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How to make Tailor Fit Pricing more affordable

Since the advent of mainframes in the 1960s, IBM pricing models strategies have taken on have evolved to address a variety of customer needs. It took nearly 40 years of trial and error for pricing models to arrive at a sub-capacity model where users only pay for...

What is Container Pricing?

Container Pricing, which was introduced in late-2017, is a new pricing solution that makes scaling workloads more economical. Container Pricing is a framework for hosting simplified and flexible software pricing for qualified workloads running on z13 or z14...

Why is my mainframe system so expensive?

For most companies, mainframe expenses require up to 40 percent of the IT budget. Investing in a quality mainframe system brings significant value to many top enterprises, and yet it can still be difficult to stomach. Mainframes remain essential for carrying out...

Streamline ITOA With Machine Learning

Machine learning can learn your mainframe environment faster than any one human ever could. By running behind the scenes, machine learning refines its insights with every data point and contextualizes raw figures into actionable improvements.

Machine learning with ITOA

What is mainframe software urbanism?

How to Improve Mainframe Performance and Reduce Monthly Costs With Software Asset Management Whether due to redundant applications, archaic licenses, or outdated contracts, chances are that your z/OS environment is being bogged down by superfluous software. After...