Professional Services

SIBRA GmbH
markets a full range of Professional Services offerings
focused on areas such as:

Analysis
Migration Projects
Project Controlling
Project Management
Web based Applications
Security-related Projects
Client-Server Architectures
Network Management Systems
Distributed DB/DC-Applications
Distributed Transaction Processing
System Integration, System Tuning
BS2000 Operating System Development
Computer Interconnection BS2000 - z/OS - UNIX
  SIBRA develops

DB/DC Software
Operating System Software
Network Management Systems
Customized Application Systems
Realtime, Transactions, and Web-Applications

  SIBRA performs

Project Controlling
Project Management
Research, Analysis, and Design
Tool based Analysis of Application Source Code
Tool based Analysis and Migration for Programming Languages, Databases, and System Platforms
Redesign and Renovation of Applications
Optimization and Tuning
Programming Education
Training e. g. for the
IBM Problem Determination Tools amongst others with the
IBM Debug Tool on z/OS and Eclipse based,
 the comfortable debugging of mainframe programs from your PC

  SIBRA consults

Hardware/Software Selection
Network Configuration and Design
Computing Center Automation

  SIBRA has special experience and know how with

+ application and system programming on the mainframe platforms BS2000, MVS, OS/390 and z/OS with programming languages Assembler, Cobol, Fortran, Natural, and PL/I (databases and online systems included)
+ low-cost maintenance and further development of your legacy applications with our powerful analysis tools for source code and load module libraries
+ Analysis of existing applications on all platforms
for optimal performance and
 reduction of running costs
+ Analysis and further development of existing solutions
+ Redesign and renovation of existing applications
+ Accessibility of existing applications onto Internet
+ New implementation of individual applications
+ Integration into available system environments
+ Production of prototype versions
+ Platform and database independent migration of applications and data resources,
e. g. from mainframe to SAP/R3
+ Technology Consulting
+ Adaptation of computer centers on LE/390
+ Migration to newer compiler versions, for example IBM Enterprise Cobol and PL/I
 + LE Condition Handler (z/OS Language Environment), especially as a compatible substitute for the previous
VS FORTRAN Extended Error Handling Facility
+ the following products for analyses and software development:
- IBM Rational Developer for System z (RDz)

- IBM Rational Asset Analyzer (RAA) for System z (RAAz)

- IBM Problem Determination Tools and Studio with
- Debug Tool, Fault Analyzer, File Manager, ...
- Relativity Modernization Workbench (RMW)
- Software AG webMethods Application Modernization Suite, Discovery Edition for 3GL
 + System tuning and tailoring for z/OS, Compiler, LE/390, CICS, IMS, DB2, IDMS, ...
+ Building up a DB2 based Load Module Repository LMR from currently running Load Module Libraries for the
 usage as a Configuration Management System
+ With Edge Portfolio Analyzer EPA Analysis of currently running Load Module Libraries for Enterprise,
 Application Portfolio, and Program Management
+ At the momemt of current interest: To discover in all application libraries all load modules, which contain old Cobol, C/C++ or PL/I modules which CICS TS V3.1 is not supporting anymore
+ Euro conversions without Big Bang procedure

Documents for Download:

Overview LE/390 Migration and Consolidation
(Expanded version dated 2005-08-29)

IBM Case Study with RAAz: SIBRA GmbH cuts developer effort by at least 50 percent
 (April 2013)

Pricing and Conditions
 
The SIBRA GmbH offers service and implementation contracts for the realization of customer-specific tasks. In both cases SIBRA is interested at a close cooperation with the customer. With this is achieved, that the worked out solution is accepted by both partners and misunderstandings, in particular with greater projects, will be avoided.

SIBRA GmbH charges for its Professional Services offerings EUR 95,-- to EUR 150,-- on an hourly basis.
Travel expenses will be charged separately.



Brainware

 Know how, Experience, and Core Competence of SIBRA staff:
Operating Systems

 BS1000, BS2000 & OSD, MAC-OS, MS-DOS,  OS/390 & z/OS, OS/2, AIX, HPUX, LINUX, SINIX, SOLARIS, SUN OS, UNIX, WINDOWS
Programming Languages

ABAP, ALGOL68, ASSEMBLER
(/390, BS2000, RISC), BASIC, VISUAL BASIC & VBA, C, C++, Visual C++, COBOL II & 85, FORTRAN, JAVA, JAVASCRIPT, JCL, LE/390, NATURAL, PASCAL, PL/I, PL/SQL, REXX, SDF-A, SDF-P, Smalltalk, SQL, SPL3 & 4, UNIX-Shell
Database Systems

ADABAS, DBASE, DB2 & UDB, IMS, INFORMIX, LEASY, MS ACCESS, PARADOX, POSTGRES, ORACLE, SESAM, SICAD-GDB, SYBASE, UDS, VSAM
DB/DC-Monitors

CICS, DCAM, IMS, UTM, UTMX
Web Technology

LINUX, Windows

Apache, MS-IIS, Sun Webserver, Tomcat,
SAP Web Appl. Server
ASP, CSS, HTML, dHTML, JAVA2, JAVASCRIPT, PERL, PL/SQL, PHP4, XML

MS ACCESS, mySQL, MS SQL-Server, ORACLE, POSTGRES, SYBASE, DB2 & UDB
User Interfaces

BMS (MVS), COLLAGE (SINIX), FHS mit IFG, FORMANT (SINIX), MAC-Oberfläche, OSF-MOTIF (SINIX), OS/2 Presentation Manager
Networks

ASDIS, CMX, CONNECT:Direct, DATEX-P (X.25), Entire Network (OS/2), ETHERNET, FILE TRANSFER, MAIL (X.400), NIS (Yellow Pages) NFS, NOVELL Netware, SNA mit APPC, SNMP, SOCKETS, TCP/IP, TRANSDATA, UUCP, Windows Network
CASE Tools


IBM RAA, RDz, WSAA,

ASES, BKS (SINIX), ISPF, NATURAL, PREDICT CASE, ADAPT STANDARDS, MAESTRO, ORACLE, ROSI-SQL, SAP/R3, SICAD, TOM, TPX, Visual BASIC, MS Visual Studio .NET, C++Builder, JBuilder, JDK, Visual Cafe, u.v.m.

Configuration Management

CSD-INTEGRA, Edge Portfolio Analyzer EPA,  ENDEVOR, KMS, KMSX, PULS, QBV (ADV Orga), TOM
Documentation

CWB, HIT, Lotus Notes, MS OFFICE, MS PROJECT,
 PAGEMAKER, PREDICT CASE, TOM-DOC
Design Languages 

COLUMBUS,
 EXCEL-Macros VBA, PREDICT CASE, SQL, WORD-Macros VBA