What Technical Storage does

Technical Storage is a privately held French software company founded in 1996 and headquartered in Lyon, with a US liaison office in Santa Monica, California. The company specializes in performance analysis and storage management software for IBM Z mainframe environments running z/OS, with products including EADM (disk performance monitoring), EATM (tape management and capacity analysis), EAMC (CPU and I/O charge monitoring), EATC (tape error checking via EREP), EADO (open-systems storage analysis), and RTD/zOS (real-time disk defragmentation) distributed in partnership with Interchip AG. Its technology reads and interprets standard IBM RMF and BMC CMF reports generated from SMF binary files, supporting SYSPLEX deployments across hundreds of LPARs, and integrates with ELK/Kibana for visualization and with a 2022-released AI module for prescriptive recommendations on z/OS DASD features.

The company sells primarily through direct enterprise sales to organizations running IBM Z mainframe infrastructure, typically large IT shops and data centers, with quote-based annual subscription licensing. It also offers remote monitoring services from its Lyon data center, storage consulting and classification services, and an offshore development and distribution arm (Technical Storage-Offshore) that includes virtual R&D staffing. Its customer base is narrow by definition — limited to enterprises with z/OS mainframes — and the company has been operating in this niche for nearly 30 years, with stated 30+ years of team experience in z/OS storage. Technical Storage is an IBM PartnerWorld member, formally aligned with IBM Z and IBM storage platforms (DS8000, DS8900, DS8A00, TS7700), and holds ISO 9001 certification for its software development quality management system. The company is not publicly listed, has no disclosed funding rounds, and has no external investors identified in the available data.

Name

Technical Storage

Legal name

Technical Storage

Website

https://technical-storage.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Technical Storage is a privately held French software company founded in 1996 that sells z/OS mainframe storage performance analysis and management tools (EADM, EATM, EAMC, EATC, EADO, RTD/zOS) to large enterprises running IBM Z systems, using annual subscription licensing and direct enterprise sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mainframe Storage Performance Analysis Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Storage Management, Monitoring & Orchestration (HDABAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM) Services (BPAEABAA), Enterprise Storage Arrays (SAN/NAS/Object Storage) (HDACACAB)

Keywords

• Mainframe storage analysis
• Z/OS performance monitoring
• IBM RMF analysis
• Disk I/O profiling
• Tape management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. EADM Software Licenses: EADM (Easy Analyze Disk Mainframe) is a standalone software application for monitoring IBM z/OS disks. Sold as licenses to enterprises with mainframe infrastructure. Studies can be fully automated and take approximately 5 minutes to process.
2. EATM Software Licenses: EATM (Easy Analyze Tape Mainframe) analyzes tape management systems including CA-1, TLMS, CONTROL-T, DFSMSrmm. Automated reporting on Virtual Drives Response Times, Mounts Pending, and Tape Mounts by LPAR.
3. EAMC, EADO, EATC Software Licenses: Additional software products for mainframe check, open server analysis, and tape check. Each analyzes specific data sources (RMF/CMF, I/O STAT/SAR, EREP respectively) with automated reporting capabilities.
4. RTD/zOS Software Licenses: RealTime Defrag for z/OS is sold with optional features including Multiple Address Space (MAS) support, Fast Replication Option (FRO), and Preserve Mirror (PM) support. 30-day free trial available.
5. Remote Monitoring Services: Customers can have remote access to Technical Storage servers in Lyon data center to execute manual studies using EADM, EATM, EAMC suites at any moment. Hardware support available for infrastructure questions and result commentary.
6. Storage Consulting and Classification Services: Storage engineering services including assessment of data storage needs, recommendation of efficient hardware/software architecture, risk analysis focused on TCO and ROI. Data classification services including study of data distribution, backup management, and storage cost projection.
7. Technical Storage-Offshore Development Services: Offshore software development and distribution package including software development/testing, marketing assistance, channel building, sales and aftersales services. Also offers Virtual Staffing (Offshore R&D Unit Renting) with cost savings up to 80% compared to Europe/America.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Technical Storage develops and sells a suite of specialized z/OS mainframe storage performance analysis software products (EADM, EATM, EAMC, EATC, EADO, and RTD zOS) that analyze IBM RMF and CMF reports generated from SMF binary files to deliver automated I/O performance monitoring, tape management analysis, CPU/MIPS profiling, and real-time disk defragmentation. The company also operates remote monitoring services from its Lyon data center and offers storage consulting, data classification, and offshore development services.

