Beyond IT, LLC provides high value service for CICS environments including CICS support, installation, conversion, CICS migration, and performance tuning/capacity planning. Beyond IT, LLC maximizes the effectiveness of CICS to improve productivity and assist our clients in gaining a competitive edge.

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The CICS Transaction Server - (Customer Information Control System) is a Client/Server architecture application for IBM System z that provides industrial-strength, online transaction management for mission-critical applications. Today, the CICS Transaction Server makes it possible for customers to take advantage of the opportunities provided by online business while fully leveraging existing System z investments. 

Beyond IT, LLC provides support with most major Database solution such as IMS & DB2, this support extends to numerous third-party products that makes up the Mainframe Database Ecosystem.

Beyond IT, LLC provides support with IBM z/OSMF implementation and customization activities. IBM z/OSMF has many features beyond the recent requirements for z/OS 2.5 installation and servicing.   The z/OS Provisioning Toolkit can accelerate your development environments delivery.

The term "Disaster Recovery" often causes fear and chaos. However, with proper planning it can be a seamless transition. Initial planning for such a monumental task often seems insurmountable. However, we have participated in many years of Disaster Recovery exercises and have utilized new technologies to reduce time and perfected the overall outcome. 

The Beyond IT, LLC technical team has conducted (Business Continuity) Disaster Recovery tests for our contracted support clients semi-annually. We have also participated in successful remote DR drills utilizing Data Replication from onsite locations to offsite location which reduces the overall Disaster Recovery exercises. 

Cyber Vault explorations is fast emerging as the next evolution of Disaster Recovery, Beyond IT, LLC is following these solutions very closely. 

We are committed to ensuring that in case of an unforeseeable ‘Disaster’ does occur we part of our ‘Business Continuity’ plan is to have Clients Business user perform validated our recovery process. They are required to validate their ability perform their daily task. This process usually calms any uncertainty that Business could continue with minor disruption.

Controlling data management can be a daunting task. Beyond IT, LLC offers a variety of services for mainframe storage management. The solution includes an analysis of the client's systems hardware, software storage requirements, DASD, tape usage, and plans for future growth.

BEYOND IT, LLC   experience with most hardware storage solutions including the implementation of Ramac Virtual Array (RVA) and IBM's Virtual Tape Server (VTS). BEYOND IT, LLC with you through the challenges to implement the new functions and features of EMC, HDS, and IBM storage subsystems. BEYOND IT, LLC has planned and implemented numerous System Managed Storage (SMS) environments. This includes end-to-end mainframe storage management solutions from the analysis and planning stage through creating and maintaining the SMS constructs and establishing data set naming standards.

BEYOND IT, LLC’s experience with IBM and non-IBM vendor storage management solutions may be of significant benefit to helping you meet your mainframe storage management goals. Operating system upgrades usually require upgrades to these vendor packages as well. New hardware features may trigger a change in storage methodologies and operational practices. BEYOND IT, LLC remains the service provider of choice to minimize the impact of these changes and allow the enterprise-computing environment to receive full benefit of mainframe storage systems upgrades.

Contact BEYOND IT, LLC to find out more about a mainframe storage management solution that will work for your business.

Mainframe networking brings vastly different considerations to all involved. Baer Consulting, Inc. (BEYOND IT, LLC) continues to maintain skills to assist with the high availability and flexibility required to enable your customers and partners to use the services of your enterprise server. While VTAM and NCP may still play a major role in mainframe networking, TCP/IP connectivity has reached a similar importance. All network connectivity to the corporate enterprise server now demands flawless availability.

TCP/IP in the System z environment encompasses many different disciplines. Included under the TCP/IP umbrella are the TCP/IP stack, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), TELNET and TN3270. BEYOND IT, LLC has installed, implemented, and customized different versions of TCP/IP for our clients. In later versions of System z, the TCP/IP stack is integrated as a part of UNIX System Services, giving the product even more power and flexibility.

Some uses of TCP/IP might include:

HTTP Web Server - For putting up your own enterprise Web Site

TELNET - For logging into multiple LPARS from another LPAR or completely different system

TN3270 - For using the PC as a workstation on the mainframe

FTP - For transferring files to and from the workstation or from system to system

BEYOND IT, LLC has experience in the hardware, software and customization that is required to help clients grow into the future with this all-important mainframe network function. As mainframe networking experts, BEYOND IT, LLC quickly implement TCP/IP, so the advantages can be immediately recognized.

The BEYOND IT, LLC team of mainframe networking support specialists can support all System z features, including: VTAM, NCP, SNA, TCP/IP. BEYOND IT, LLC has the necessary skill set to bring your enterprise server into the corporate network.

