We have the same type of agreement with CA for TopSecret. We liken it to having a cell phone contract where you have a base price for using a certain number of minutes per month and then get hit with a big per minute charge if you go over that.
Tom Kelman Enterprise Capacity Planner Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Greg Shirey > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Subcapacity price model for CA > > Walter, > > I can't really speak to CA's policies of course, but I can tell you that > we have CA-Disk (and a couple other CA products) and we send CA our > SCRTs quarterly for billing. > > Essentially, we have a "baseline" MSU level with CA and we are invoiced > annually based on that MSU for the year. If the SCRT reports show we > have exceed our MSU baseline, we are invoiced some amount per MSU over > our base for each month we have exceeded the number. We of course > receive no credits for being under our baseline. > > We have the option of raising our baseline ahead of time, rather than > being billed after the fact. > > So, I don't know if this was some sort of special deal for us, or > business as usual for CA, but it is not impossible to have subcapacity > pricing for CA-Disk. > > Greg Shirey > Ben E. Keith Co. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Walter Marguccio > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 8:27 AM > > Hello list, > > I would like to ask your estimated opinion about the eligibility of CA > products for Subcapacity pricing model. > At the end of last year we had a meeting with two CA sales managers who > confirmed the above statement. > Ever since, we send to CA the SCRT Report via e-mail. > Searching the archives I also read more than once that CA products are > eligible for the Subcapacity model, > although I've neverread if only some products apply, or all. > > A couple of days ago we received an e-mail from a third CA sales manager > telling us the opposite. That is, > our products (CA-Sort, CA-1, CA-Disk) do *not* apply to this pricing > model. ("they belong to the 'infrastructure > management products' group, therefore are not eligible for 'Measured > Workload Pricing"). > > What leaves me without words is that something which appeared to be > valid only 12 months ago seems > now completelychanged. > > Is there anyone who can comment on this and tell his/her experience ? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ***************************************************************************** If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. ***************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
