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- Mainframe Alternative Program Overview
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- The Mainframe Alternative program is a major initiative to
- target cost sensitive IBM mainframe customers and provide superior
- HP 3000 and HP 9000 800 Series solutions. This resource guide has
- been developed jointly by CSY and GSY to identify all the available
- tools, mainframe class solutions, HP partners, and field contacts
- needed to help you exploit this tremendous opportunity.
- See page 3 for a directory of the Mainframe Alternative Program
- Managers.
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- HP as The Mainframe Alternative
- Mainframe Alternative, "downsizing" or "rightsizing", as it
- is sometimes called in the press, refers to the current industry trend
- of replacing or offloading costly centralized mainframes with lower
- cost and at times distributed computer systems. HP 3000 and 9000
- 800 Series systems are the ideal Mainframe Alternative offering
- superior cost of ownership and performance capabilities surpassing that
- of the entire IBM 43X1 line, the majority of IBM's 308X line, and much
- of the ES/9000 line.
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- Size of Opportunity
- Based on analyst projections of midrange computer market share,
- data in an IDC survey (April 1991), and HP's estimates, the U.S. market
- for midrange systems as mainframe alternatives is estimated to be
- 1000 systems in 1992 and 1260 systems in 1993. The potential U.S.
- and the Australian HP market potential is estimated to be greater
- than $25 million in 1992. In addition, many opportunities
- exist in other Asia/Pacific markets.
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- Large Deal Size
- The individual deal potential is very attractive as well.
- To date, revenues from mainframe alternative wins have ranged from
- $300,000 to over $1.5 million. Look for these quota making
- opportunities in your accounts.
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- Customer Benefits Driving Mainframe Alternative Trend
- Overwhelming customer benefits are driving the trend to replace
- mainframes with HP 3000 and 9000 800 Series solutions.
- These include:
- Dramatic reductions in MIS costs such as hardware acquisition
- costs, software licensing costs, software and hardware maintenance
- expenses, staffing costs, and the costs associated with system
- environmentals
- (i.e. floor space, power, cooling).
- Greater end-user control and access to information as computing
- power is moved away from centralized locations and distributed to
- the business units.
- Increased productivity due to the optimization of HP systems
- for on-line transaction processing (OLTP).
- Greater speed of application development and application
- backlog reduction with the availability of fourth generation languages
- and CASE tools.
- Increased flexibility to respond to organizational structure
- changes because of the modularity and scalability of HP's product
- lines.
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- HP's Mainframe Attack Targets
- The Mainframe Alternative program targets several vulnerable
- mainframe market segments and capitalizes on IBM's current focus on
- large mainframes that has resulted in unhappy low-end 3090 and older
- mainframe customers. The key mainframe targets are:
- 43xx and 308X replacements - The large, aging installed
- base and heightened cost sensitivity of 43xx and 308x customers make
- these systems prime candidates for replacement with an HP solution.
- 3090 offloads - Increasing cost pressure and corporate
- interest in implementing updated client/server applications has made
- 3090 offloads a key mainframe alternative opportunity.
- New system ES/9000 competition and replacement of second-tier
- mainframe vendors (i.e. Bull, Unisys) - The high cost of IBM's current
- strategic mainframe product family, the ES/9000, makes it an
- opportunistic target. Bull's and Unisys' current financial "woes"
- gives HP the opportunity to provide a cost-effective, high-function
- alternative.
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- Mainframe Class Solutions
- Four strategies for attacking entrenched competition and moving
- applications from a mainframe to HP are described below:
- Transfer - Many mainframe software providers have ported
- their products to the HP 3000 and HP 9000 800 Series . If your customer
- is running an application that has been ported, transferring the
- application is the easiest way to give your customer all the cost and
- quality benefits of an HP system.
- See the Mainframe Class Solutions Matrix on page 7.
- Convert - If your customer is running an application written
- in COBOL with CICS as the transaction processing monitor (referred
- to in the IBM world as an "IBM CICS/COBOL" application) converting
- the application may be the simplest way to move it to an HP system. We
- are partnering with companies who have conversion tools for this type
- of environment.
- See the list of conversion tools and system integration/consulting
- services partners on page 9.
- Replace - Old mainframe applications that are outdated,
- that require a high level of maintenance, or have large backlogs of
- software enhancements are prime targets for replacement with new state
- of the art third party packages.
- See the Mainframe Class Solutions Matrix on page 7.
- Rewrite - Customers that want a high degree of customization
- will consider rewriting their applications.
- See the list of system integration/consulting services
- partners on page 9 for descriptions of companies that can assist your
- customer.
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- WINS !!
- We have approximately 50 HP Mainframe Alternative wins worldwide!
- Many of these wins have been documented and can be used as sales tools.
- Some are already acting a reference accounts or speaking at HP
- sponsored seminars (See the sales resource guide starting on page 4) .
- Watch for more success stories, case studies, testimonials, and
- reference accounts as we install our systems and take out IBM in '92.
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