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The Battle for Banks' Mainframe Business: HP vs. IBM
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HP has bolstered its Mainframe Advantage program to promote migration away from mainframe systems, with banks a major focus for its efforts. Mainframe vendors IBM and Unisys, meanwhile, are enhancing their offerings to retain their respective customer bases. Ovum looks at how enterprise customers and tech vendors can take advantage of this situation.
Scope
- Mainframe and open systems hardware
- Core banking systems
The cost of maintaining legacy applications on expensive hardware and software infrastructure is coming under increasing scrutiny. CIOs are looking to reduce monthly hardware costs, software maintenance charges, and total cost of ownership (TCO) and bring them in line with open systems.
Reasons to Purchase
- Gain an understanding of how the mainframe and open system vendors are pitching the banks to influence their core hardware systems decisions.
- See what opportunities exist for tech vendors allied to HP to aid migration.
SUMMARY 1
Catalyst 1
Ovum View 1
Key Messages 2
Mainframes prevail in retail banking 2
The global financial crisis has forced banks to think about costs 2
One area that's inevitably receiving increased attention is mainframe costs 2
Open systems stake their claim as viable alternatives for core systems 2
IBM responds with open source, consolidation and improved TCO 2
There are, however, obstacles to doing more on the mainframe 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3
INTRODUCTION: MAINFRAMES PREVAIL IN RETAIL BANKING 3
THE MAINFRAME IS ALIVE AND WELL IN RETAIL BANKING 4
IBM is the 800lb mainframe gorilla, with Unisys more like a chimp 4
The global financial crisis has forced banks to think about costs 5
Open systems stake their claim as viable alternatives for core systems 5
HP'S MFA OFFERS RE-HOSTING, A RE-WRITE OR MIGRATION TO A PACKAGED CBS 6
Re-hosting is the least disruptive alternative 7
Intellectual property rights can be an obstacle to re-hosting 9
The other alternatives are a move to a packaged CBS or a re-write 9
Moving to a packaged CBS has a longer ROI, but the costs can be spread out too 10
Re-writes are strategic; re-hosting is tactical 11
IBM RESPONDS WITH OPEN SOURCE, CONSOLIDATION AND IMPROVED TCO 11
zIIPs, zAAPs, and IFLs help to lower TCO 12
Solutions Editions reduce costs 14
IBM urges customers to consolidate systems on the mainframe 15
There are, however, obstacles to doing more on the mainframe 16
IBM now touts the mainframe as an "intelligent switch" for data center workloads 17
Has IBM got all bases covered for the mainframe? 18
Unisys works to keep ClearPath relevant 19
Is ClearPath more than just a side show in the market? 20
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENTERPRISES 20
Assess which solution is right for your IT platform strategy 20
Extract discounts from IBM with Solutions Editions 21
Explore Linux on IFLs 21
CBS re-hosting holds the promise of reducing TCO 21
The mainframe is still unbeaten on security and robustness 22
Windows support remains a shortcoming for mainframes 22
Consider modularizing a monolithic CBS, regardless of your hardware 22
Small and midsized banks should seek to benefit from both sides' efforts 22
Assess CBS platforms in the context of the overall IT strategy and operations 22
Expect applications, staff and systems admin to account for a larger proportion of TCO in open systems 23
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VENDORS 24
Application vendors should offer their software in open systems Linux and z/Linux 24
There are opportunities for systems software vendors who can aid migration 24
Ovum also sees opportunities for IT Services vendors and SIs 24
Alternative views 25
APPENDIX 26
Ask the analyst 26
Definitions 26
Core banking system (CBS) 26
Customer Information Control System (CICS) 26
DB2 26
EDS 26
IFL 26
Independent Software Vendor (ISV) 27
Information Management System (IMS) 27
Intel Itanium 27
MFA 27
Million Instructions Per Second (MIPS) 27
Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) 27
TCO 27
Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) 28
x86 28
zAAP 28
zIIP 28
z/OS 28
Further reading 28
Methodology 28
Disclaimer 28
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