http://www.hcltech.com/enterprise-transformation-services/overview~ More on ETS MFMTaaS (Mainframe Managed Tools as a Service) is designed to be a complete cloud of various services that any customer will need across his portfolio. It is a ‘pay as you go service’ designed by HCL MMS Mainframe CoE to address complete portfolio needs of the customer. It is a one stop solution for the tools. Tools built across technologies will be integrated into MFMTaaS framework and will be made available in the form of cloud services. Customer can rent the tools on a utility/subscription based pricing model. For ASM and AD work, tools like Inventory analysis, Impact analysis and code standardization tools can be accessed from MFMTaaS as and when required.

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Mainframe Managed Tools
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CONTENTS
PURPOSE 2
BACKGROUND 2
FEATURES OF MFMTAAS 3
MFMTAAS PRICING MODELS 3
BENEFITS OF MFMTAAS 4
MFMTAAS VISION 5
BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE 5
KEY ROLES 7
MFMTAAS DASHBOARD REPORTS 8
TOOLS AVAILABLE UNDER MFMTAAS 8
APPENDIX-A 11
END NOTE 12
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 12
PURPOSE
This paper talks about MFMTaaS background, features, benefits,
MFMTaaS layers and MFMTaaS tools.
BACKGROUND
In the course of a business life cycle, the IT portfolio is changing
continuously and the need of change emerges from business or
self-sustainability. Either ways, when the customer approaches the
change in a heterogeneous technology landscape, it is not always
easy to plan, manage, implement the change and run the business
with change happening consistently.
At the same time, when customers embark on large projects like
outsourcing, transformation or migrations, no single System
Integrator (SI) has the answer to their complete portfolio needs.
Customers end up going to multiple tool vendors and SI vendors
and try to stitch together the solution.
Sourcing from multiple third party tool vendors is expensive.
Worse, the customer has to pay for the entire package even if he is
using only one or two tools from it.
For automation efficiencies, multiple third party tool vendors with
heavy commercials are in the market. The customers are in dire
need for a single vendor providing all the transformation/ migration
solutions they are looking for.
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MFMTaaS (Mainframe Managed Tools as a Service) is designed to
be a complete cloud of various services that any customer will need
across his portfolio. It is a ‘pay as you go service’ designed by HCL
MMS Mainframe CoE to address complete portfolio needs of the
customer.
It is a one-stop solution for the tools. Tools built across technologies
will be integrated into MFMTaaS framework and will be made
available in the form of cloud services.
Customers can rent the tools on a utility/ subscription-based pricing
model. For ASM and AD work, tools like inventory analysis,
impact analysis and code standardization tools can be accessed from
MFMTaaS as and when required.
For transformation work, Tools for Migration Automation,
Modernization and Transition Accelerators will also be available
in MFMTaaS.
MFMTaaS also allows other non-legacy solution accelerators to be
hosted. The framework is built as a web-based SOA framework for
executing multiple tools synchronously or asynchronously.
ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Abbreviation/ Definition Description
MFMTaaS Mainframe Managed Tools as a Service
SOA Service Oriented Architecture
LOC Lines Of Code
FEATURES OF MFMTAAS
• Self-service portal built using SOA
• Plug and play for multiple tools
• Subscription or utility-based pricing model
• MFMTaaS tools can be rented out to customers on utility/
subscription basis
• Provides robust dashboard
MFMTAAS PRICING MODELS
Subscription-based pricing:
Tool usage will be charged on ‘per day’ basis. A flat ‘per day’ rate
will be applicable irrespective of the number of times the tool is
executed on a particular day. The tool usage will be charged based
on the number of days, irrespective of the number of times it is
executed.
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Utility-based pricing:
• LOC-based: Tool usage will be charged based on the LOC
consumed during the tool execution. ‘Rate per LOC’ defined in
the system will be applicable for tools usage. A language migration
tool execution, for example, will be charged considering the
number of LOC converted by the tool applying the ‘Rate per
LOC’ as defined in MFMTaaS
For example, a customer signs up for COBOL to .Net conversion
tool on utility basis and executes the tool converting 100,000
LOC. The tool execution charge will be 100000*0.1 USD which
is 10000 USD considering rate per LOC being 0.1 USD
• Component-based: Tool usage will be charged based on the number
of components consumed during the tool execution. ‘Rate per
component’ defined in the system will be applicable for tools
usage. An Inventory Analysis tool execution, for example, will
be charged considering the number of components analysed by
the tool in a single execution applying the ‘Rate per component’
as defined in MFMTaaS
For example, a customer signs up for Inventory Analysis tool on
utility basis and executes the tool analysing 50,000 components.
