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TCOnow! for Mainframe Re-hosting

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What will this tool help me decide?
If you Should Re-Host on a Different Platform

TCOnow! for Mainframe Re-Hosting is a software tool to help you compare the cost of a mainframe to another platform. By answering a limited number of questions, TCOnow! will generate a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) comparison for consolidating an existing application on an IBM zSeries mainframe or a RISC-based system from HP or Sun.

TCOnow! allows you to compare different middleware software to see how your application’s performance, features, and availability will be enhanced. This complete analysis is made possible because the software is packed with data on software, storage, servers and downtime. If you are trying to decide if you should re-host on a different platform, then this is the product for you!

Interview Process:		CIOview’s software will lead you through an interview process to ask for your specifications. You can choose what you would like to compare, as well as which server consolidation strategy you would like to use. You will also be able to obtain the pricing and performance of several hundred server options. Select from 17 industry groups (see default data costs for employee salaries, benefits, depreciation method and schedule, cost of capital, etc).

Results:		Once you have completed the interview process, the software will combine your responses with our industry data to generate a business report. TCOnow! will configure your current and future environment and simplify capacity planning.

A Step Further:		Once you have reviewed your analysis, you can go back and change any of your decisions or the underlying assumptions. This means that if you wanted to change your availability options, for example, you could then see how the costs change.

Customized Business Report

CIOview's software creates a complete business case, detailing the costs of possible solutions. For the financial people, it includes cost factor breakdown. For the technical people, it includes a complete break-down of deployment.

With a tool this powerful, you can give everyone the information they want…and look great doing it.

Purchasing Research - Done!

Conducting the research necessary to make a purchasing decision can be very time consuming. The process of reading through reviews, listening to the experience of colleagues, and trying to sift through the marketing materials can make it difficult to reach a clear decision. CIOview's software takes all of the pertinent industry information into account and applies it to your specific situation – giving you the most accurate analysis possible.

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	Extensive What if Analysis After you have reviewed your cost comparison, the software allows you to drill-down and change any of the underlying assumptions. The software is intelligent enough to allow you to change everything from the server model selected, to the cost of the power for the servers. This means you can continue to modify your report until you reach the completed solution you desire.

Respected Independent Third Party

You can be assured that as a third party provider, we provide you with only objective information. This independence is recognized by some of the top names in the IT field through the use of our products and strategic partners with associations such as ISECOM and AIIM.

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Answer as few as 25 questions, and you will be able to see a side-by-side comparison of the following:

Servers
Software
Storage
Network
Services
Training
Facilities
On-going costs
Downtime
Support and maintenance

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