Portfolio Review and Analysis (PRA) Team

Over the past decade, legacy zSeries software costs have risen dramatically. As the unit cost of hardware continues to drop at 30 percent per year, software costs have escalated, forcing IT organizations to devote increasing amounts of capital to their software budget.

Simultaneously, these organizations are under tremendous operational and cost pressures. As software costs continue to escalate, they become the primary inhibitor in their ability to provide cost-effective processing for the corporation's lines of business. As a result, software costs now dictate hardware configurations -- not processing requirements!

IBM's Portfolio Review and Analysis (PRA) team is dedicated to helping clients:

• Establish a long-term, strategic plan to drive down software portfolio costs
• Proactively manage their zSeries software portfolio to maximize its value
• Understand all of their options and potential impact from both a business and technical perspective

IBM's Portfolio Review and Analysis team helps clients better manage their most costly zSeries asset - their software portfolio.

A Portfolio Review and Analysis Engagement (PRA) provides a client with a snapshot of their current zSeries software portfolio cost structure, and compares it to similar organizations. The cost structure of the portfolio is then mapped against multiple growth scenarios to understand future budget implications. Lastly, the composition of the client's portfolio is changed to include cost effective equivalent products, projected with customized growth scenarios, and re-analyzed to identify potential savings opportunities.

The PRA team is a consulting services team that helps our clients proactively manage their zSeries software portfolios. Client engagements such as the Portfolio Review and Analysis assists them in more effectively managing their zSeries software portfolio, and driving down its cost structure. In general, any organization that is struggling to contain its legacy MVS software costs while providing reliable, cost-effective processing, can benefit from a Portfolio Review and Analysis study.

Custom client engagements available for the Software Portfolio Management arena range from process reviews to tool selection.

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If you would like to discuss a consulting engagement please contact either:

Linda Beckner at 614-659-7192 becknel@us.ibm.com, or
Jeffrey Ebbrecht at 614-519-0421 jrebbrec@us.ibm.com.