The tool execution charge will be 50000*0.1 USD which is 5000
USD considering rate per component being 0.1 USD
BENEFITS OF MFMTAAS
• MFMTaaS is a one-stop solution for the tools required by the
customer to manage his portfolio optimally
• MFMTaaS tools can be rented on utility/ subscription-based
costing
• An unlimited use subscription to a service for a fixed price is an
advantage for consumers using those services frequently
• Customers can have measurable ROI in terms of cost savings
and faster time-to-market by making use of the tools provided
by MFMTaaS
• Customers using MFMTaaS can drive more services with
subscriptions versus standard purchase
• MFMTaaS user inventory upload process is isolated from tool
execution. Customers can upload inventory of any technology
in one go and execute the relevant tools he has subscribed for
• Customers can leverage the MFMTaaS robust dashboard to get
critical insights into the data on the tools usage and invoice details
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MFMTAAS VISION
MFMTaaS has the potential to change the way independent
software vendors do business. It will change the entire ecosystem
in IT management.
MFMTaaS will be the door opener for large ADMS deals or
transformation deals by providing innovative solutions. HCL can
generate revenue based on the number of subscribers/ tenants to
MFMTaaS.
BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE
MFMTaaS is built using the SOA architecture. The UI is built using
JAVA and Spring framework. It runs on z/Linux environment
and communicates with mainframe backend (Z/OS) through web
services and uses DB2 as back-end database.
The following image is the pictorial representation of the layers of
MFMTaaS:
Security
MFMTaaS is built using Spring MVC with JAX-WS and Spring
Security Framework. MFMTaaS also has the HCL firewall
protection & antivirus implemented.
Service Portal
MFMTaaS Registration – HCL sales employees, defined as client
partners in MFMTaaS, can register onto MFMTaaS with valid HCL
SAP id. The registration request is placed in the service request table
and a notification email is sent to HCL admin group email id. Upon
approval of the registration request the client partner will receive
login credentials to sign on to MFMTaaS and setup client account.
Archives/ whitepapers – Links are provided to HCL mainframe
services on the portal. The whitepaper is also made available to the
users through the portal.
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Survey Management – MFMTaaS portal has an option provided
to the users to give their feedback on MFMTaaS user friendliness,
performance, other tools of interest and other factors. Feedback
submitted is saved in MFMTaaS client survey table maintained by
HCL admin group.
Service Management
Order Management – All the orders placed by the client partners
(registration request, client account setup request, tools subscription
request) are placed in the service request table and a notification
email is sent to HCL admin group email id. Upon approval of the
service request, MFMTaaS database gets reflected with the updated
data and the services can be availed by the customer.
Password Management – MFMTaaS users can change their password
and other details anytime through the portal.
User Manuals – User manuals are made available through the portal
to guide the client partners, client managers and client users in
performing their functionalities.
Service Delivery Management
This service layer is responsible for providing services to service
management layer. It interacts with hosted tools service layer and
back office systems layer to ask services from these layers.
• Customer life cycle management
This service module maintains customer details. Request to add
customer, view his details and update details is handled by this
service delivery module.
• Service life cycle management
This service module maintains the client tools service details.
Request to map a new tool to a client and managing the existing
tools for the client is handled by this service module.
• Billing management
This service module maintains billing details for a client based on
services availed by him. Request to generate a new bill and to view
the existing bill is handled by this service module.
• Metering
This service module maintains service usage details for a client.
Request to add or update usage details is handled by this service
module.
• Tool life cycle management
This service module maintains tools integrated with the application.
Request to integrate a new tool and managing the existing tools is
handled by this service module.
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• Customer support
This service module maintains the client request and response
details. Request raised by customer for new tool and new queries
etc are handled by this service module.
KEY ROLES
The diagram below shows the key roles defined in MFMTaaS and
their functionalities.
Client Partner
Client partner is HCL’s sales employee representing one or more
than one customer. Client partner is the one who registers onto
MFMTaaS and sets up client account and does invoice generation.
Client Manager
Client manager is customer employee who owns set of applications.
Client manager sets up client applications and adds client users onto
the system. Client manager can upload inventory onto MFMTaaS,
execute tools and download the output reports.
Client User
Client user is customer employee who owns responsibility for
applications mapped to him by the client manager. Client user can
upload inventory onto MFMTaaS, execute tools and download the
output reports.
HCL Admin Group
HCL admin group is responsible for MFMTaaS administration and
portal maintenance.
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MFMTAAS DASHBOARD REPORTS
Client partners are provided with the following reports through the
dashboard:
• View account details
• View all clients and their manager list
• View usage list of a customer
• Generate/ download the invoice of a customer
Client managers are provided with the following reports through
the dashboard:
• View account details
• View list of all applications and associated inventory
• View list of users and their application mapping
• View usage by user application
• Other tools of interest
Client users are provided with the following reports through the
dashboard:
• View or modify account details
• View your usage
Note: Please see Appendix-A for sample report.
TOOLS AVAILABLE UNDER MFMTAAS
Tool Description
Inventory Analysis Inventory Analysis Tool analyzes
Tool the inventory of a given application
and provides details about its
components. It lists the inventory
components and establishes cross-
reference with the actual executables
in the production environment.
It performs inventory analysis for
applications and generates various
cross-reference reports. (Handles
inventory of COBOL/CICS/
DB2/IMS DB/DC, IDMS, Pl/1,
Assembler, EZT, XGEN, CSP, SAS,
Natural/Adabas, JCL & procs).