Product overview

Technical Storage offers a suite of specialized mainframe storage analysis tools: EADM for disk performance monitoring, EATM for tape management analysis, EAMC for CPU/I/O charge monitoring, EATC for tape error checking, and EADO for open systems storage. These tools analyze data from RMF, CMF, and tape management files to provide automated performance audits and alerts. Additionally, RTD zOS provides real-time defragmentation. All products work with IBM z/OS environments and support automated processing with email delivery of results.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EADM (Easy Analyze Disk Mainframe z/OS) User-friendly tool for z/OS storage managers that creates I/O profiles, detects abnormal disk behavior, and analyzes RMF/CMF reports by LPAR or SYSPLEX. Analyzes data automatically and sends daily or weekly performance audits via email. Processes RMF and CMF files in approximately 5 minutes and accumulates files showing weighted averages for TP/BATCH across more than 200 LPARs.
• EATM (Easy Analyze Tape Mainframe z/OS) Analyzes Tape Management files (TMS, TLMS, Control-T, DFSMSrmm) to provide real-time actual storage capacity of all mainframe tape cartridges. Monitors virtual drives response times, mounts pending, and tape mounts by LPAR. Supports DFSMSrmm, IBM TS7700 grid, and IBM Peer-to-Peer VTS implementations. Integrates with ELK/KIBANA for visualization and provides expert system automated daily email reports.
• EAMC (Easy Analyze Mainframe Check z/OS) Creates MSU MIPS profile for individual LPARs or all LPARs, displays CPU and I/O DISK charge on the same dashboard, and alerts automatically on over-consumption issues. Generates daily and/or weekly analyses for baseline reference with information refresh every 30 minutes or more frequently.

Quantifiable outcome

• Studies completed in approximately 5 minutes
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IBMcoreTechnology or IntegrationIBM PartnerWorld partner. Technical Storage products are designed specifically for IBM Z mainframe architectures and IBM storage systems including DS8000, DS8900, DS8A00, and TS7700. Products analyze IBM RMF reports and are compatible with IBM z/OS operating systems including V2R5 and new z16 with Telum processor technologies.
• Interchip AGcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for RTD/zOS (RealTime Defrag for z/OS) product. Interchip AG has been developing efficient tools for storage management for nearly 30 years. Their RTD/zOS solution is distributed and supported by Technical Storage, offering real-time disk defragmentation for z/OS environments.
• VALUE-4ITminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSystem z Software & Storage Optimization Specialists. Channel partner for distribution and sales support of Technical Storage products.
• Lascon StorageminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStorage specialist partner for product distribution and support.
• GFS SoftwareminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner for software distribution and sales support.
• INTERCHIP AG (RTD/zOS Partnership)coreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for automated z/OS defragmentation solution. Technical Storage now offers simple and automated defragmentation solution via partnership with Interchip AG to guarantee low fragmentation of zOS volumes round-the-clock without stalling any other processes.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• BMC Software: Major mainframe management software vendor with products such as BMC AMI Storage and BMC CMF (which Technical Storage explicitly analyzes). Directly competes with Technical Storage in z/OS storage performance monitoring and has a much larger installed base among mainframe enterprises.
• DataKinetics: Mainframe performance and storage optimization vendor with tools targeting z/OS I/O performance, disk management, and storage reporting. Highly comparable to Technical Storage in niche, customer profile, and product positioning.
• IntelliMagic: Provides mainframe performance management software (including z/OS storage and I/O analytics) for large enterprises. Closely comparable in product scope (disk/tape I/O performance analysis) and target customer (IBM Z mainframe shops).
• Rocket Software: Independent mainframe software vendor with products spanning storage, data, and DevOps on z/OS. Competes directly with Technical Storage in mainframe storage management tools and serves the same IBM Z enterprise customer base.
• Interchip AG: Develops RTD/zOS, the real-time defragmentation product that Technical Storage distributes and supports. Operates in the same z/OS storage optimization niche, with overlapping customer base, and is simultaneously a partner and adjacent competitor.
• ASG Technologies (now part of Rocket Software): Mainframe storage and data management vendor with products like ASG-Zeke and storage management suites. Competes in the same z/OS performance and storage analytics category as Technical Storage.

Emerging players

• Syncsort / Precisely: Provides data integrity and mainframe data management software with overlapping focus on z/OS data environments. Adjacent competitor in the broader mainframe data tooling space rather than a pure storage performance specialist.
• CorreLog: Offers mainframe security event monitoring and log management tools that integrate with z/OS SMF data. Overlaps with Technical Storage in consumption of the same SMF/RMF data sources for enterprise mainframe analytics.

Others

• Broadcom (CA Technologies mainframe portfolio): Broadcom acquired CA Technologies and now owns mainframe tape management products (CA-1) that Technical Storage's EATM directly supports and analyzes. Competes as a broad enterprise software incumbent with deep mainframe footprint across storage, ops, and DevOps.

Broad incumbents

• IBM Z / IBM RMF: IBM provides native RMF performance reporting for z/OS and owns the underlying mainframe, storage (DS8900/DS8A00), and tape (TS7700) platforms that Technical Storage's products analyze. Competes broadly through platform-bundled analytics and ecosystem control rather than as a specialist standalone tool.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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