Software Budget Savings and “Best in Class” Status
Our Primary Objective
What is “Best in Class?”
ISAM defines “Best in Class” as having achieved a top 10 percent ranking among similar sized data centers for software portfolio costs.
Why should you strive for “Best in Class?”
- “Best in Class” companies pay 75 percent less than industry average for software
- “Best in Class” companies have 80 percent fewer software vendors than average
- “Best in Class” data centers spend less than $1,012 per MIPS
- Mainframe software costs at an average data center are $4,396 per MIPS
Facts about Software Management:
- Over 25 percent of the products at a typical data center can be replaced
- Major ISVs have over 250 unique pricing tiers
- There are product alternatives for 1,800 of the top 5,000 mainframe products
- IBM® price book lists over 150,000 line items of software prices.
Click here to download a paper by ISAM’s president:
Eight Common Myths About Software Asset Management