The OS Support Your Vendor Stopped Providing.

Your vendor moved on. We didn’t. Four decades of hands-on experience across every major operating system distribution. No forced upgrades, no migration deadlines, support on your timeline.

PARSEC Group · At a Glance

Years in Business

40

Avg. Engineer Experience

35+ yrs

IT Professionals Trained

20,000+

Client Retention Rate

99.9%

Why Organizations Choose PARSEC

Expert OS support built around your environment

Spending your limited IT resources managing vendor escalations, forced upgrades, and coverage gaps takes focus away from what matters. PARSEC removes those barriers.

Direct Connect to Senior Engineers

When you call PARSEC, a senior OS expert answers on the first call — not a Tier 1 script. No ticket queue, no escalation path. Just the engineer who knows your platform.

Coverage Beyond Vendor EOL

HPE ended OpenVMS support. Oracle walked away from older Solaris. Red Hat’s EOL leaves critical CVEs unpatched. PARSEC covers every version of every platform — including those vendors abandoned.

Stabilize Now. Modernize Later.

Vendor roadmaps rarely align with operational reality. PARSEC keeps your current environment secure, stable, and compliant for as long as you need it. When you’re ready to modernize, we support that too.

Who We Are

What Makes PARSEC Different

Independent, vendor agnostic.

We support every major version because we’re not selling you an upgrade. Our only interest is keeping your environment running on your terms.

Engineers, not helpdesk.

Every PARSEC support call reaches a senior engineer with system-specific subject matter expertise. No scripts, no lengthy escalation paths. Direct to the person who can solve your problem.

EOL isn’t our problem. It’s our specialty.

The platforms your vendor abandoned are the ones we know best. 40+ years of supporting systems others won’t touch, with the engineering bench to prove it.

Supported Platforms

Expert support for operating systems

Select your OS to explore PARSEC’s technical coverage, available services, SLA options, and downloadable resources for that specific platform.

OpenVMS

VAX / VMS

V1.x to V7.3 · MicroVAX, VAX 6000/8000

OpenVMS Alpha

V6.2 to V8.4 · AlphaServer

OpenVMS Integrity

V8.2 to V8.4-2L3 · Itanium

UNIX

IBM AIX

V3.x to 7.x · POWER

HP-UX

V10.x to 11i v3 · PA-RISC, Itanium

Oracle Solaris

V2.4 to 11.3 · SPARC, x86

Tru64 UNIX

V1.x to 5.1B · AlphaServer

SGI IRIX

V5.x to 6.5 · SGI Workstations

MPE/iX

V6.0 to 7.5 · HP3000

Linux

Red Hat

V3 to 9

CentOS

V3 to 8, Stream

Rocky Linux

V8 to 9

AlmaLinux

V8 to 9

Oracle Linux

V6 to 9

SUSE

V9 to 15 SP6

Ubuntu

LTS 10.04 to 20.04

Debian

V6 to 12

Fedora

V15 to 40+

IBM Platforms

IBM i

OS/400, i5/OS · AS/400, POWER

z/OS

V1.1 to 2.5

z/VM

V5.x to 7.x

z/VSE

V3.x to 6.x

Linux on Z

RHEL, SUSE, Ubuntu
Don’t crawl, don’t walk, RUN to sign the contract. I trust PARSEC with billions of dollars of data — need I say more?

Bruce M.

IT Executive · Automotive Industry

Services Available

Maximize the value of your OS investment

As an independent OS support provider, PARSEC offers a modular suite of services around every platform. Select what each system actually needs — mix and match across your environment.

OS & Platform Telephone Support

Get comprehensive OS support for any platform — no matter the version or EOL status. When you call PARSEC, a senior engineer picks up on the first call. No Tier 1 barriers, no ticket queues. Direct to the expert who resolves your issue.

