I found this out some time ago working for Boeing, even though we were one company, we still had to submit a budget each year for computing services, this drove Boeing Helicopters to look at alternatives, mostly the costs of CATIA and CADAM, on Big Iron, distributed was initially cheaper, but in the long run many cost overruns due to poor planning and a desire to 'just get off the mainframe at any cost', that's what drove us to look at consolidation afterwards, then migrations to / from other platforms....if it made sense :)
Carmen Vitullo Lead Systems Programmer Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield IT Infrastructure Services 515 West Pershing Blvd. North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 Office: 501.210.4705 Cell: 501.514.4266 [email protected] arkansasbluecross.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 12:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Why Can't You Buy z Mainframe Services from Amazon Cloud Services? If you look at the sheer cost if setting up a zOS ecosystem, its not cheap. Where customers would balk it that it would be a "SHARED" ecosystem that they have little say so over. Its called SHARED Services. When I was with IBM, they charged about $80/CPUHR, however IBM gave the customers Capacity on Demand. Add an engine and you added another 5.4Ghz processor and off you go Steve Beaver [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or otherwise protected from disclosure to anyone other than its intended recipient(s). Any dissemination or use of this electronic email or its contents (including any attachments) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply email so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message (including any attachments) in its entirety. Thank you -----Original Message----- From: "Charles Mills" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 1:32pm To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Why Can't You Buy z Mainframe Services from Amazon Cloud Services? I thought his point was interesting. Obviously, I sing in the mainframe choir, but I could not have put my finger on the specific issue of how economy of scale works for the different platforms. Apologies for the folded link. I assume everyone knows how to deal. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 10:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Why Can't You Buy z Mainframe Services from Amazon Cloud Services? On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > http://enterprisesystemsmedia.com/article/why-cant-you-buy-ibmz-mainfr > ame-se > rvices-from-aws > > Charles > Nice article. Preaching to the choir. Too little, too late for this place (most likely). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -- Privacy Information: http://privacynotice.net (data rate charges may apply) or 800-524-2621. -- Privacy Information: http://privacynotice.net (data rate charges may apply) or 800-524-2621. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
