RE: xSeries and iSeries integration - ROI

Might want to make sure your Windows support buddies aren't in the
headcount reduction discussion...

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: xSeries and iSeries integration - ROI
> From: pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, March 30, 2005 12:42 pm
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Ask for help from IBM. They can show you documentation that IBM's 
> "version" of the Windows server software is more stable than the version 
> that runs on Intel. 
> 
> At the Fall 2003 COMMON, there was a case study presented by the IT 
> director of the company that makes Chinet plates, etc. He showed that he 
> had consolidated over 80 servers into an iSeries/xSeries configuration, 
> and had plans to do more. When I spoke to him later, he said that the 
> biggest savings were in the staff area. Sorta ties right into the Laughing 
> Boardroom commercials one can find on TUG's web site at   www.tug.ca
> 
> Pull them down and use them as a lead-in to your ROI presentation...... 
> :-))
> 
> 
> Paul Nelson
> Arbor Solutions, Inc.
> 708-670-6978  Cell
> pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Graap, Ken" <keg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> 
> I'm looking into the benefits of consolidating our Windows server
> environment (currently about 125 servers) into an iSeries / xSeries
> configuration. 
> 
> Before anything like this would even be considered my manager would need 
> to
> understand what the return on investment would be over time. Even though I
> see lots of wonderful technical reasons for moving in this direction I 
> would
> need to prove that it also could save us money over time too.
> 
> Has anyone out there prepared an ROI analysis on this subject that they
> might be willing to share? Also, has anyone actually planned and 
> implemented
> a server consolidation using IBM iSeries and xSeries? If so I'd love to 
> get
> some information from you on how you convinced your company that this was 
> a
> good idea....
> 
> Kenneth
> 
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