Global Manufacturing Firm Reduces Support Risk and Saves Money with Syncsort Optimize IMS
公司规模
Large Corporate
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- Syncsort Optimize IMS
- Db2
- Precisely’s Syncsort ZPSaver
技术栈
- IBM Information Management System (IMS)
- Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM)
- Db2 on z/OS
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Cost Savings
- Digital Expertise
- Productivity Improvements
技术
- 平台即服务 (PaaS) - 数据管理平台
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据库管理和存储
适用功能
- 商业运营
服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
The customer is a large global manufacturing firm with operations in North America. This company has been utilizing IBM's Information Management System (IMS) for its database management needs. Over the years, the company has relied heavily on IMS for its smooth and reliable operations. However, the IT department is facing challenges due to the retirement of key personnel with IMS expertise, and the existing IMS version is no longer supported by IBM. The company is also incurring high costs for IMS licensing and third-party support tools and services. As a result, the company is looking to transition to Db2 to leverage current technologies and reduce costs. The company is keen on finding a solution that allows for a seamless migration from IMS to Db2 without disrupting its existing application infrastructure.
挑战
As with many IBM IMS shops world-wide, IMS was working smoothly and reliably for the North American division of a global company. However, the IT department was losing its IMS skills to retirement, their IMS version was out of support from IBM, and their continuing IMS licensing and third-party support tools and services were costing millions per year. All these factors indicated that a shift to Db2 was inevitable and could not be delayed any longer. Furthermore, the company could see that there were significant opportunity costs in being able to take advantage of current technologies in Db2. The obstacle was the knowledge and confidence that a solid, affordable solution existed that would allow for a transparent migration from their existing IMS solution to Db2, with minimal to no impact on their existing application infrastructure.
解决方案
After several years of the IMS issue being on a list of IT projects to be addressed, it became a priority when key IMS staff members began announcing retirements and asking, “Who should I help train to replace me before I phase out?” So in 2015, the company began exploring the possibility of using an IMS-to-Db2 migration software package from Precisely, a long-time trusted vendor of “sort” technology and related mainframe utilities. Syncsort Optimize IMS is a completely transparent solution to move IBM Information Management System (IMS) and Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) to Db2 on z/OS without requiring any application changes. The company engaged Precisely to run a Proof of Concept (POC) for Syncsort Optimize IMS to get a reliable estimate of expected ROI and ease of migration. The POC was completed in a few weeks and the decision was made to move forward with the Syncsort Optimize IMS implementation.
运营影响
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