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Tool Description
EGL to C# Conversion EGL to C# Conversion Tool
Tool converts EGL code into equivalent
code in .Net with ASP as front-end
and C# at the back-end.
• EGL Database Schema will
be converted into SQL Server
Equivalent code
• Conversion will be done using
layered architecture
• The target environment is
Windows/Linux; the output of
the tool should be deployed on
Windows/Linux platform
COBOL to .NET COBOL to .Net Conversion Tool
Conversion Tool provides automated code conversion
that includes:
• Program conversion – Conversion
of COBOL code to C#
• Screen conversion – Conversion
of CICS screens to ASP.Net pages
• JCL conversion – Conversion of
JCLs to Shell scripts
Impact Analysis Tool Impact Analysis Tool has been
developed to analyze the source
available in the form of source code,
copybook and includes libraries for
input variables, DB2 components,
patterns and variable types. It lists
down the impacted code in the source
programs, copybooks and includes
based on the input seed list.
Impact Analysis Tool will cater
for impact analysis of COBOL/
CICS/DB2/IMS DB/DC, IDMS,
Pl/1, Assembler, EZT and Natural/
Adabas supporting BATCH, CICS
and DB2 combinations.
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Tool Description
Natural/Adabas to NACT (NATTO-LCT) is a Natural
Cobol/CICS/ DB2 language and Adabas database to
Conversion Tool COBOL language, CICS OLTP and
DB2 database migration tool.
It converts the source components
pertaining to NATURAL/
ADABAS/MAP/Utilities/JCL to
corresponding IBM -COBOL/DB2/
CICS/BMS which can be executed
on IBM Mainframes.
Flow Generation Tool This tool generates flow chart for
the selected program showing all
the called programs up to nth level
and the maps used in the program.
Programs missing in the inventory
can be identified with the color
coding used. This tool also provides
an option to download the call tree
sheet and the flow chart.
* Scheduler Migration This tool is to migrate from one
Tool scheduler to another scheduler.
* Security Migration This tool is for security migration.
Tool
* Batch Flow This tool documents the batch flow.
Documentation Tool
* Assembler to Cobol Converts Assembler code to
Conversion Tool COBOL. Development in progress.
*COBOL IMS DB/DC Converts IMS database to DB2
to Cobol/CICS /DB2 database including the data and data
Conversion Tool access migration.
The IMS-DB/DC to DB2/CICS
Migration Toolkit is a Suite of
Tools developed for Migrating an
IMS Application’s Database, Data,
Application Programs and Batch
Jobs to use DB2 as the databases
instead of IMSDB, to convert IMS
screens to BMS Screens and convert
the IMS calls used in the application.
* COBOL to JAVA This tool converts COBOL
Conversion Tool inventory into JAVA.
* Tools planned for future release
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APPENDIX-A
Sample screenshots of MFMTaaS Portal:
MFMTaaS portal home page
MFMTaaS admin home page
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Sample tool usage report
END NOTE
MFMTaaS serves as a complete portfolio of tools required by the
customer for portfolio management. Customers can subscribe
for the tools on utility/ subscription basis and plug and play for
multiple tools.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Krishna Kumari is part of MMS Mainframe
Solution CoE team as project manager for
solution accelerators team and has 14 years
of experience in various areas of Mainframe.
In the past, she has worked in several large
engagements from transition to complete
management of the project in application
development, maintenance and support
projects across various technologies.
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About HCL
About HCL Technologies
HCL Technologies is a leading global IT services company,
working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine
the core of their businesses. Since its inception into the
global landscape after its IPO in 1999, HCL focuses on
‘transformational outsourcing’, underlined by innovation
and value creation, and offers integrated portfolio of
services including software-led IT solutions, infrastructure
management, engineering and R&D services and BPO. HCL
leverages its extensive global offshore infrastructure and
network of offices in 26 countries to provide holistic, multi-
service delivery in key industry verticals including Financial
Services, Manufacturing, Consumer Services, Public Services
and Healthcare. HCL takes pride in its philosophy of
‘Employees First, Customers Second’ which empowers our
82,464 transformers to create a real value for the customers.
HCL Technologies, along with its subsidiaries, has reported
consolidated revenues of US$ 4.0 billion (Rs. 19,412 crores),
as on 31 March 2012 (on LTMbasis). For more information,
please visit www.hcltech.com
About HCL Enterprise
HCL is a $6.2 billion leading global technology and
IT enterprise comprising two companies listed in India -
HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems. Founded in 1976,
HCL is one of India’s original IT garage start-ups. A pioneer
of modern computing, HCL is a global transformational
enterprise today. Its range of offerings includes product
engineering, custom & package applications, BPO,
IT infrastructure services, IT hardware, systems integration,
and distribution of information and communications
technology (ICT) products across a wide range of focused
industry verticals. The HCL team consists of over 90,000
professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from
31 countries including over 500 points of presence in
India. HCL has partnerships with several leading global
1000 firms, including leading IT and technology firms. For
more on HCL, please visit www.hcl.com
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