IBM just doubled our maintenance, so we're getting rid of TSM wholesale
and rearchitecting all pending IBM purchases for other platforms.
I had made and won the case for keeping it as our solution despite the
expense, at the level we were at through 2007, but there's no discussion
for this change.  I can't show an instantaneous doubling of the value
derived.  An economic downturn is not the time to try to double your
margin on an existing product and customer base.
 
Any suggestions?
 
 
 
 
73,
 
Tim Conway
Unix sysadmin, TSM admin
Swift & Company
9705067998
timothy.conway AT jbssa DOT com