On 7/28/2015 2:17 PM, Mike Schwab wrote:
Maybe they would apply the balance toward an earlier purchase?
In my experience. they will do exactly that. We have *never* had a
problem getting credited for remaining time on an existing pre-paid IBM
CPU, DASD or Tape maintenance contract as part of a technology uplift.
Upgrading a z9BC -- skipping over z10 and z114 -- to zBC12 will provide
a nice performance boost, especially if you are heavily kneecapped and
choose to install one or more zIIP processors. You get a warranty with a
new machine, so any extra maintenance dollars are applied to maintenance
that kicks in after the warranty expires.
Given that it's been ~7 months since the z13 announcement, and the zEC12
and zBC12 announcements were ~11 months apart, it might be worth waiting
on a hardware upgrade until the single-frame z13s are announced. IBM has
priced initial memory configurations on z13s so attractively, that many
installations have been able to justify purchasing 5x to 10x the memory
they previously had! There's no reason not to expect similar price
breaks for memory on the single-frame models. And, we all know that
memory-rich environments scream!!!
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Gibney, David Allen,Jr <[email protected]> wrote:
Looks nice, won't run on my z9. I just spent awhile trying to find the
definitive statement as to what date z/OS 2.1 will be withdrawn from Shopz
availability. Couldn't find it. Can someone tell me what that date is?
I am currently running 1.13, plan to upgrade to 2.1 before it goes out of
service next year. HW maintnenace is pre-paid on the z9 until June 2017
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Edward E Jaffe
Phoenix Software International, Inc
831 Parkview Drive North
El Segundo, CA 90245
http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/
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