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Mike, Nice job. Please let us know if you hear anything back ! Chuck -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike.Crump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 3:29 PM To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion Subject: RE: The IBM iSeries word from FOSE... Very true. I just hate to say that without being able to back it up. iSeriesNetwork just ran an article and there was the following quote from an analyst (Jeff Hewitt) at Gartner: Mr. Hewitt was quoted as saying "Hewitt hasn't heard a one-minute "elevator speech" that would convince him that the iSeries is the way to go - nor does he believe he's likely to hear one." Here is my email that most likely will never get a reply: Here is one..... 1.) SAP feasibility study for a mid-size manufacturer. 2.) Major manufacturing and financial modules implemented. 3.) Comparison between WINTEL/SQL Server and iSeries configuration. 4.) 20 Wintel server configuration compared to 2 iSeries i5 servers. 5.) Hardware acquisition costs showed the iSeries to be 11% more expensive. 6.) Hardware acquisition, software acquisition, hardware maintenance, and software maintenance showed the iSeries to be 4% less expensive per year given a 3 year depreciation schedule. 7.) Technical personnel (Basis, systems administration, data base administration) requirements determined a need for 3-4 iSeries support personnel vs 8-12 support personnel for the WINTEL SQL server environment. Unix/Oracle solution required 12-14 personnel. Personnel requirements determined by SAP and best practices for the industry. 8.) Annual savings estimated for running SAP on iSeries vs. WINTEL/SQL Server estimated to be $500,000 to $800,000 annually. Unix solution was even more expensive. 9.) Personnel costs were for an area (central Indiana) with a cost of living below the national average. Same product, slightly more stable, slightly more secure. ANNUAL SAVINGS OF $500,000 to $800,000. That would be my one minute elevator speech. Now Joe, I don't disagree with your viewpoints at all. I just happen to think that in certain circumstances the cost differential is to large to not lead with. If a rational analysis is done (key word if, oh wait and also rational) the iSeries will come out ahead a lot of the time. So perhaps I should have said something more in line with 'What about downtime? And by the way, I bet it isn't more expensive'.............. And as a result of some of these discussions I do have an updated resume......
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