Mainframe Outsourcing Economy
A joint webinar by SMT Data and Zangenberg Analytics
Target Group:
This webinar is specially targeted:
- Contract mangement/procurement
- IT Finance
- Technical personnel responsible for monitoring the outsourcer
in companies with outsourced Mainframe – or considering to outsource their Mainframe.
Content:
The following topics will be covered in this webinar:
Part 1 Mainframe Contract Optimization and Mainframe Application Maintenance – by Frederik Bastkær Christensen, Partner and Managing Director, Zangenberg Analytics
- Mainframe Contract Optimization
- The current state of the Mainframe Market and its Key Players
- What are you paying for: decomposing the mainframe costs into its core elements (hardware, IBM software, 3rd party software, operational scope, MIPS metrics, MIPS rating and consumption patterns)
- Impact of vendors not sharing technical dividends during mainframe upgrades/transitions
- z12-z13 and z13-z15 discounts on MLC and AWLC Costs
- Optimization of your Mainframe Contracts (Scope of Service, Software, Cost Metrics incl. 4HRA, percentiles, hard cap, soft cap etc.)
- How to optimize and leverage IBM and 3rd party structures to ensure price performance
- How do metrics impact MSU/MIPS pricing – case examples of commercial impact of metric interpretation by vendors
- How to improve price performance by using specialty engines (zIIP, ZAAP, IFL)
- What is the optimal way of buying zIIP/zAAP capacity (% GP MIPS price vs Engines)
Part 2 Outsourcer Transparency – by Steven Thomas, Chief Technology Officer, SMT Data
- The basic elements of CPU-based pricing for outsourced mainframes:
- Understanding MIPS and MSU
- The pitfalls of MIPS
- The mainframe outsourcer’s cost structure
- Billing models for outsourced mainframes
- How to follow up on your mainframe outsourcer
Practicalities:
The webinar will be held in English and there will be an interactive Q&A session during the presentation. As a participant you are required to register in advance.
