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z/Maint: Managed Service for z/OS Software Maintenance

z/OS Software Maintenance Orchestration

z/Maint is the comprehensive managed service for z/OS software maintenance. We deliver a consistently up‑to‑date, stable, and quality‑assured z/OS software infrastructure — for both IBM and ISV software solutions. z/Maint provides a fully integrated and automated maintenance process that streamlines all the required steps of software maintenance.

The combination of top‑tier expert services and automated software maintenance makes z/Maint the ideal solution for organizations looking to keep their z/OS software maintenance efficient, error‑free, and future‑proof in the long term.

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Growing demands in z/OS software maintenance

Regular z/OS software maintenance is one of the most time‑consuming tasks in mainframe operations. Yet many teams are struggling with increasingly limited resources: experienced z/OS specialists are retiring, new talent is hard to find, and the remaining experts are already stretched thin with day‑to‑day responsibilities. As a result, there is often not enough time left for proper software maintenance.

Short‑term support from external service providers offers only limited relief. Onboarding and offboarding activities, along with long training periods, add additional organizational overhead. At the same time, finding the right skills in the market is increasingly difficult, which can impact planning reliability, quality, and overall consistency of the ongoing software maintenance.

z/Maint was designed specifically to address this challenge: For end-to-end z/OS software maintenance and to provide lasting relief for your teams.

How z/Maint significantly simplifies and automates your software maintenance

With z/Maint, we manage z/OS software maintenance in a tenant and staging based approach using an ISPF/PDF dialog system. This ensures a centralized, automated, and fully reproducible workflow. Based on your software portfolio, we create a consistent maintenance plan and integrate your software requirements and system modifications. Next, we deliver the maintenance package, and — after an initial baseline test — implement the changes together with you through final system approval. This way, the z/Maint process covers every required step of the z/OS software maintenance.

All z/OS software maintenance is carried out within your existing system and operational processes. Both your SMP/E and non SMP/E software are incorporated, and your security and naming conventions are maintained. This ensures that every maintenance delivery is technically complete, fully consistent, and implemented precisely according to your specifications.

Benefits with z/Maint

Continuously up‑to‑date maintenance environment

Your target systems are always up-to-date

Your IT team has more time

Time‑consuming routine maintenance tasks are eliminated

High operational reliability

Your z/OS infrastructure remains consistently maintainable and resilient.

Compliance included

All system changes and maintenance actions are documented in an audit‑compliant manner.

Broad expertise

A strong team of SVA system programmers continuously provides the required maintenance skill set and can also support you with operational questions.

Seamless transition

Maintenance responsibility is taken over without interruption by z/Maint

Why z/Maint is the right choice

Experience z/Maint — a managed service delivering fully automated, comprehensive z/OS software maintenance. Since our first customer, we have continuously achieved 100% SLA performance for many years, demonstrating true reliability in z/OS software maintenance. We look forward to speaking with you to create a tailored proposal based on your system landscape and maintenance requirements. Start your journey with z/Maint today and place the integrity of your systems on a solid foundation.