Another reason to move to a newer processor is the reduction on software prices. Even if you had to pay double maintenance for a while, and I agree with Ed that you wouldn't need to, the software savings from moving from a z9 to a zBC12 or baby z13 would more than make up for it. I can give you an estimate in savings if you contact me offlist.
Best regards, Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. 100 Central Ave, Suite 1013 Sarasota, FL 34236 P-941-924-6565, F-941-924-4892 www.watsonwalker.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 5:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/OS 2.2 announcement On 7/28/2015 2:17 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: > Maybe they would apply the balance toward an earlier purchase? In my experience. they will do exactly that. We have *never* had a problem getting credited for remaining time on an existing pre-paid IBM CPU, DASD or Tape maintenance contract as part of a technology uplift. Upgrading a z9BC -- skipping over z10 and z114 -- to zBC12 will provide a nice performance boost, especially if you are heavily kneecapped and choose to install one or more zIIP processors. You get a warranty with a new machine, so any extra maintenance dollars are applied to maintenance that kicks in after the warranty expires. Given that it's been ~7 months since the z13 announcement, and the zEC12 and zBC12 announcements were ~11 months apart, it might be worth waiting on a hardware upgrade until the single-frame z13s are announced. IBM has priced initial memory configurations on z13s so attractively, that many installations have been able to justify purchasing 5x to 10x the memory they previously had! There's no reason not to expect similar price breaks for memory on the single-frame models. And, we all know that memory-rich environments scream!!! > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Gibney, David Allen,Jr <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Looks nice, won't run on my z9. I just spent awhile trying to find the >> definitive statement as to what date z/OS 2.1 will be withdrawn from Shopz >> availability. Couldn't find it. Can someone tell me what that date is? >> >> I am currently running 1.13, plan to upgrade to 2.1 before it goes >> out of service next year. HW maintnenace is pre-paid on the z9 until >> June 2017 >> -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
