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SHARE in Pittsburgh

August 3, 2019cherylCheryl's ListCheryl Watson, Frank Kyne, Pittsburgh, SHARE, software costs

The next SHARE conference will be held in the Pittsburgh Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from Sunday, August 4th to Friday, August 9th. You can get more information about the conference here: https://event.share.org/. Cheryl and I will be presenting a double-session on the latest news about IBM’s container pricing initiatives (DevTest Containers and Tailored Fit Pricing), as well as…

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SHARE Presentations Added to Website

March 19, 2017cherylCheryl's ListCheryl Watson, Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter, EXECUforum, mainframe blog, mainframe blogs, mainframe conference, mainframe news, MLC Reduction, performance, SCRT, SCRTPro, SHARE, software costs, Watson & Walker, z/OS, z/OS news

We had a great week at the SHARE conference in San Jose.  Frank had 125 sessions that he decided he wanted to attend (he didn’t quite achieve that goal!).  We had a vendor session for our new SCRTPro service, presented two EXECUforum sessions in addition to our zRoadshow session on Friday (thanks to all those that…

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New Watson & Walker SCRTPro Service

March 6, 2017frankCheryl's ListAWLC, BMC, CAzE, Cheryl Watson, Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter, CMLC, Contract Management, IBM, mainframe, mainframe blog, mainframe blogs, MLC Reduction, MWP, SCRT, SCRTPro, Software audits, Software Cost Management as a Service, software costs, Software Pricing, Solution Edition, Watson & Walker, z/OS, zCAP, zWPC

Have you ever been frustrated by the disconnect between MSUs and Dollars (or Euro or Yen or Pesos or whatever)? I expect that many of us have been in the position of trying to explain why reducing your z/OS workload by 10% will not reduce your software bill by 10%.  Or, conversely, that increasing your…

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z/OS 2.3 Previewed, SCRTPro Service, SHARE Discount

February 24, 2017frankCheryl's ListCheryl Watson, mainframe blog, mainframe blogs, mainframe news, SCRTPro, SHARE Discount, software costs, z/OS, z/OS 2.3, z/OS news

z/OS 2.3 Preview Announced As you are probably aware, IBM issues two announcements for new z/OS releases.  The preview is normally issued in the spring and contains just a list of line items that IBM is confident will be in the release.  The actual full announcement with all line items is issued in the fall. …

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SHARE in San Jose and New IBM Pricing Announcement

February 16, 2017frankCheryl's ListCheryl Watson, EXECUforum, IBM, MVM, performance, SHARE, software costs, Software Pricing, SVC, z/OS

SHARE Conference in San Jose Now that we have Tuning Letter 2016 No. 4 behind us, Cheryl and I are busy working on our presentations for SHARE in San Jose that starts on March 5th. I’m aiming to achieve one of my lifetime ambitions – to have at least ONE of my presentations finished before…

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Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter 2016 No. 4 Published

February 13, 2017frankCheryl's List113, Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter, CPU MF, Data Studio, David Hutton, IntelliMagic, performance, SCRT, software costs, Spark, Todd Havekost, WLM, z/OS, zCAP, zEDC

We emailed Tuning Letter 2016 No. 4 to our subscribers on February 8. This issue provides all you wanted to know (and probably some stuff you didn’t want to know!) about z Systems Collocated Application Pricing (zCAP).  It also discusses the recently-announced z Systems Workload Pricing for Cloud (zWPC), and how you can use Workload…

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