent and very practical assistance, keeping our customers up-to-date and saving them valuable time, money and resources.

Wise Ltd. - DB2, CICS & VSAM training and consulting

IT training company specialising in DB2, CICS and VSAM courses. We offer both public courses (at Gatwick) and on-site courses (anywhere in the UK and Europe).

Zinncorp Consulting

Since 1989, Zinncorp has been providing high quality consulting services to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area's top businesses, with a goal of complete client satisfaction. We're just as focused on the satisfaction of our consultants, who join us for state-of-the-art technical challenge, ongoing training and career advancement.

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