- 10 core business systems (9500 MIPS) residing in 6 IBM mainframes
- Maintenance fees and licensing costs increasing each year
- Having to use mainframe technology exclusively was costly and affecting agility
- Tightly coupled business system environment was difficult to manage
This U.S. retailer focuses on seamlessly connecting the digital and physical shopping experiences to serve its customers wherever, whenever, and however they want to shop.
The retailer has a social shopping platform that rewards its members for shopping at its brands and other retail partners. It operates through several subsidiaries, with full-line and specialty retail stores across the U.S.
The customer’s 10 core business systems (9500 MIPS) were housed in six IBM mainframes. Each year, licensing fees and the costs of maintaining the mainframes and their massive footprint of 93,271 batch processes increased significantly. When combined with the high costs of having to use mainframe technology (IMS DB/DC) exclusively, the company was taking a big hit in IT expenses. Not only that, but the tightly-coupled environment was becoming difficult to manage and affecting business agility.
With a mandate to reduce costs without affecting user experience, the company was looking for a different approach. They wanted a lower-cost, more manageable environment but they didn’t want to rewrite, lose their business logic or impact users. Rehosting was the answer. But it had to be done in a short timeframe.
