Mainframes are large, powerful computers that run critical enterprise applications for banking, finance, insurance, and telecommunications. They operate on IBM's Z/OS or OS/390 operating systems and use programming languages like COBOL, PL/I, and Assembler. Mainframes provide advantages like high processing speeds, security, reliability, and the ability to support many concurrent users. While 80% of mainframe projects now are maintenance, over half of organizations still rely on major applications hosted on mainframes.

1. MAINFRAMES

3. Operating system
Z/OS, OS/390
Programming Languages
COBOL,PL/I,ASSEMBLER,REXX,JCL
Database
DB2,IMS,VSAM
Online
CICS

4. Advantages
 Concurrent users
 High Processing Speed
 Storage
 TSO
 Multiprogramming
 Multiprocessing
 Security
 Reliable
 Batch Processing

5. Domains
 Banking
 Finance
 Insurance
 Market Research (Retail)
 Telecom

6. So far
 Mainframes is a very stable
environment
 It has been there in the Software
Industry for more than 40 years
 No new technology can totally
replace Mainframes because of its
architecture and efficiency

7. Current trend
 Around 80% of Mainframes projects
are maintenance projects
 Only 20% or less are development
projects
 The reason being the cost factor. The
hardware maintenance cost and the
initial investment required is too
high.

8. Current trend
 Migration projects are the current
trend in the market
 Reasons:
User friendly screens
Maintenance cost

9. Future
 A survey to determine the current
demand for mainframes found that
more than half of the respondents
still have major applications running
on mainframes

11. In DBA
 We are working on mainframes right
from the day company started.
We are experts in PL/I, IMS but we
have also worked on COBOL, DB2
Projects.
Our clients:
ACNielsen, Blue Cross Blue Shield