SNA networking in any configuration of the mainframe enterprise server requires the knowledge and disciplines of z/OS, System z, CICS, TSO, VTAM, NCP, and TCP/IP which typically have been available through several "specialty" groups of people. These cross-disciplines of mainframe networking knowledge have become increasingly scarce. BEYOND IT, LLC continues to focus on maintaining the skills to be your full-service enterprise system support partner. BEYOND IT, LLC has a staff that is highly capable of supporting your host-based network connections.

Understanding availability, BEYOND IT, LLC remains prepared to assist with the maintenance or upgrades to your host-based connectivity issues relating to all components of your SNA - TCP/IP environment.

BEYOND IT, LLC 's implementation services for Parallel Sysplex is a set of services that enable you to establish a Parallel Sysplex environment. The services provide help in defining, building, and implementing a Parallel Sysplex to provide a basis for future exploitation.

This service provides specific deliverables and support to accelerate your production use of Parallel Sysplex. The BEYOND IT, LLC project management and technical skills provided insure that your project is completed within the timeframes targeted, enabling you to achieve the benefits of Parallel Sysplex quickly and efficiently.

Throughout the migration, the BEYOND IT, LLC support team provides skill transfer to your systems programmers. This support and skills building means that, at the end of the project, your staff has the experience and knowledge to begin the use and exploitation of your Parallel Sysplex environment.

z/OS UNIX System Services or z/OS UNIX (formerly known as Open Edition Services) are now very tightly integrated into the System z platform. z/OS UNIX System Services is considered an essential element in the open and distributed computing strategy undertaken by IBM. By leveraging the ability to use the z/OS operating system out-of-the-box as a UNIX platform, the best of both worlds is gained. With UNIX's famed open system flexibility and z/OS's world-renowned security, scalability and recoverability, the System z platform is now ready to receive any UNIX based open systems application or solution. One of the most strategic of these applications is the enterprise class Domino/Lotus Notes messaging and legacy data integration capability.

Some important things you can do with z/OS UNIX System Services are:

HTTP Web Server (included with the z/OS base system and capable of serving traditional legacy data)

Direct access to DB2. (DB2 Connect)

C compiling

NFS (the ability to share files with other UNIX systems)

TCP/IP

UNIX TELNET

UNIX FTP

With z/OS UNIX and the Network File System client, an unchanged z/OS program can use BSAM, QSAM or VSAM to create, read and write z/OS UNIX HFS files and pipes. The z/OS NFS client can access any server on a TCP/IP network that supports the SUN NFS Version 3 or Version 2 protocols, giving legacy applications new life. Many companies are also using NFS to allow the use of UNIX System Services as a file server, thus freeing up other resources on their other UNIX platforms. This use takes advantage of z/OS's formidable backup and restore capabilities.

Many clients are now centralizing their multiple UNIX platforms on the z/OS UNIX System Services system.

Indeed, the entire world of UNIX is already on your current z/OS system, waiting to be leveraged and exploited. BEYOND IT, LLC has assisted multiple clients in customizing, implementing, and optimizing their z/OS UNIX environments.

Data must be migrated with little to no downtime or loss of data. Beyond IT, LLC can migrate your data from open systems servers to a larger capacity IBM System Storage solution or from 3990-compatible storage devices running under z/OS to larger SAN environments.

Service Highlights:

Project Management with client:

Review the IBM storage configuration

CPU / Network configuration

Recognize business constraints and issues that may impact your mainframe data migration timetable

Design a mainframe data migration strategy

Our technical specialists:

Install and customize mainframe data migration tool or scripts

Perform tests on several volumes for client review and approval

Ensure backup of source data has been completed prior to mainframe data migration

Review all migrations

Post migration:

Assist in test and validate migrated data

Remove migration tool

Beyond IT, LLC provides Mainframe Capacity Planning and Performance Reporting for z/OS systems. Mainframe Capacity Planning is the estimation of future computing resources, including system and network resources that are required to meet business needs. This plan is achieved using various software tools to review historical data. Using this data and any known business objectives, we work with the client to develop a vendor-independent strategy.

We at Beyond IT, LLC   provide a step-by-step approach to create an in-depth plan. This makes it possible for our clients to forecast, plan, improve productivity, and gain a competitive edge through better managing of their overall IT resources.

Beyond IT LLC.  has successfully implemented many z/OS-related security solutions including conversion services from other products.

Beyond IT LLC documented architecture outlines for z/OS Security Server structures lend themselves to the new RACF facilities and can be maintained with minimal administrative effort. We are also familiar with Unix System Services segments and what is required to fulfill the needs of the z/OS UNIX environment.

Mainframe access control is important; Top Secret, ACF2 or RACF security for z/OS is a great start, but often more is required beyond simply implementing these security packages, we help you explore other customized solutions to protect your organization.