Cobbs Mill Consulting - Help with your software
Who are Cobbs Mill Consulting?
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, we specialize in data entry systems using Phoenix Software's Key/101 (formerly Ascential, Mercator or TSI's Key/Master), program development and maintenance in IBM mainframe assembler and facilities management systems using Aperture. We provide implementation, conversion, maintenance and training services to users of some of the best software products around. We don't aim to support everything or to provide a "catch-all" service - we want to provide a high quality solution to your problems.
Online data entry systems
Our team has nearly 20 years experience with data entry software, notably what used to be called Key/Master from TSI & Mercator. Now called Key/101, we can help you with conversions, maintenance, implementation & training. If you still use an unsupported or cumbersome data entry system, we'll get you up and running on a modern Windows or mainframe data entry solution in a matter of hours! More details here. Check our "recent projects" page to see some of our successes with Key/101.
Assembler programming development & maintenance
Every IBM mianframe site has a handful of Assembler routines that have been running forever and suddenly need to be updated. Software products, local modifications to IBM & vendor software, user exits and IBM VSE vendor exits are all in our toolbag. If you need to know how to do these things yourself, we can teach you. You'd be surprised how much we know about VSAM, too.
Software training courses
We offer both "off the shelf" courses (for Key/101, Track and Xray) and custom-built courses. Even our "off-the shelf" courses are tailored to fit your own needs so if, for example, you need to know about Track for COBOL, we won't waste time teaching you the PL/I part of the course. We can also tailor courses to meet your exact requirements. Need to know how to set up an Aperture database or how to get our data out of Aperture into a spreadsheet? We can teach you how.
Aperture facilities management
Do you have a facilities management or IT infrastructure management system based on Aperture software? Does it need updating or just need someone to figure out what it does and show you how to maintain it? Perhaps you need to change some report layouts or the database structure. Give us a call - we have worked with Aperture for over ten years.
Solutions & support
We will discuss with you what you want to achieve, whether it is complete facilities documentation, a powerful data entry system or a more effective programming team. We'll help you choose what is right for you and show you how to make best use of the solutions you select.You don't need a shelf full of unused software - you need a solution to your business requirement. And that is exactly what Cobbs Mill Consulting will deliver. Need short or long-term VSE, VM or MVS systems programming support for your mainframe operating systems, we can do it. An assembler program that needs updating or fixing? Give us a call. A dump you can't figure out? An old data entry system that needs bringing up to date? We're the experts!
International help
Our people speak Italian, Spanish, French and German as well as English so we can provide support almost anywhere. And remember that we can often complete your project from our own offices!
A note about Key/Master
All rights to the Key/Master data entry system (not to be confused with Keymaster, Key Master or Key-Master games and locksmiths) were acquired from Ascential a while back by Phoenix Software International. Phoenix are continuing to develop both mainframe and Windows-based Keymaster under the new name of Key/101. Read all about it on Phoenix's website. We're delighted with the change and have already been to Los Angeles to help train the technical support people at Phoenix on Key/Master application building and all aspects of format development and support.
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