Sine Nomine Associates is an IT consulting firm established in 2000 that provides services such as infrastructure implementation and support, architecture design, and application development. They focus on transforming emerging technologies into practical business solutions while preserving and evolving existing systems. Their core competencies include expertise in mainframe, Linux, z/VM, open source, and high availability solutions.

1. Introducing Sine Nomine Associates
Products, Tools , Services
2018
www.sinenomine.net

2. About Sine Nomine Associates
• Established in 2000, Sine Nomine Associates is an IT research
and custom development engineering firm that transforms
emerging technology into practical business solutions as well as
assisting you in exploiting your existing infrastructure to support
current and future business operations
• Our services include installed mission-critical infrastructure and
applications, business transformation applications,
comprehensive architecture designs, ongoing support, and long-
term operations training. Together, these services create
durable, scalable and secure solutions
• Balancing between developing the cutting edge and
implementing proven best practices, our solutions are based on
three core maxims:
– Preserve effective existing systems,
– Evolving new systems and services, and
– Applying research and development

3. CORE COMPETENCIES
SNA

4. Mainframe
• SNA has decades of experience planning,
implementing, and supporting Z-based
systems in particular z/VM
• SNA has worked with IBM developing and
testing several key Z technologies such as
– Virtual Switch and SCSI
• Integration of distributed & mainframe via
technologies such as NJE

5. Linux …
• SNA was a pioneer of Linux on Z having
written seminal white papers that led to the
creation of today’s “virtual server farms”
• We have contributed to kernel and OSS
projects to exploit Z technology
• We provide planning, design, and
implementation services for Linux-based
solutions

6. … Linux
• We have extensive experience with
non-Z Linux systems so understand
how to integrate multiple platforms
• We produced the earliest Debian
distributions for Z
• We now build and support a CentOS-
based distribution called ClefOS

7. ClefOS …
• ClefOS for Z Systems provides a Linux distribution for Z
intended to fill the need for a royalty and license free
operating system for appliance and utility system
construction by anyone wishing to deploy applications on
Z hardware
• ClefOS provides a complete Linux distribution that tracks
the popular CentOS distribution on Intel system
• Can be used by end-users and ISVs royalty and license free
• Permits commercial software certified for RHEL to run at lower cost
• Automatic availability of patches and updates without subscriptions
• ClefOS is already in use by several large ISVs to deliver
application appliances and services in convenient, easy to
install packages

8. … ClefOS
• We provide Commercial-grade support
and integration consulting
• New application repositories such as
EPEL are also built and supported,
bringing the stability of an enterprise OS
and the availability of up-to-the-minute
applications

9. z/VM
• SNA provides evaluation, design, configuration, and
installation solutions that are cost effective and take
competitive advantage of z/VM’s world-class strengths
• We provide expert systems consulting, training &
education, and application programming services, either
at a customer’s location or remotely, via the Internet
• Our team has solved migration problems for enterprises
trying to keep z/VM functionality while moving to
contemporary architectures that often discount it
• We also troubleshoot and support existing applications,
long after other vendors have discontinued servicing them

10. Open Source
• SNA actively contribute to multiple Open
Source projects notably We have contributed
to multiple OSS projects including:
– PostgreSQL – we provided the code to enable it on Z back in
2000
– ZeroMQ – a lightweight message broker
– Mono which provides a .NET framework for building &
running applications on Linux on Z
– Docker and OpenShift

11. High Availability Option
• Developed and supported by SNA and incorporating
Red Hat technologies, the High-Availability Option
(HAO) for RHEL 6 on Systems z provides software
and support tooling to implement clustered, highly
available system services and data storage services
on System z hardware
• HAO provides workload distribution, cluster creation
and management software and enterprise-level
support for GFS2, a comprehensive cluster-aware file
system that is aware of the System z hardware
capabilities for zero down time services
• The product is currently used by several clients
including a major Southern Hemisphere based bank

12. Interoperation …
• NJE
– Sine Nomine Associates’ NJE/IP Bridge
allows a user to interconnect NJE
communication services on unmodified
z/VM, z/OS, VSE, TPF and -- for the first
time – open systems (such as Linux or
Solaris) connected to IPv4 and IPv6 IP
networks with or without SSL

13. … Interoperation
• CMS SSH, SCP and SFTP Suite
– This package provides the ability to
perform encrypted file transfer and terminal
sessions from CMS to other hosts
supporting the SSH, SCP and SFTP
protocols

14. OpenAFS …
• OpenAFS is one of the most established
multi-platform enterprise file systems
available, having delivered distributed data
storage and availability to mission critical
operations for over twenty years
• Used by major Wall Street, Higher
Education, Government, and Technology
companies
• SNA is a key maintainer and developer of
this technology

15. … OpenAFS
• SNA Offers
1. Continuing Support on 18 Platforms
2. Training and continuing education
3. Upgrade Maintenance, defect resolution and
compatibility assurance
4. New Development for additional features not
yet included in base code
5. Solution Deployment for new environments
or enhancements to your

16. ECC / NOC …
• SNA provides Enterprise Control Center & Network
Operation Center services related to the logical
data center management processes and the
physical design of this critical space
• We provide extensive logical ITSM process design
and evaluation services:
– Measurements and Metrics
– Process and Procedures
– Organization and Governance
– Staffing and Skill levels
– Tools and Technology
– Knowledge Management

17. … ECC /. NOC
• SNA provides Physical Design Services
– We identify and remediate problems in
physical aspects of these centers including:
inadequate infrastructure problems, lighting
levels, desk and monitor layout, air quality,
and noise
– Using the latest technologies we provide
virtual ECC walk throughs to show what can
be done before implementing our
recommendations

18. ECC Global Projects