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Business Consulting ◊ IT Consulting ◊ Application Development ◊ Product Development ◊ Training

Why TPF Software Consulting?Our consulting team consists of experts who have dozens of years of experience in the Travel,

Hospitality and Finance domains. Our offerings are customer-centric and are tailor-made to align with customers’ business goals & objectives.

Our consultants have worked on several engagements involving:

• Business Consulting — Innovation & Transformation• IT Consulting — Strategic & Core services• Delivery — Various Models & Methodologies

Delivered more than 350+ person years of application delivery & consulting work in TPF/ALCS platforms in the last 8 years

Around 100 highly motivated TPF/ALCS consultants with expertise in several domains, including Airlines, GDS, Rail-ways, Hotels & Finance

Consulting relationships with 8 tier-1 customers in travel, hospitality & finan-cial businesses

One of the first vendors to work on z/TPF migration & z/TPF product development

The first vendor to have worked on a successful EMD-A implementation for a Star Alliance carrier

Only vendor to offer world class z/TPF and ALCS Education and Training ser-vices

Quick Facts

2009 Travel and Hospitality Provider in Bangalore, India Provide staff augmentation and educa-tion services

2010 Airline in Denver, USAProvide consulting services on an On-site/Offshore delivery model; Worked on one of the biggest airline mergers of the world; Work on Reservations and ACI applications

Airline in Istanbul, TurkeyWorking on fixed price consulting and development assignments in ALCS; In-volves massive system/application re-engineering assignments

2006Financial Services in Phoenix, USAProvide consulting services on an On-site/Offshore delivery model; Working on multiple projects in TPF

Current Relationships

2007Airline in Amsterdam, The NetherlandsConsultants worked on z/TPF migration; Develop and maintain RES, DCS & CARGO applications

2005Airline in Auckland, New ZealandOnsite/Offshore staff augmentation model; Part of world’s first EMD soluti-oning team

2011Airline CRS in Chennai, IndiaWorking on z/TPF migration & applica-tion development projects

Technology Consulting in Poughkeepsie, USAWorking on product evaluation

Starting with application consulting in 2005, our offerings have expanded to include new services & customers who are the market leaders in travel, hospitality & finance domains.

2012Rail Network in Washington DC, USAOnsite staff augmentation with our partner

TPF/ALCS Systems Services

• PUT Upgrades• z/TPF Migration• System ‘z’ Consulting & Evaluation• Test & Production Systems Maintenance• 24x7 Coverage & Support• DBA (Traditional & DF)• Networking & MQ Support• Regression Testing Support

Business Consulting

• Business Analysis — Travel, Hospitality & Financial• Product Design & Solution Proposal• Testing & Evaluation Services• Services — Design, Implement, Repeat & Reengineer• Business Processes & Modeling• Conduct Process Workshops• Project Management

“ONE-STOP SHOP” for All TPF/ALCS Technology Nee

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With our end-to-end solution, TPF Software Servic-es is a “one-stop shop” for all your TPF/ALCS tech-nology needs.

Product Development & Support

• Dedicated products team• Well qualified consultants with more than 25 years of

TPF consulting experience• Bespoke products & tools development in TPF/ALCS• Reusable components available for purchase, custom-

ization — TTFS, CTFS, XML Parser etc.• Consulting services for products• Open for partnerships on application products

Consulting Services

Education ServicesTPF Software has a Training Division that provides professional education services in TPF and related technologies. Our instructors have trained over 500 TPF professionals worldwide in the USA, Middle and Far East Asia and India. We offer basic start up training as well as training in advanced concepts for up- skilling of existing TPF consultants. We also provide a unique Hire-Train-Deploy and Transfer model to maximize the benefits to our customers and reduce risk.

These are some courses that we offer:

Basic Courses:

• S/390 Assembly Language Programming• z/Architecture — 64 Bit Assembly Language Programming• z/TPF Concepts and Programming• ALCS Concepts and Programming• zTPFDF API’s and Programming• TPF-C Programming

Advanced Courses:

• Introduction to z/TPF for TPF 4.1 Programmers• Database Design and Administration• Dump Solving — TPF/TPFDF/TPF-C (z/TPF & TPF4.1)

“I have been to a TPFDF Class before. This one is much clearer. The Instructor knows his material well and spoke with confidence.”Participant of TPFDF Course at a Financial Services Company

“The Training provided was excellent. Concepts came out very clear. The labs and quizzes were very practical and useful. Highly recommend the training.”

