George, I have worked for 20+ shops consulting and full time, this one I referred to was European HQ. Most of the other places systems staffs were 20+ , I worked most of those shops in NYC, numbers are small also, because of this economy, cutbacks.
Sent from my iPad Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Feb 16, 2012, at 6:37 PM, George Henke <gahe...@gmail.com> wrote: > ty, Scott, but 200 people must have supported many data centers. > > The feedback I have gotten so far, based on a few private replies, is about > 8 - 12 people per CEC. > > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Scott Ford <scott_j_f...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> George, >> I worked for a large American company aboard, one of the top 5 in the >> world, we has a staff including mgmt around 200, that was MVS , VM , >> Communications, and DR. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> Scott Ford >> Senior Systems Engineer >> www.identityforge.com >> >> >> >> On Feb 16, 2012, at 6:19 PM, George Henke <gahe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> That is not my intent. >>> >>> Please do not divulge anything with which you do not feel comfortable. >>> >>> "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise." Thomas Gray >>> >>> I am just trying to get a sense, a reasonability check, on how >>> labor-intensive a large zSeries shop is. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Scott Ford <scott_j_f...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> Yep Lizette, and how much money is in the budget ... >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> Scott Ford >>>> Senior Systems Engineer >>>> www.identityforge.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 16, 2012, at 5:21 PM, Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I am trying to find out how much staff, numbers and titles, eg z/OS, >>>> z/VM, >>>>>> VTAM/TCPIP, CICS, etc, are needed to run a large zSeries mainframe >> shop. >>>>>> >>>>>> Would some of you be so kind as to share that information with me. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> George Henke >>>>>> (C) 845 401 5614 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> George the only answer I can give is - It Depends >>>>> >>>>> What is the hardware layout, how many mips, SLAs, software mix, >> external >>>>> contacts (vendors, business partners), transmission types (NJE, MQ), >> and >>>> so >>>>> on. >>>>> >>>>> You can find titles like >>>>> z/OS System programmer, z/OS System Administrator, Security officer, >>>>> Application developers, Network Security, Network Administrators, and >> so >>>>> many more. >>>>> >>>>> I know of no concise list that would give you information for such a >>>> broad >>>>> question. >>>>> >>>>> Could you narrow it down a bit? >>>>> >>>>> What is your definition of LARGE. From my vantage point, it is like >>>> asking >>>>> some one what is a tall person. If you are 3ft tall, then 5ft is tall. >>>> If >>>>> you are 6ft tall, then 5ft is small. All is relative. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Lizette >>>>> >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>>>> send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>>> send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> George Henke >>> (C) 845 401 5614 >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > > > -- > George Henke > (C) 845 401 5614 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
