Strongback Consulting · Mainframe DevOps

Modern DevOps for the mainframe you already run

Strongback moves z/OS shops from legacy SCMs to Git, wires mainframe builds and deployments into modern pipelines, and trains the teams who run it — delivered directly by senior mainframe engineers, not subcontractors.

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Solutions

Six ways in, one destination

Whether you’re leaving Endevor, rolling out IDz, or wiring z/OS into the pipeline your distributed teams already use — every engagement is delivered directly by working mainframe consultants.

Migration

Endevor to Git

Move off Endevor to Git and IBM Dependency Based Build while preserving your promotion path — and stepping off Broadcom’s renewal escalator.

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Librarian / Panvalet to Git

The same disciplined migration path for CA Librarian and CA Panvalet shops — legacy SCMs with even fewer modernization options than Endevor.

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IBM DevOps Deploy

Workflow-driven deployment automation across mainframe and distributed platforms in one tool — implemented, configured, and handed over working.

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IBM Wazi Deploy

Scripted, Git-native z/OS deployment that lives inside your pipeline. The natural next step after a DBB build — packaged, promoted, auditable.

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IDz Implementation Services

Rollout, licensing, performance tuning, and adoption of IBM Developer for z/OS — so the IDE your company bought actually gets used.

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CI/CD Pipeline Integration

Wire your z/OS builds and deployments into the pipeline you already run — Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab runners, or Azure DevOps agents — so mainframe changes flow through the same gates as everything else.

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Training

Training from people who run these tools in production

IBM ELM training

The Island Training Solutions curriculum is now part of Strongback — instructor-led courses across DOORS Next, EWM, ETM, Rhapsody, reporting, and global configuration. Browse the course catalog →

IDz & mainframe DevOps training

Developer enablement for IDz, Git + DBB, and Java on z/OS — delivered inside implementation engagements so the rollout sticks. See IDz training →

Private & custom delivery

On-site or virtual, adapted to your project areas and process — not a canned sandbox. Request a class →

Case Studies

The work, as it actually went

A large insurance company retires a 40-year-old homegrown z/OS deployment toolFinancial Services · deployment modernization A payment processor turns 100% of its 3270 green screens into a modern web interfaceFinancial Services · modernization Santa Fe College cuts application deployment from four hours to eight minutesEducation · deployment automation
From the STRONGblog

We publish what we learn in the field

Twenty years of working notes from real z/OS engagements — the same knowledge we bring to yours. Browse all 371 posts →

z/OS Dataset Considerations for Migrating from Endevor to GitEndevor · DBB · migration planning Get better performance with a 2-stage COBOL compile process in a DevOps modelCOBOL · build optimization How not to screw up your z/OS Unix File System structurez/OS UNIX · Git repositories Why does my z/OS code look like gibberish with git?code pages · Git on z/OS Three tricks to drastically improve the performance of IBM Developer for z/OSIDz · performance tuning What’s the difference between IDz, IDzEE and ADFz?IDz · licensing
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