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Create a personal z/OS development and unit test environment on each developers desktop or a shared server with RD&T. Royal Cyber will ensure your success with RD&T through four weeks of our services including set up, configuration, and mentoring.

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How Will RD&T Help Me?

Are you interested in testing your application

RD&T provides an x86-based environment where you can test z/OS applications on a desktop
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Are your development systems overloaded?

“My development system is so slow! It takes over an hour to compile!”
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Do you have difficulty testing application changes?

Are there too many requests for unique test environments than your ops team can fulfill…
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Want to See How RD&T can Fit into your Environment?

( Try our 4-Week Jumpstart Package! )

Royal Cyber is providing a 4-week jumpstart package where you can evaluate the product to determine how it fits into your environment. We provide the following services with the jumpstart package:

An RD&T license with the USB hardware token
Complete installation and basic configuration of RD&T on a Linux laptop/server
Configuration of z/OS running on RD&T (RACF, TCP/IP)
Configuration of middleware on RD&T (CICS, DB2, IMS, RDz, WAS, MQ)
Sample data migration from host (mainframe) to RD&T (migration of volumes from host)
Training of your system admins on the usage, configuration, and maintenance of RD&T
Integration with the host environment
Developer training
Documentation

RD&T Features:

Develop and test z/OS applications on a desktop machine
Lower testing costs over traditional mainframe environments
Facilitate quick changes to test configurations during development
Easy access to z/OS
Free up production MIPS
Portable z/OS development

Services

Week 1
  • Requirement gathering & Analysis Installation of RD&T
  • OOTB feature configuration

Week 2 & 3
  • Customized Configuration as per Client Environment
  • Complete Integration with existing Environment
  • Testing
Week 4
  • Training & Mentoring along with documentation on the entire set of activities.

How We can help?

Royal Cyber is providing a 4-week jumpstart package where you can evaluate the product to determine how it fits into your environment. We provide the following services with the jumpstart package:

Complete planning of the rollout process for your site
Cost effective delivery according to the rollout plan
Complete on-site or remote training to to get your systems admins and developers started
Customized training and learning material tailored according to your environment
Complete migration of test data, programs, and utilities from the host to RD&T
Development of a synchronization system that ensures that your RD&T always mimics the environment on the host
Integration with your SCM
24/7 online and phone support through our RD&T
Center of Excellence (Support Desk) Lower development, maintenance, and testing costs

But Wait, There’s More!

We offer other comprehensive RD&T packages which include:

Complete rollout planning
Migration of data from host to RD&T
Complete SCM integration
24/7 support. Yes, 24/7!
Integration of 3rd party and home baked utilities with RD&T
Complete integration of RDz and RTC with RD&T
Detailed, site-specific/customized training to systems admins and developers
Complete integration of your host environment with RD&T (data and programs concurrency)