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Challenge 

An Australian statutory corporation with $5 billion in annual revenue needed to increase the capacity of its mainframe development and testing environments.​​

Their delivery cycles and release velocity were being impacted by limitations in these environments. Challenges included:​​

  • Lost source code​
  • Poor documentation​
  • Reliance on traditional z/OS tools​
  • A limited number of dev/test environments
     

CPT Global’s Actions 

CPT delivered the capabilities to make additional cloud-based lower environments available in a DevOps-style model. Actions included:​​

  • Installing MFa and zServer on LPARs with VRIS and –DLS source and date libraries​
  • Installing Enterprise Analyzer (EA) on the Repository Server​
  • Configuring CICS regions
  • Setting up Software Configuration Management​
  • Performing an Application Test Re-hosting Assessment​
  • Setting up Mainframe connectors​
  • Building and deploying DevOps​
  • Performing environment verification​​

CPT also identified missing source code, compiled source code, corrected incompatibilities, and produced a COBOL version of assembler code.​ 

Results 

  • Increased capacity with more cloud-based lower environments.​
  • Faster delivery through improved delivery cycles and release velocity.​
  • Modernized development with DevOps implementation and modern tools.​
  • Improved testing through the application test re-hosting assessment.​

CPT Global provided the tools and strategies necessary for full modernization of the organization’s mainframe operations.

CPT Global
Post by CPT Global
Feb 17, 2025 8:45:00 AM