Graham: I can tell you that IBM does have a phased approach for this type of data center migration/consolidation. I think I had mentioned I was involved a project almost exactly like this where there were numerous agencies first consolidating from 20 data centers to 2, then modernizing on a single, consistent software and tools infrastructure.
DR + Disaster Recovery (sometimes referred to as Business Continuation/Continuity) Regards, Mitch Mccluhan Application Modernization Consultant Digital Modernization Services 254-598-4642 - U.S. office 916-271-6575 - U.S. mobile 916-718-8910 - IBM mobile 04 759 16272 - Australian mobile -----Original Message----- From: Graham Hobbs <gho...@cdpwise.net> To: IBM-MAIN <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Sent: Fri, Mar 6, 2015 9:10 am Subject: Re: Municipal mainframe practical (what I meant to send) Timothy, Thanks for your comments. Am in touch with IBM. Your questions: Has any municipality IT, having grown from nothing, likely to be anything but server farm/Unix/Microsoft (you know what I mean) plus off the shelf packages. DR - what's that .. you mean backup? I would guess our 7 have different packaged software performing same functionality; likely some duplication .. equalling masses of data stored in a multitude of proprietary ways:-( .. a behemoth. And one needs to convince 7 IT/Council empires .. can the convincing be incremental? Am truly hoping IBM has the 'methodology' to bring us an evolution .. our A'burg muni has a debt/reserves ratio around 25:1 .. is gross .. the others are much better off than us. In the end I worry that politics will override savings! Graham On 2015-03-05 12:59 AM, Timothy Sipples wrote: > Also recommend you contact both the IBM people who chimed in. Not me -- I'm > in Singapore and may be groggy when you call at your reasonable time. :-) > However, to give you a few more lines of investigation from afar.... > > 1. What are they running on those Windows-based servers (and on any other > servers)? What sort of applications (in terms of runtimes, in particular) > and middleware products? > > 2. If there are 7 municipalities, and (by implication) 7+ primary data > centers, are there are also at least 7 secondary (DR) centers? Or is DR > inadequate? > > 3. Are the 7 municipalities providing services 7 different ways -- they > have 7 different applications for substantial the same service, in other > words? With 7 different application development and/or support teams? Or do > they have substantial agreement on applications? > > The answers to these questions (and a few others) would be helpful in > trying to understand "better" and "best" alternatives, if any. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Timothy Sipples > IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM z Systems, AP/GCG/MEA > E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
