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Discover the Value of Outsourced Specialty Support for IBM Z Mainframes & z/OS
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Discover the Value of Outsourced Specialty Support for IBM Z Mainframes & z/OS

Discover the Value of Outsourced Specialty Support for IBM Z Mainframes & z/OS

Mamie Sheen2023-08-13T12:00:57-05:00

Discover the Value of Outsourced Specialty Support for IBM Z Mainframes & z/OS By Mamie Sheen, Top Gun While most large enterprises have discovered the longevity and importance of mainframes as a critical component of their computing strategy, the manufacturer is hard-wired to push its tech-refresh strategies. This is not helpful in providing objective lifecycle-extension solutions when you are evaluating what makes technological or financial sense. The purpose of [...]

Discover the Value of Outsourced Specialty Support for IBM Z Mainframes & z/OSMamie Sheen2023-08-13T12:00:57-05:00

Excessive M&A Impacts Quality of Service

Brian Kjera2024-02-11T10:33:48-06:00

Excessive M&A Impacts Quality of Service By Brian Kjera, Top Gun While we’ve personally witnessed and have Service Quality horror stories told to us by new clients, there appears to be great merit in concern for TPM (Third Party Maintenance) providers choosing strategic growth by acquisition over organic growth by reputation, for high-quality standards and essential investments in technology and engineering expertise. This blog will explain why Service Quality [...]

Excessive M&A Impacts Quality of ServiceBrian Kjera2024-02-11T10:33:48-06:00

State of Mainframe 2019
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State of Mainframe 2019

State of Mainframe 2019

Top Gun2020-02-16T18:28:33-06:00

Results from the Syncsort's State of the Mainframe in 2019 survey showed that IT professionals plan to focus on "mainframe optimization, cost reduction and spending" by "optimizing general processor CPU usage and leveraging zIIP engines to save money and improve performance". Mainframe organizations can further reduce costs on mainframes by talking to Top Gun. Top Gun can supply IBM certified 2964/z13 and 2965/z13s mainframes, with or without added hardware [...]

State of Mainframe 2019Top Gun2020-02-16T18:28:33-06:00

Discounted zSystems Mainframes for ISVs
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Discounted zSystems Mainframes for ISVs

Discounted zSystems Mainframes for ISVs

Top Gun2020-02-16T18:24:19-06:00

Top Gun offers affordable refurbished N-1 IBM zSystems mainframes for IBM Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). ISVs that apply for IBM’s Z Developer Discount offering can pair the program with one or more refurbished N-1 IBM zSystems mainframes. ISVs do not have to buy new zSystems hardware to apply for this program. Top Gun offers competitive pricing, and we are prepared to meet your data center’s needs with our extensive [...]

Discounted zSystems Mainframes for ISVsTop Gun2020-02-16T18:24:19-06:00

FICON Express16S for z13 Mainframes
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FICON Express16S for z13 Mainframes

FICON Express16S for z13 Mainframes

Top Gun2019-12-19T16:22:16-06:00

IBM z13 supports the new FICON Express16S channel for improved I/O rates and bandwidth. Top Gun has these features available for 2964 z13 and 2965 z13s Mainframes. 0418 FICON Express16S LX 2 port 0419 FICON Express16S SX 2 port We have other features available for z13s including: 0890 Crypto5S 0413 OSA-Express 5S Gigiabit Ethernet LX 0414 OSA-Express 5S Gigiabit Ethernet SX 0415 OSA-Express 5S 10 Gigiabit Ethernet LR 0416 [...]

FICON Express16S for z13 MainframesTop Gun2019-12-19T16:22:16-06:00