BCL provides high-value services for CICS Transaction Server (CICS TS) environments, including support, installation, conversion, migration, and performance tuning/capacity planning.
Clients benefit from our informed advice, planning methodologies, design, and implementation skills. We maximize the effectiveness of CICS to improve productivity and help you maintain a competitive edge.
CICS Transaction Server (Customer Information Control System) is IBM’s industrial-strength online transaction manager for mission-critical applications on System z / IBM Z. For more than 30 years it has powered many of the world’s leading businesses. Today, CICS TS enables you to modernize and extend existing applications, integrate with web and API channels, and fully leverage your current mainframe investments in hardware, applications, and data.
Clean installs, upgrades, and conversions from prior releases with documented procedures and rollback options.
Version migrations, region consolidation, and application enablement to support web, API, and hybrid integration patterns.
Region and thread tuning, transaction classing, and capacity planning aligned to WLM goals and SLA targets.
RACF classing, resource protection, and auditing patterns that keep authorization simple and consistent.
Coordination with DB2, MQ, VSAM RLS, and related subsystems; configuration of CICSPlex for scale and availability.
Procedures, runbooks, and targeted training so your team can sustain day-to-day administration confidently.
1. Assess & Plan
Inventory regions, transactions, dependencies, and SLAs. Define objectives, risks, and change windows.
2. Design & Prepare
Target architecture (regions, CPSM/CICSPlex, security), migration steps, test plan, and rollback.
3. Implement
Execute installs/conversions, configuration updates, and integration with subsystems; stand up non-prod for validation.
4. Validate & Cutover
Throughput and response testing, failover checks, and controlled production cutover.
5. Operate & Optimize
Post-go-live monitoring, tuning, capacity reporting, and knowledge transfer to your staff.
Typical outcomes include faster, more reliable transaction processing with predictable response times.
Operational complexity is reduced through standardized regions and governance.
Access is modernized, via web or API, while reusing proven business logic already embedded in your applications.
Clear documentation and runbooks streamline day-to-day support and audits.
Contact us today to get started or to learn more about our Mainframe Consolidation services.
Mainframe as a Service (MFaaS) is a fully managed service that delivers mainframe computing capabilities via the cloud or hybrid infrastructure. Instead of owning and maintaining expensive on-premise mainframes, clients can access secure, scalable, and high-performance mainframe resources on a subscription basis.
We support a wide range of critical workloads, including:
Whether you’re in finance, healthcare, government, or retail, we can handle your enterprise-class workloads.
Security is our top priority. Our MFaaS environments are hosted in SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and/or FedRAMP-compliant data centers. We implement:
We also support compliance with HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR, and other regulatory frameworks.
Absolutely. We provide end-to-end migration services including:
We’ve completed dozens of successful migrations with minimal disruption.
Our pricing is transparent and consumption-based. It typically includes:
We tailor packages to each client’s specific needs to maximize value and efficiency.
Yes. We specialize in maintaining legacy systems while enabling a path toward modernization. Services include:
We operate multiple secure, geographically redundant data centers across North America, ensuring business continuity, high availability, and compliance with data residency requirements. On-premise and hybrid hosting models are also available.
Our clients include mid-sized to large enterprises, government agencies, and service providers in:
They rely on us for mission-critical uptime, operational excellence, and deep mainframe expertise.
It’s simple:
Our team will guide you every step of the way.
Mainframe Services
BCL Mainframe Services will help you better align IT services to business priorities by lowering the cost of operating and maintaining your own on-premise Enterprise Server. By teaming with BCL services you get a Managed Service Provider that is skilled & experienced in delivering IBM mainframe system services, custom fit for purpose to meet your needs.