Circle Computer Consultants was formed in 1977 by a team of IBM mainframe CICS specialists, to provide the highest level of consultancy support for CICS users.  Over the years we have developed and matured into a globally represented group of companies, specialising in the IBM mainframe environment and providing service and software solutions.

Circle Group Services now encompasses the consultancy and services areas of operation.

In 2003 Circle celebrated 25 years as providers of the leading CICS, DB2 and mainframe expertise in the UK. For the next 25 years, it is hoped that continued focus on delivering the services and solutions demanded by customers will consolidate the hard earned reputation enjoyed today.

Why do we continue to focus on IBM mainframe systems?

The latest versions of CICS TS, DB2 and Websphere offer the IBM mainframe community the ability to deliver all that a business could wish in terms of Service Oriented Architecture and other state of the art IT strategy.

Many companies however are still reliant on systems built around the vintage offerings of up to 30 years ago. Moreover, many of these systems still service their business objectives adequately. Total replacement of such systems can incur:

• Massive cost

• Long development time

• New hardware

• User disruption and ‘big bang’ implementation

• Time critical re-training

…. And all for the sake of a few extra facilities

Working closely with IBM and our other business partners, the Circle Services team have developed a range of services to migrate systems to the latest technologies with a minimum amount of change and disruption.

In addition to being right up to date with all the latest software, features and facilities, most of Circle's specialist technical consultants possess in excess of 20 years relevant IT experience. How many other service companies can boast in depth knowledge of the likes of Assembler and BDAM on one hand, and MQ Series, TCP/IP and Web related protocols on the other?

Circle consultants are the ideal source of expertise to help you implement and exploit the latest software.

In summary, whether you are implementing new systems, renovating old systems or a mixture of the two, Circle can help you get to where you want to be, on time and cost effectively.