A renowned, research-led hospital invested in a multi-year migration of its applications to a hybrid cloud environment. However, the rise of COVID-19 increased demands for data collection and processing. The hospital’s team decided to repurpose its on-premises, non-production IBM Z mainframe as a dynamic data collection system that enabled efficient and cost-effective management, storage, analysis and archiving.
Addressing healthcare data collection and capacity challenges
Due to increasing demand for data processing, the institution required additional capacity, leading to an estimated upgrade cost of over $1 million. While exploring options, the team discovered that IBM had ceased offering upgrades for its legacy Z systems. The team began to discuss alternative solutions to source hardware and support legacy mainframe systems.
The hospital discovered Service Express when searching for a single vendor to assist with hardware and support. Relying on guidance from the Service Express team, the institution embraced an alternative hardware upgrade strategy that leveraged a pre-owned mainframe rather than purchasing new hardware or undergoing a total refresh.
Partnership yields an integrated and cost-effective solution
Through this new partnership, the hospital integrated migration, transition and onsite installation services for the upgrade. In addition, Service Express provided IBM mainframe maintenance and Virtual Tape Library (VTL) support for its production and backup environments.
By utilizing previous-generation hardware, the hospital doubled its capacity and reduced CapEx by over $980,000 in three years. In addition, the organization saved an additional $300,000 in OpEx by leveraging third-party maintenance (TPM) for its legacy IBM system.
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