Re: Migration from Mainframe to othre platforms - the othe bell?



Are you interested in just z/OS stories or in stories about mainframe
Linux also? One big story back in 2006 was the one about Nationwide
Insurance moving the processing from 400 servers to 2 IBM z900 Linux
systems. At the time they estimate the savings to by $15 million over 3
years. Here is one article on it or you can Google "nationwide linux"
to get some more.

http://www.linux.com/feature/59984



Tom Kelman
Commerce Bank of Kansas City
(816) 760-7632
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mautalen Juan Guillermo
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:58 AM
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Subject: Migration from Mainframe to othre platforms - the othe bell?

Hi,

I am full of reports, sent to Management, about completely succesfull
conversions from the "old and expensive" "IBM Mainframe to other
platforms. And, as you may know, the most important argument is that
the
Mainframe is very expensive and the same level of processing, with the
same degree of thrust, can be achieved in other platforms with much
less
money. Of course, i dont beleive this, or at least i dont think things
to be so simple. So, i want to collect some information to support the
Mainframe side.

Are there somewhere on the web, as a counterpart of all the marketing
flood about getting rid of the Mainframe, stories, reports or analysis
of :

- Conversions (or Consolidations) from other platforms into
Mainframes.
- Stories of unsuccessful migrations from Mainframe to other
platforms.
- Serious and independant cost analysis between different solutions.
- Serious and independant studies comparing the security level of the
different platforms.


Thanks in advance for your help,


Juan G. Mautalen



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