Telecommunications
Nature of Project
Server Consolidation
Sun SPARC Solaris to IBM RS/6000 AIX
NCR to IBM RS/6000 AIX
AT&T to IBM RS/6000 AIX
IBM Global Services and Sector7 teamed as business partners to port fifteen (15) applications for a large Communications Company from UNIX platforms that the customer no longer wished to support (ATT 3B2, NCR, SUN) to AIX RS/6000s. The customer's target technical environment consisted primarily of AIX, C-Language, Shell Scripts, and extensive 3270 Emulation (both terminal and HLLAPI).
The benefits to the customer were reduced system administration expenses (resulting from supporting hardware and software from fewer vendors), reduced expenses from machine consolidation and elimination of non-Y2K compliant hardware. The team was also able to provide significant savings to the customer by completing their projects ahead of schedule.
Comments from the IBM Global Service Team
"Sector7 provided multiple consultants to support our project, all of whom had requisite skills that exceeded our expectations. Sector7 provided our team with UNIX System skills, proven porting procedures and tools, C-Language and Shell Script programming, 3270 Emulator replacement wrappers, on-site testing and debugging, and management of off-site porting activities. Sector7 always met or exceeded our schedule requirements and was able to supply additional skills when application enhancements requested by the customer altered the scope of the original project. Programs ported and compiled but not tested by Sector7 at their laboratory in Austin ran almost without error when moved to the customer location for testing. Sector7 was a reliable and flexible partner when project adjustments were necessary to satisfy customer requirements. Sector7 was very helpful in pursuing additional opportunities with this customer."
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