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SMT Data Strengthens Partnership with PKS Software

We’re excited to strengthen our partnership with PKS Software GmbH to help enterprises make better, fact-based decisions about their IBM Mainframe environments.

Many mainframe estates are highly stable, but not always sufficiently steerable.
Cost optimization, modernization, and risk decisions are often made with incomplete transparency, which can lead to unexpected cost rebounds or operational instability.

By combining SMT Data’s ITBIaaS™ with PKS eXplain, organizations gain a trusted foundation of data, tools and expert consulting that provides:

  • Clear transparency into capacity, performance, and cost
  • Deterministic application transparency across dependencies, data flows, and job networks

Together, this enables CIOs, platform teams, and IT finance to:

  • Identify true mainframe cost drivers and peak contributors
  • Understand the real impact of modernization or offload initiatives
  • Reduce operational surprises and support safer releases
  • Optimize cost without destabilizing mission-critical systems

The result: faster, defensible decisions with predictable cost and performance outcomes.
We look forward to working together to help enterprises reduce cost, increase transparency, and operate their core systems with greater confidence.

Interested in learning more?

We’d be happy to schedule a short executive briefing. Feel free to reach out.


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