At BCL, we can provide complete, comprehensive planning and implementation of Linux OS on z Systems. Let our years of experience with the System z platform provide you with a turnkey implementation of this ever-growing operating system.
Recognizing the need to provide a clear interface to the System z architecture, upon which a Linux system could be installed, IBM has committed to being a part of this Open Source community. z/Linux may be configured to run natively on IBM Z or as a guest virtual machine under z/VM (Control Program) using Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) processors.
The IBM z Systems platform is a robust system offering reliability, availability, and scalability, providing tremendous growth potential. There are many applications that run on z/Linux, giving you flexibility for development and deployment efforts.
Contact our team at BCL for more information about how the z/Linux solution will work for your business.
Our process begins with a focused consultation to clarify your goals, assess your current workloads, and confirm readiness.
From there, we plan and design the target architecture, security model, and migration approach.
We then implement and integrate. This includes building images, configuring networking and storage, and connecting to data and enterprise services.
When the environment is ready, we migrate and validate with controlled cutovers and thorough testing. After going live, we operate and optimize your platform through ongoing management, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
✔️Consolidation with control: Move Linux workloads onto IBM Z to shrink your x86 footprint, simplify estates, and centralize governance.
✔️Resilience: Leverage the reliability, availability, and scalability characteristics of IBM Z for mission-critical services.
✔️Security: Pair Linux flexibility with IBM Z security practices used across BCL’s mainframe services.
✔️Operational efficiency: Standardize processes and tooling; reduce the overhead of managing separate UNIX/Linux farms alongside mainframe operations.
BCL pairs deep IBM Z expertise with practical, end-to-end delivery. Our consultants bring decades of mainframe experience across z/OS, z/VM, CICS, IMS, DB2, security, networking, performance, and DR.
When you choose BCL, you get a team that knows the platform and how to run it at scale. our 24/7 support model, proactive tuning, and capacity planning keep services stable and cost-effective.
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.