"As the largest Mainframe shop in Western Canada our value to our customers isto provide them with the highest degree of availability through automation forproactive and predictive management of their environments," said Brad Palmer,director, Western Canada IT services at TELUS. As a result, industries as varied as financial services, telecommunications,utilities, healthcare, academia and the public sector, rely on BMC solutions togain maximum performance in their mainframe environments. BMC`s Business Service Management (BSM) platform is theonly solution that integrates the mainframe into a unified management console,enabling customers to manage, monitor and apply information and content fromtheir IT system across the entire enterprise. BMC`s continued dedication to delivering solutions that address customer needsacross the enterprise has resulted in the industry`s most comprehensive approachto mainframe management.
When paired with distributed systems,though, efficient and cost-effective mainframe operations cannot be a siloedprocess; the mainframe must be part of a common, big-picture view of the ITinfrastructure. "Providing our customers with a superior customer experience is extremelyimportant to us and the security, availability and reliability provided by themainframe helps us to deliver quality business services to our clients," saidBogumila Reisig, systems programmer, ITERGO. "Whether it is delivering a quote,updating a policy or customer information, our policy holders can be assuredthat because the mainframe serves as a critical backbone in our IT operationsthey are receiving quality information and services." The mainframe has a track-record of steady innovation to match its robustarchitecture, keeping it at the heart of IT environments focused on improvedservice, reduced cost and managed risk. With 1,200 employees, at four locations, ITERGO is asignificant IT service provider in Germany that exploits a variety of platformsto suit application requirements yet relies on the inherent strengths of themainframe to serve its database needs.
"Over the past several years, the mainframe has undergone a resurgence as shownby annual double-digit growth rates in new mainframe MIPS," notes Tim Grieser,vice president, System Management Software Research, IDC. "Growth in mainframeusage has been driven by a number of factors including increased volumes inbusiness-critical workloads, scalability, platform economics, new workloadsbased on Linux and JAVA, and, especially, commitment by mainframe vendors suchas BMC to support the platform through continued investment in software,support, and education in critical mainframe skills." ITERGO, the central IT service provider for the ERGO Insurance Group inDusseldorf, Germany understands the importance the mainframe platform plays inits data center. Service Assurance, Service Automation and Service Optimization arejust some of the lessons learned from mainframe management that have influencedBMC`s strategy to increase the business relevance of IT systems so organizationscan deliver new services that create greater business value, while supportingexisting services at lower cost. Mapping to business needs,"big iron" works alongside distributed servers to provide customers with thepower, security and reliability that large-scale, mission-critical IT operationsrequire.
Within these dynamic environments, many of the world`s most respectedIT organizations rely on mainframe solutions from BMC Software (NYSE: BMC) toalign technology systems with top business priorities. As customers around the globe embrace and implement IT innovations such asserver consolidation and virtualization, BMC has leveraged its mainframe successto develop management solutions that address new requirements for distributedenvironments. * BMC provides the industry`s most complete mainframe management solution aspart of its comprehensive Business Service Management platform * BMC mainframe solutions continue to deliver critical services that the generalpublic needs and uses everyday * Service Optimization provides customers the ability to reduce operatingexpense and improve operating performance for the business * 81 percent of Forbes Global 100 companies rely on BMC solutions to obtainmaximum performance from their mainframe environmentsHOUSTON--(Business Wire)--Peer inside the operations of today`s world-class data centers and you`re likelyto see a mix of distributed and mainframe systems. Earlier on Wednesday, CRH warned its first-half profit wouldfall more than previously expected due to a weak global economyand poor weather but a U.S. infrastructure stimulus packagewould help improve results in the second half.(Reporting by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Jon Loades-Carter) Stocks Global Markets.
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