Re: Sas itrm

2008-04-14 Thread Barbara Nitz
>Awful product to get working with OMVS and RACF. And their support teams >(in this part of the world anyway) don't even appear to understand the >environment. Well, I am still at SAS8, so far I have avoided that unpleasantness completely. ITRM up to version 2.6 could be ordered independently and

Re: Sas itrm

2008-04-14 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 4/14/2008 7:50:46 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Awful product to get working with OMVS and RACF. And their support teams (in this part of the world anyway) don't even appear to understand the environment. >> It's just the SAS branding of MXG. If y

Re: Sas itrm

2008-04-14 Thread Shane
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 08:27 -0400, Carroll, William wrote: > My management is interested in this product. I was wondering, how many > People are using it, and what are there thoughts.Thank You. I wouldn't even consider installing it on the the mainframe again (not that I get any input to th

Sas itrm

2008-04-14 Thread Carroll, William
My management is interested in this product. I was wondering, how many People are using it, and what are there thoughts.Thank You. Bill Carroll EMAIL DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this message may be privileged or confidential and is protected from disclosure. If the reader o

Re: SAS ITRM vs MXG

2007-09-18 Thread Sarel Swanepoel
NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf Hi We have been using SAS/ITRM for many years on the mainframe and other platforms (porting the non-mainframe data to OMVS) with great success. A couple

Re: SAS ITRM vs MXG

2007-09-17 Thread Barbara Nitz
A few years back I inherited SAS (and ITRM) and MXG and have to make do with what was setup. The sales people are here regularly, as we still have a z/OS licence, and I am severely opposed to running this on a micky mouse system, especially as all data we workk with are on the host. - And due to

Re: SAS ITRM vs MXG

2007-09-17 Thread Kelman, Tom
> Posted by David Kopischke > > Greetings, >Preface: I am not a performance analyst. I have no idea what these > products do, hence my question. > >Our capacity analysis team is looking at SAS ITRM 3.1 functionality. > In breezing through the synopsis: > >

Re: SAS ITRM vs MXG

2007-09-17 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>I've already dropped SAS from z/OS due to cost. We managed to get quite a deal for SAS on the mainframe. Ever since January 2006, when they announced sub-capacity pricing. And, you don't have to run any reports. A $100K licence dropped to $36K in the first year and $20K every year after. - Too b

Re: SAS ITRM vs MXG

2007-09-17 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Shane wrote: >Ooooh, I doubt my opinion of the ITRM packaging is fit for public consumption. I'm with you, mate. Quote from the doc: "SAS IT Resource Management ensures delivery of IT services and resources in an efficient and cost-effective manner while demonstrating measurable value to busine

Re: SAS ITRM vs MXG

2007-09-15 Thread Shane
On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 12:59 -0600, Kopischke, David G. wrote: >Our capacity analysis team is looking at SAS ITRM 3.1 functionality. > What's your opinion ??? Ooooh, I doubt my opinion of the ITRM packaging is fit for public consumption. Short answer (IMHO), *don't* install

SAS ITRM vs MXG

2007-09-14 Thread Kopischke, David G.
Greetings, Preface: I am not a performance analyst. I have no idea what these products do, hence my question. Our capacity analysis team is looking at SAS ITRM 3.1 functionality. In breezing through the synopsis: http://www.sas.com/solutions/itresource/fact.pdf this reads like extensions