Modernize the mainframe — without betting the business on it
Strongback helps z/OS organizations move off legacy SCMs, automate deployment, and wire the mainframe into the same pipelines as the rest of engineering. Every engagement is delivered directly by senior mainframe consultants — and starts with an assessment, not a sales pitch.
Consulting that leaves you self-sufficient
Modernizing a system of record isn’t a place for guesswork or a rotating cast of subcontractors. Three principles hold across every engagement.
Direct delivery, not a body shop
The senior engineers who scope your migration are the ones who execute it — not a hand-off to junior contractors learning z/OS on your project.
Assessment before migration
Every engagement opens with a hard look at your real estate — source control, build, deployment, and test practice — so the plan fits your shop, not a template.
Built to hand over
We implement alongside your team and leave working pipelines, documentation, and training behind. You own and run it once we’re done.
Mainframe DevOps
Our core practice — six focused engagements that move z/OS development onto modern, Git-based DevOps. Start with the Mainframe DevOps overview, or go straight to the engagement that fits your shop.
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.
Explore Endevor migrations → MigrationLibrarian / Panvalet to Git
The same disciplined migration path for CA Librarian and CA Panvalet shops — legacy SCMs with even fewer modernization options than Endevor.
Explore Librarian & Panvalet → ImplementationIBM DevOps Deploy
Workflow-driven deployment automation across mainframe and distributed platforms in one tool — implemented, configured, and handed over working.
Explore DevOps Deploy → ImplementationIBM Wazi Deploy
Scripted, Git-native z/OS deployment that lives inside your pipeline. The natural next step after a DBB build — packaged, promoted, auditable.
Explore Wazi Deploy → ImplementationIDz Implementation Services
Rollout, licensing, performance tuning, and adoption of IBM Developer for z/OS — so the IDE your company bought actually gets used.
Explore IDz services → IntegrationCI/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.
Explore pipeline integration →Looking for IBM ELM training?
Beyond consulting, Strongback delivers the acquired Island Training Solutions curriculum — instructor-led IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management courses across DOORS Next, EWM, ETM, Rhapsody, and reporting. It’s a separate line with its own catalog.
Not sure where to start? Book a migration assessment and we’ll map the shortest path for your estate.