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Low-Risk Natural Batch for zIIP™ Lowers Costs for CalSTRS

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Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
  • America
Country
  • United States
Product
  • Natural Batch for zIIP
  • Adabas Database Management System
  • Natural Application Development
  • webMethods EntireX
Tech Stack
  • IBM zIIP processor
Implementation Scale
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
  • Cost Savings
Technology Category
  • Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
  • Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
  • Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage
Applicable Industries
  • Finance & Insurance
  • Education
Applicable Functions
  • Business Operation
Use Cases
  • Process Control & Optimization
  • Asset Lifecycle Management
Services
  • System Integration
About The Customer
California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) is America’s second largest public pension fund and the largest educator-only pension fund in the world. Headquartered in West Sacramento, CalSTRS is both a world-class financial services institution and a state agency, serving 868,000 members. Assets were $189 billion as of June 30, 2014. For years, CalSTRS has reliably run its core mission-critical application on Adabas & Natural. The CalSTRS START system manages teachers’ retirement programs so that disability, retirement and survivor benefits can be provided to 868,000 public school educators and their families.
The Challenge
California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) is America’s second largest public pension fund and the largest educator-only pension fund in the world. The organization was facing the challenge of reducing operating costs by moving Natural batch to the less-expensive IBM zIIP™ processor. The organization was looking for a solution that would not require any changes to the existing code or modification to batch jobs for the START application. The organization was also concerned that a new product would require more testing and more validation, which would mean more time to realize savings.
The Solution
CalSTRS implemented Natural Batch for zIIP, an add-on product, and realized immediate cost savings at the same reliable performance. This Natural addon moves the work of non-I/O batch Natural on an IBM Central Processor (CP) to cheaper zIIP processors for execution, saving on mainframe costs and lowering TCO. There were no Natural code changes or modification to batch jobs for the START application to use Natural Batch for zIIP. The agency expected to recoup the investment cost over the first year but achieved this savings in the first five months. In eight months, CalSTRS saved a total of $623,768—$77,971 a month. CalSTRS is saving on both batch processing as well as online processing costs.
Operational Impact
  • Recouped investment in only five months
  • Increased flexibility—because of new lower processing costs, some processes can be moved to the mainframe
  • Reduced mainframe TCO
  • No changes to code required
Quantitative Benefit
  • Saved $623,768 in the first eight months
  • Savings of $77,971 a month

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