Mainframes expenses represent between 20 and 40% of companies’ IT budget. Out of this share, 30% are dedicated solely to software license and maintenance costs. Designed to control the financial impact of your mainframe, ZETALY Cost Control, an analytics solution through a modern, easy-to-use interface, gives you instant visibility of your costs to help you make informed decisions. In near real time, you understand cost factors, trends, and distribution between software. Assessing the impact of business activities on mainframe costs, you automate chargeback reporting for internal and external customers, and prevent overruns.

Speaker bio:

Brian Hoare has seen the z platform grow from OS/390 to today’s z/OS. He may speak with a “strange accent” and has introduced new solutions into the USA and worked with several startups. He has presented at local/annual CMG’s, Share and many other conferences discussing cost reduction (IBM/MLC), performance and is now his focused on analytical data on “z”. Mainframe analytics are his latest passion, especially as Z is the richest source of data there is. So why not use the richest source of data we have for helping to run the business?

Brian lives in Florida, is a passionate fan of Rugby and Football (Soccer) and has several refereeing and coaching badges.