Could a small shop with a z114 (2818-A01) expect to get roughly the same percent savings as large shop with 3 or 4 zEC12s (2827-7A1)? The Share presentation seemed to based on large customers.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 5:14 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: mainframe "selling" points > > On 1/30/2013 1:32 PM, Dana Mitchell wrote: > > Thanks Tony! thats exactly my point. Since IBM sells z, Power and > intel boxen, they don't have to be competetive with themselves, that > could be seen as canabilazation. IBM i is in a similar position in > IBM as z/OS customers. Most that could easily convert off have done > so. The ones left must pay the premium price to continue running. > > The cross-industry study conducted by Rubin Worldwide found that > businesses with > mainframes are more efficient and less expensive to operate. > http://rubinworldwide.com/files/Mainframe_Economics.pdf > Specifically: > o 44% lower cost per credit card transaction > o 31% lower IT spend per consumer loan > o 26% lower cost per new vehicle > o 25% lower cost per mega watt hour produced > o 25% lower cost per retail store > o 24% lower cost per hospital bed > o 23% lower cost per barrel of oil > o 20% lower cost per airline passenger > > Exhaustive TCO studies, conducted in actual customer environments, > continue to > show that mainframes are less expensive Enterprise technology to own, > operate > and upgrade that alternative platforms. > https://share.confex.com/share/117/webprogram/Handout/Session9795/SHARE > %20Orlando%2009795.pdf > > -- > 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 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
