I am also with IBM in the Competitive Project Office (CPO). The CPO has given briefings around the world to distributed customer audiences talking about exactly the same things you are considering including TCO. Along with Mitch, please reach out if you would like more information.
Jon Nolting - zChampion and zEvangelist IBM Competitive Project Office (CPO) [email protected] 1200 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1100 Seattle, WA 98101 (720) 342-2843 -- T/L 277-2244 (425) 281-5750 (Cell) (206) 587-2244 (FAX) IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 03/04/2015 10:41:06 AM: > From: Graham Hobbs <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 03/04/2015 10:41 AM > Subject: Municipal mainframe practical (what I meant to send) > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > getting old, sent the incomplete one .. > > Folks, > > This request stems from serious high order ignorance. Am retired > mainframer app developer very upset by our municipal IT budget ($1M, > 40% salaries, 22% computer maintenance), using a Windows based > server farm hardware/software scenario. In our County there are > seven municipalities, likely server farm setups, total IT budget > likely $4-7M, total staff likely 20-25. > > a) visualizing our County building as mainframe home, b) seeing a > $75K IBM 114 mainframe out there, c) based on our needs, > guesstimating our mainframe cost might be up to $200K, d) here's my > problem .. software costs .. > > I can find no yardstick on vital IBM software $'s. After that comes > a) telecommunications costs, b) off the shelf municipal software > solution, c) inhouse programmers, d) combo of b and c, e) what have I missed? > > Clearly there are tons of unknowns here .. nevertheless .. might it > be a $ practical situation worth pursuing .. a central mainframe for > < $5M, < $2M? .. ballpark .. how much? .. suggest where I start? > > Thanks, be nice > Graham Hobbs > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
