> On Jun 7, 2017, at 7:38 AM, Knutson, Samuel <samuel.knut...@compuware.com> > wrote: > > The article is I think useful and addresses the critical need to wisely > modernize on the mainframe platform where it serves citizens today in the USA. > > https://www.fedscoop.com/what-is-legacy-it-and-how-scared-should-we-be-of-it/ > > It wasn't written by just any person from Compuware but the CEO Chris > O'Malley. Chris has been a mainframe champion for years, drove the > turnaround of the mainframe products at CA with Mainframe 2.0 and is a > formidable leader. It's no surprise that I followed Chris to Compuware. > You can find him on Twitter https://twitter.com/chris_t_omalley and LinkenIn > where he blogs often about the mainframe and more > https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophertomalley Chris writes his own blogs > and tweets and is a fierce advocate for mainframe.
While I do not know Chris O’Malley, he may be a fine person, I do not know. Having said that COMPUWARE has and always had a strong hold on certain parts of the MF market, until about 30 years ago was to a point of being greedy. One of the installations I worked at was a major bank and they were always grossing about COMPUWARE costs. One January (long time ago) Compare had an ad on TV during the Super Bowl. That is what it took to break the camels back, Our management was so MAD that the Monday after the game we were all summoned into a meeting and were told in no uncertain terms to get rid of all COMPUWARE products and telling us it had to be done soon! We walked out of the meeting pretty amazed as nothing like this had ever happened before. We started in immediately calling vendors and one of our European subsideraries came up with product X. We called the vendor immediately and got pricing which was fantastically inexpensive. We ordered a trial and tested it out and nothing we could throw at it could not faze it. Plug compatible down to a dime. We bought a license and installed it on one of our machines and they (the end users) couldn’t tell the difference. Upper management was ecstatic. All our bosses got a little bit extra in bonuses that year. I didn’t witness the conversations with the Compuware people but they were not happy. It was the most smoothest conversions ever I have witnessed. That will teach COMPUWARE about spending our money on Super Bowel advertisements paid with our money. > > Compuware has done everything we can to advocate for the mainframe platform > including educating our US congress on the value of the mainframe > http://insidetechtalk.com/u-s-congressmen-witness-mainframe-modernization/ > sponsoring solid economic studies of the mainframe > http://www.compuware.com/mainframe-economics.html and constantly > communicating on the value of the platform http://insidetechtalk.com/ > <http://insidetechtalk.com/> Yes, IMO but the charm misleads the customer. The price (and hidden prices) have always been to high, IMO. > > Compuware has gone through a transformation driven by a new management team > led by Chris O'Malley starting in late 2014. In January of 2015 we brought > out the first new product since 1999 Topaz a complete modern Eclipse > workbench for mainframe including powerful visualizations to aid in > application understanding and simple elegant cross platform data > manipulation. In 2016 we did the first acquisition since 1999 with ISPW a > modern SCM fully supporting Agile Methods and invested to bring it > beautifully into our workbench, add RESTful web APIs and a web interface to > manage deployment. 2016 saw four acquisitions in total and a slew of DevOps > partnerships and integrations including Sonar, XebiaLabs, Jenkins and more. > We changed the way we built software from releases every 12-18 months to > quarterly deliveries with a new product or option, new Devops integrations, > useful enhancements to our classic products and of course Day One currency > support for the z Systems operating systems, middleware and hardware. We > will release our 11th quarterly release June 28th a little early so we can > enjoy a couple days of rest and celebration for that very American holiday > Independence day July 4th. That is like trusting a snake not to bite you. It may not but if it gets hungry you are opening your wallets to a burglar. > > Compuware may have rubbed you the wrong way on some transaction in the past > and I can't change that but be aware that we are a different company > completely focused on mainstreaming the mainframe! The gritty crew of > developers in Detroit is working harder than ever and Compuware is the best > partner I know to help a customer get great outcomes from mainframe > investments. I don't usually speak on the company line here but you need to > understand what has changed and what hasn't when you think about Compuware. Their 30+ years indicate differently. Come back in 30 years and maybe we can talk. Sorry, bitten hard several times and not want to repeat it. Of course in 30 years I will be gone, but hopefully the record will show what they have done. If there were a hall of dishonor for IBM Mainframe Products COMPUWARE and CA would be in the main hall and front and center in the title of greediness. > > I lead product management for Compuware and I follow IBM-MAIN but don't here > quite as often as I did in the past. Best way to reach me is to email me > privately or text me. Sorry I did not know you worked there, you have my sympathies. Wish you would have asked before switching. Ed > > Best Regards, > > Sam Knutson | VP, Product Management | Compuware > @samknutson | linkedin.com/in/samknutson > samuel.knut...@compuware.com | M: +1 301 996-1318 > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Edward Gould > Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2017 8:50 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Nice article about MF and Government > >> On Jun 3, 2017, at 7:12 PM, Rob Schramm <rob.schr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> https://www.fedscoop.com/what-is-legacy-it-and-how-scared-should-we-be-of-it/ >> >> Rob Schramm >> -- > Rob: > > Thanks, unfortunately it was written by a person from Compuware. From my > prospective not a recommendation at all. > > Ed > The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It > contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the named > addressee or an authorized designee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose > it to anyone else. 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