Mainframe Hosting, Disaster Recovery
And Archival Processing Services

We provide comprehensive hosting and workload processing services to supplement or to replace in-house computing.  When you want to offload mainframe computing as an independent activity or in conjunction with migration to a new platform, you can count on us to give you a full range of choices and options.

We also offer warm site disaster recovery, the most economic solution for users who do not need a live hot site recovery option.  Our plans include scheduled testing time tailored to your specefic requirements.  In addition, we provide archiving support that lets you retire a mainframe but bring it back to its former state in the event you need access to a complete replica of your retired legacy system to produce reports or to satisfy the requirements of various authorities for historical record retention and historical reporting.

We can provide:

• Complete remote hosting environments.  When you use our services for production, for applications development in a minority systems software environment, or for both, you can count on high uptime, excellent value and better control of your software budget and operations costs.  We offer options across the full range of IBM systems software products, from VSE and z/VM up to the richest z/OS stacks.
• Remote supplemental processing.  You keep your network, your storage, even your own mainframe, while we provide the extra processing for a particular application or particular suite of operations.  We will provide the very same environment you now use, whether you wish to maintain a replica of your own setting or decide you no longer wish to support a particular operating system at your own site.
• Warm Site Disaster Recovery with Live Testing.  If you have a formal DR program in place, whether it's a complete Hot Site arrangement, a Warm Site arrangement, or a Quick Shipment Replacement Program, we have a question for you:  How often do you test it?  If you don't test often enough because your budget is too tight, we have a program you should consider.  Like other DR services, we provide a replica of your production systems, including disks, tape, printers, and networking (including 3174 and standard TCP) . . . all housed in a well equipped, secure facility.  But we also provide very economical live testing on an annual or semiannual basis.  Our rates are among the lowest in the industry.
• Archiving Services with Periodic Testing.  When you retire a mainframe system, you can't just walk away from it.  You have to address data retention retirements, and the possibility that at some time in the future you will be required to produce your old data, run old reports, and otherwise demonstrate that your care of personnel and financial records fully complies with the requirements of various laws.  We can set up a replicate of your mainframe before you retire it and then preserve the entire system and all its data in a state that allows you to revive the old system and use it as if you never unplugged it.  We help you test this archival system from time to time so you can say with assurance that you are fully in compliance with mandated specifications.
• DR To Go.  Do you want a complete DR solution without having to rent an additional facility or using our secure facility? We can provide an alternative:  We can deliver a working mainframe installation where you want it when you want it.  It will arrive in self-powered trailers with the a working mainframe configuration that matches what you need.  We can deliver mobile office space, too.  For connectivity we provide satellite links, including sat phones, and we are prepared to work with your local utility companies to tie in to any networks that have wiring to your chosen location.
• Platform transition.  When your software migration plans require you to bring in a new hardware platform, we can host your full workload under the new environments on an interim basis as you determine precisely the power and configuration you need for future operations . . . whether you ultimately choose to outsource mainframe capacity or to bring in new hardware.
• Legacy continuity services.  If your plans call for the preservation of particular legacy workloads that have become a smaller but no less vital part of your operations and your in-house hardware options are limited by the very large engine sizes of available systems, we can help you obtain just the amount of hosting you need for those irreplaceable jobs.

We view computer services as an integrated part of our range of offerings, which include not only hosting but hardware.  Our solutions can include services as well as systems for your site.  The equipment we offer ranges from the very smallest processors to enterprise class mainframes — plus IBM systems software, middleware, and maintenance.  We want to help you examine all the alternatives available

For some companies the best thing about Reliable is that we allow you to evolve any way that suits you.  If you want to move some work to our systems and replace a large, aging mainframe with a newer and more compact model, we can deliver the whole package.  If you later decide to upgrade your mainframe and bring the outsourced work back inside, that's fine with us, too.  And if you determine that you want to minimize the effort you put into operations and concentrate on the applications and support your company needs, we are perfectly happy to help you make that happen just the way you want.

Reliable has the right stuff: the right capabilities, ample capacity, a full range of equipment and the positive attitude it takes to let you mix and match.  Just get in touch and we can help you review your technical and economic alternatives.