Graham, I am with the IBM AD&I DMS (Digital Modernization Services) group and we do this kind of stuff all the time. Let me know if you want to talk.
Mitch McCluhan -----Original Message----- From: Graham Hobbs <[email protected]> To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Mar 4, 2015 12:41 pm Subject: Municipal mainframe practical (what I meant to send) getting old, sent the incomplete one .. Folks, This request stems from serious high order ignorance. Am retired mainframer app developer very upset by our municipal IT budget ($1M, 40% salaries, 22% computer maintenance), using a Windows based server farm hardware/software scenario. In our County there are seven municipalities, likely server farm setups, total IT budget likely $4-7M, total staff likely 20-25. a) visualizing our County building as mainframe home, b) seeing a $75K IBM 114 mainframe out there, c) based on our needs, guesstimating our mainframe cost might be up to $200K, d) here's my problem .. software costs .. I can find no yardstick on vital IBM software $'s. After that comes a) telecommunications costs, b) off the shelf municipal software solution, c) inhouse programmers, d) combo of b and c, e) what have I missed? Clearly there are tons of unknowns here .. nevertheless .. might it be a $ practical situation worth pursuing .. a central mainframe for < $5M, < $2M? .. ballpark .. how much? .. suggest where I start? Thanks, be nice Graham Hobbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
