zTOx Solution Alternatives

zTOx is about helping customers see how they can move their data and applications from an IBM mainframe z/OS system to a mainstream mainframe alternative.  zTOx is about helping customers envision better ADM and lower cost ITO based on mainstream industry standards.

Company history

zTOx was formed as a California Limited Liability Company in July of 2009 and therefore our history is the history of our people.  Our management has extensive experience in both IBM mainfame systems, and with the Windows Server system of products for enterprise class computing.  Our IBM mainframe experience is especially concentrated in systems managment and the COBOL programming language, compilers and overall execution environment.  Our Windows Server systems experience is concentrated on the solution architecure built around the core Windows OS, programming to the OS API set, performance measurement and management.

Management and Staff

zTOx was founded by Stan Murawski, known also as Stawsh.  Stawsh spent 10+ years at Microsoft promoting the enterprise adoption of the Microsoft Server OS and companion products such as SQL Server, and later the migration of z/OS applications to that platform.  Stawsh started his career at IBM.  Later, at Levi's, Stan designed and delivered an IBM mainframe application system.  At Boole & Babbage Stawsh managed mainframe systems management products, and at Amdahl managed hardware and software support.  He founded and managed Elan Software Products, Inc. which created a Windows based operator's worksation for automated z/OS operations managment.  Stawsh also created WinREXX, an implementation of the REXX language for Windows and the Windows Server OS.