Hubbard Computer Services

 

IBM Midrange Consultancy Specialists 

About Us

Hubbard Computer Services Limited was set up in 1998 by Jason Hubbard. We provide a high level of IT expertise to large corporations seeking to develop communications and web-enablement software for ERP systems. We also support local companies struggling to keep in-house systems running efficiently.

 

We have a specialist knowledge of all aspects of IBM Midrange Power Systems architecture, (otherwise known as system i, iSeries or AS/400), from basic operations through to advanced programming in many of the supported languages.

 

Several members of the team have diversified into emerging technologies and become extremely proficient in them as they have matured into commercial products. These include

 

We use all that we support or sell and so depend on systems working faultlessly just as much as our customers. We invest significantly in our systems and hardware. This allows us to evaluate new releases of products prior to implementation on customer sites. We can also develop software independent of customer production systems.

 

Having an excellent technical knowledge is not enough, in itself, to provide the very best service. Exposure to the industry within which our clients operate is also paramount if the very best results are to be achieved. Our team of IT consultants has extensive experience in a broad spectrum of industries including:

We are based in the UK and have staff located across Kent, Dorset, Sussex and Surrey. We are equally able to offer services across the South of England as we are to our international clients.

 

Jason Hubbard

Jason Hubbard

Jason has worked predominantly in the manufacturing and distribution sector of IT since 1984. He has an in-depth technical knowledge of IBM midrange iSeries systems. His extensive commercial experience is gathered from participation in BPCS implementations and add-on projects for many blue-chip companies. These projects include middleware to web-enable legacy systems using IBM Websphere MQ Series software. Jason also works on Windows and Linux operating systems supporting mail and file servers, firewalls and VoIP telephony systems.

 

Jason’s hobbies include spending time with his family, cycling, more computing, electronic engineering and classic cars.

 

Steve Beer

Steve Beer

Steve has worked in banking, insurance and manufacturing/distribution. An IBM midrange RPG/400 programmer since 1990, Steve has also been developing accessible web sites and looking after other people's computers since 1999. He is highly organised with an analytical and creative approach to problem solving. He has a right-first-time attitude and believes clearly documented code is easier to maintain. He has successfully implemented many conversion projects and upgrades. He has extensive experience of EDI systems to custom and international messaging standards.

 

Steve likes movies, photography and looking after his young daughters.

 

Phil Balding

Phil Balding

Phil is a highly experienced analyst / programmer with additional network strategy and design skills and proven stakeholder management knowledge. His areas of business expertise are insurance and financial systems and a history with manufacturing, publishing and sports verticals. . He works on the IBM iSeries, Windows, Android and Apple platforms. He builds applications in RPGLE and Java in the DB2 environment and Websphere server. Phil studied computer science at Sussex University.

 

Dave Poynter

Dave Poynter

Dave is an iSeries guru with over thirty years experience, specialising in RPG IV (ILE) development. He has written applications for IBM Websphere MQ Series “middleware” software and has done some sterling work for HCS and our clients. He has performed PTF upgrades and created BPCS interfaces to pass data out to external PC based systems.