"... To be replaced by a cost of $1.5 million in floor space and air conditioning costs."
Of course, if they weren't running much on their mainframe anymore anyway, they've already eaten this cost in the infrastructure that replaced it. Probably grew so slowly they didn't even notice. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Kopischke, David G. > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 11:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IBM-MAIN] Migrating Off IBM Mainframes > > > Greetings, > > From SearchDataCenter yesterday: > > "Simon & Schuster Inc. plans to save $1 million a year on > hardware costs and > licensing fees as a result of migrating off its old IBM mainframes." > > http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,28914 2,sid80_gci1172792,00.html?track=NL-451&ad=544960 I'd like to see a follow up to this next fall to see how well they fared. -------------------------------------------------------- If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. http://www.ml.com/email_terms/ -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
