Joint Webinar: Zangenberg/ SMT Data – Mainframe Outsourcing Economy

Part 1 Mainframe Contract Optimization and Mainframe Application Maintenance – by Frederik Bastkær Christensen, Partner and Managing Director, Zangenberg Analytics

• Mainframe Contract Optimization:
•     The current state of the Mainframe Market and its Key Players
•     Optimization of your Mainframe Contracts (Scope of Service, Software, Cost Metrics incl. 4HRA, percentiles, hard cap, soft cap etc.
•     How do the Key Players differ (IBM, KMD, Evry, CGI, Tieto, Fujitsu JN Data)?
•     MIPS Calculation Methods
•     Utilization of specialty-engines
• Mainframe Application Maintenance: pricing, metrics, contract types and the specific challenges related to Mainframe such as providing documentation, over-dependence on key staff and off-shoring.

Part 2 Outsourcer Transparency – by Steven Thomas, Chief Technology Officer, SMT Data

• The basic elements of CPU-based pricing for outsourced mainframes:
•     Understanding MIPS and MSU
•     The pitfalls of MIPS
•     The mainframe outsourcer’s cost structure
• Billing models for outsourced mainframes
• How to follow up on your mainframe outsourcer