Participant of a TPF Training Class at a Consulting Services Company in Singapore

“The TPF-C course was really useful. Well Organized. Good in clarity, scope, etc. Faculty was awesome, expecting more courses from TPF Software in the future.”Participant of a TPF-C Programming Class at a GDS Company

Education Services Testimonials

Application Development & Support

• Application Development • Application Support & Maintenance• 24x7 Application Coverage

• z/TPF Migration Assistance• Quality Assurance Testing & Support• Regression Testing

• Application Modernization — Web Services, SOA

• Verification & Validation Services

Financial Application

Credit Authorization SystemFunds Access SystemEncryptionDynamic Authorization Control

Travel & Transportation

AirlinesRailwaysTravel Distribution Systems (CRS/GDS)Departure Control & Management SystemCustomer Loyalty & Marketing Inventory, Schedules, SeatingPassenger ReservationsPassenger TicketingFares & Pricing

Hotels & Hospitality

Guest Name Record ServicesRates & Rate CategoriesSell & Avail functionsHotels & Rooms databaseInventory & Optimization

Application Domains

Project Management Framework

• Planning & Monitoring — project planning, feasibility, cost-benefit analysis, PMRs, Tollgate & other processes

• Resource Management — resource allocation, recruitment, planning, forecasting, onsite/offshore displacement & knowledge transfer

• Onsite/Offshore Leverage — set ratios of onsite/offshore mix, location based activities, cost advantages & staffing advantages

Value Proposition

End-to-End Services

Domain Expertise & Experience

Seamless & Flexible Global Delivery Model

TPF-Specific QualityProcesses & Training

High TPF Talent Retention

TPF-Specific Methodologies & Frameworks

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Long-term, strategic &failsafe insurance for yourapplication investments

Geography based flexiblestaffing models drivingoperational excellence

Staffing risks avertedthrough stable, efficient &

reliable workforce

Optimized & reduced long term savings on

total operation costs

Our Project Management Framework defines a disciplined approach to the software development life-cycle that can be utilized and adjusted easily to suit our customers’ delivery requirements.

• Risk Management — project level risks, risk identification, prioritization & mitigation, contin-gency planning & business continuity planning

• Quality Assurance — PMRs, metrics, TPF/ALCS customized processes for quality & peer reviews

• Processes & Methodologies — Agile meth-odology & framework, flexible staffing models & processes that have been honed exclusively for use with TPF

www.tpfsoftware.comU.S.: 8729 Gleneagles Drive • Raleigh, NC 27613 • 919-676-5501INDIA: Unit 1, 2nd Floor, Block C, Tek Meadows Campus, #51, Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR) Sholinganallur, Chennai – 600119, Tamil Nadu • 91-44-4300-9550 • Fax: 91-44-4300-9515

TPF Software Inc. is an IT Products, Solutions and Consulting Services company specializing in TPF/ALCS technologies. We offer a complete portfolio of IT Consulting and Software Services to enterprises worldwide. We have offices in Raleigh, NC, USA & Chennai, INDIA. If you wish to know more about us or interested in doing business with us, please contact us at services@tpfsoftware.com.

“TPF Software has been a valued partner to us over the past 3 years of our association with their Application Services team. They have provided us with Onshore/Offshore Services that have been cost effective while also providing us with well qualified and experienced TPF consultants.”

Reservations Group Manager of a Leading Airline

“We would like to see TPF Software with us in the future projects also.”

Manager, Passenger Solutions of a Leading Airline(After a Successful Implementation of a Major Project)

“I also want to take this time to let you know that I am very pleased with the work and the speed at which your consultant has completed his tasks. I feel confident that I can give him anything and he can complete it or know enough to ask the right questions. That is not always the case.”

Project Manager, Leading GDS

“Good Job! Keep up the good work.”Director, Technical Delivery

Leading Financial Services Customer

TPF/ALCS Core Skills: IBM High Level Assembler, TPF, TPFDF, C/C++, XML, SOA/Web Services & Sabre QIK.

TPF/ALCS Networking & Interfaces: Host Access Systems, MQ, TCP/IP, TYPE-A & TYPE-B messaging, EDIFACT & XML formats.

TPF/ALCS Systems: Systems programming, source configuration man-agement, test system maintenance & management, regression testing, upgrades, migration, systems in-tegration, systems evaluation & consulting and many more.

Open Systems development: Java, J2EE, .Net technology stacks.

Role based skills: Business Analysts, System Architects, Test Analysts, Migration Analysts, TPF Project Managers, Domain Consultants, Technical Leads, TPF Developers

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