Direct-connect senior engineer access

9×5 or 24×7 SLA options

1-hour to 4-hour response tiers

All EOL & end-of-service platforms

Full case tracking & reporting

Post-incident documentation

Phone, email & screen-share

US-based engineers

Extended Lifecycle Support

Stay secure and compliant even after vendor support ends. PARSEC delivers regression-tested CVE patches for Linux and UNIX platforms — as RPM binaries, with rollback packages and compliance documentation included. Telephone support available as an optional add-on.

CVSS 7.0+ CVE prioritization

RPM binary delivery

Air-gapped environment support

Rollback packages every delivery

Compliance-ready documentation

All Linux distros supported

UNIX advisory patching

HIPAA / PCI / NIST aligned

Remote System Administration

PARSEC acts as your dedicated system administrator — or supplements your existing team — delivering full or partial sysadmin services remotely via VPN or secure access.

Network & device configuration

User & access management

Backup & recovery operations

OS patch deployment

Security & compliance tasks

Performance monitoring

Capacity planning

Incident response

Remote System Monitoring

Proactive, scheduled system monitoring via secure remote access. PARSEC engineers perform health checks, review logs, analyze performance trends, and deliver regular reporting — catching issues before they become outages.

Scheduled health checks

Performance & capacity reporting

Log review & anomaly detection

Storage utilization tracking

Weekly, monthly & quarterly reports

Proactive issue identification

Trend analysis

Custom monitoring scope

Remote Database Administration

Managed database administration delivered remotely — health checks, growth management, backup validation, performance tuning, and replication monitoring. Available alongside OS telephone support or as a standalone service.

Database health checks

Growth management & capacity

Backup validation

Performance tuning

Replication monitoring

Incident response

Oracle, Db2, SQL Server & more

RDB, Ingres, Informix supported

Hosting & Infrastructure

Fully managed hosting for legacy and modern OS workloads — physical servers, emulated environments, and hybrid cloud integration. PARSEC’s infrastructure is purpose-built for the platforms we support.

OpenVMS, UNIX & Linux hosting

Physical & emulated platforms

Stromasys Charon & SimH

Hybrid & multi-cloud bridges

HA & DR replication

Single-tenant & bare-metal

HIPAA, SOX, PCI aligned

Disaster recovery hosting

Consulting & Professional Services

Project-based engineering for defined deliverables — migrations, architecture, security assessments, DR planning, and custom development. Deliverables and hours agreed upfront, fixed-fee or time-and-materials.

System & security audits

OS & database migrations

Architecture & design

Disaster recovery planning

Security hardening

Modernization & re-platforming

Custom application development

Fixed-fee or time & materials

Training & Knowledge Transfer

Expert-led, platform-specific training from engineers who consult in the real world. PARSEC trains from production experience — not textbooks. Instructor-led, virtual, or customized enterprise delivery tailored to your team.

OpenVMS, UNIX & Linux tracks

Instructor-led & virtual delivery

Customized enterprise training

Exclusive PARSEC Technical Trainings

Skills transition programs

Knowledge continuity planning

On-site delivery available

20,000+ professionals trained

Featured Resource

Understand your options before the vendor deadline hits

PDF · 2 Pages

PARSEC Group At a Glance

Services, platforms & commercial model

PDF · 2 Pages · Rev 2026.1

Everything you need to evaluate PARSEC — in two pages

Our At a Glance document covers every service PARSEC offers, every platform we support, how our commercial model works, and what’s included in every annual contract. Designed to be shared with your team or handed directly to procurement — no sales call required.

Client Testimonials

Hear what our clients have to say

Additional Resources

Downloads & reference documents

PARSEC Group At a Glance

PDF · 2 Pages

PARSEC Group — At a Glance

Services, platforms & commercial model · Rev 2026.1

Supported Software & Platforms

Line Card · 1 Page

Supported Software & Platforms

All supported OSes, databases & platforms · Rev 2026.1

Enterprise Services

Line Card · 3 Pages

Enterprise Software Services Line Card

Full services portfolio · Rev 2026.1

Get in Touch

Ready to stabilize your environment?

Tell us what OS you’re running and we’ll connect you with a senior PARSEC engineer — directly, on the first call. Tell us what you’re running and a brief problem description. We’ve probably seen it before.

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