NRB is the Belgian leading mainframe services provider, with a capacity of more than 24.000 MIPS operated from its two tier 3+ data centres, a mainframe development team of more than 200 collaborators and specialists consultants accompanying its customers through their mainframe modernisation process. Pascal Laffineur, CEO of The NRB Group, presents the company’s mainframe strategy showing constant investments and a strong believe in the current and future potential of the Mainframe.

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WELCOME

2. NRB Mainframe strategy
Pascal Laffineur, CEO The NRB Group
Business transformation powered by
technology

3. Driving the digital transformation of
private and public organisations

4. The NRB Group in a nutshell

5. With 24.000 MIPS
and two tier 3+
data centres, NRB
is THE Belgian
leading mainframe
services provider
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NRB installed MIPS

6. NRB has
constantly invested
in its mainframe
platform since
more than 30 years
Mainframeinvestments
• 50 systems engineers
• zOS, zVSE, zLinux
• IMS, DB2, CICS, z/OS connect, REST, MQ
• 200 application developers
• PL/I, Java,
• 14.000 MIPS installed on 2 x z-14 (upgrade to 24.000 MIPS on 2 x z-15 planned for
early 2020)
• 2 tier 3+ datacentres
• Mainframe academy + Architecture & Innovation team
• Unique NECS 4.0 cloud platform encompassing the mainframe

7. NRB believes that,
business-wise,
mainframe is the
best platform for
secure and
progressive
applications
innovation
Mainframemodernisation
• Targeted and progressive modernisation (no big bang)
• Agile
• Secure
• Allowing business to quickly get value-added results
• With limited & controlled risks
• While mastering the IT budget

8. NRB believes that,
technology-wise,
mainframe is the
best platform for
secure and
progressive
applications
innovation
Mainframemodernisation
• Mainframe is technology-wise an up-to-date machine, used by major companies
around the world
• Mainframe is ready for Agile and DevOps
• Mainframe and its applications are open to the API economy
• Mainframe is the foundation for efficient Data Analytics
• Mainframe is the reference platform in terms of security & auditability

9. NRB can helpyou throughyour mainframemodernisationjourneywith top-
notchinfrastructures,50 systems engineers and 200 applicationdevelopers

10. Your mainframe partner