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Low-Risk Natural Batch for zIIP™ Lowers Costs for CalSTRS

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance Education
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Process Control & Optimization Asset Lifecycle Management
Services	System Integration
Challenge	California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) is America’s second largest public pension fund and the largest educator-only pension fund in the world. The organization was facing the challenge of reducing operating costs by moving Natural batch to the less-expensive IBM zIIP™ processor. The organization was looking for a solution that would not require any changes to the existing code or modification to batch jobs for the START application. The organization was also concerned that a new product would require more testing and more validation, which would mean more time to realize savings. Read More
About Customer	California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) is America’s second largest public pension fund and the largest educator-only pension fund in the world. Headquartered in West Sacramento, CalSTRS is both a world-class financial services institution and a state agency, serving 868,000 members. Assets were $189 billion as of June 30, 2014. For years, CalSTRS has reliably run its core mission-critical application on Adabas & Natural. The CalSTRS START system manages teachers’ retirement programs so that disability, retirement and survivor benefits can be provided to 868,000 public school educators and their families. Read More
Solution	CalSTRS implemented Natural Batch for zIIP, an add-on product, and realized immediate cost savings at the same reliable performance. This Natural addon moves the work of non-I/O batch Natural on an IBM Central Processor (CP) to cheaper zIIP processors for execution, saving on mainframe costs and lowering TCO. There were no Natural code changes or modification to batch jobs for the START application to use Natural Batch for zIIP. The agency expected to recoup the investment cost over the first year but achieved this savings in the first five months. In eight months, CalSTRS saved a total of $623,768—$77,971 a month. CalSTRS is saving on both batch processing as well as online processing costs. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Education

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization

Asset Lifecycle Management

Services

System Integration

Challenge

California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) is America’s second largest public pension fund and the largest educator-only pension fund in the world. The organization was facing the challenge of reducing operating costs by moving Natural batch to the less-expensive IBM zIIP™ processor. The organization was looking for a solution that would not require any changes to the existing code or modification to batch jobs for the START application. The organization was also concerned that a new product would require more testing and more validation, which would mean more time to realize savings.

About Customer

California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) is America’s second largest public pension fund and the largest educator-only pension fund in the world. Headquartered in West Sacramento, CalSTRS is both a world-class financial services institution and a state agency, serving 868,000 members. Assets were $189 billion as of June 30, 2014. For years, CalSTRS has reliably run its core mission-critical application on Adabas & Natural. The CalSTRS START system manages teachers’ retirement programs so that disability, retirement and survivor benefits can be provided to 868,000 public school educators and their families.

Solution

CalSTRS implemented Natural Batch for zIIP, an add-on product, and realized immediate cost savings at the same reliable performance. This Natural addon moves the work of non-I/O batch Natural on an IBM Central Processor (CP) to cheaper zIIP processors for execution, saving on mainframe costs and lowering TCO. There were no Natural code changes or modification to batch jobs for the START application to use Natural Batch for zIIP. The agency expected to recoup the investment cost over the first year but achieved this savings in the first five months. In eight months, CalSTRS saved a total of $623,768—$77,971 a month. CalSTRS is saving on both batch processing as well as online processing costs.

Impact #1	Recouped investment in only five months
Impact #2	Increased flexibility—because of new lower processing costs, some processes can be moved to the mainframe
Impact #3	Reduced mainframe TCO

Impact #1

Recouped investment in only five months

Impact #2

Increased flexibility—because of new lower processing costs, some processes can be moved to the mainframe

Impact #3

Reduced mainframe TCO

Benefit #1	Saved $623,768 in the first eight months
Benefit #2	Savings of $77,971 a month

Benefit #1

Saved $623,768 in the first eight months

Benefit #2

Savings of $77,971 a month

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Low-Risk Natural Batch for zIIP™ Lowers Costs for CalSTRS

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