2. Get more from NonStop
Why?
• Reduced TCO
• Increased ROI
• Improved Efficiencies
• Investment Protection
How?
• Enhance Longevity
• Performance – more power
• Automation – less overhead
• Resource Optimisation
Who?
• DIY
• Use NonStop specialist
Make NonStop Better,
Faster, Cheaper
3. Getting more from NonStop - Methods
• Performance Tuning
• Hardware Life Extensions and Migration Planning
• HW / SW / SLA Audits and Rationalisation
• BC / DR Provisioning
• Automation – Alert and Fix
• Remote Support – Use Centres of Excellence
• Adaptive Support 100% efficiencies
• ITIL framework / ISO20000 standard
6. HW / SW / SLA audits and rationalisation
• Review HW / SW support contracts versus SLA
• HW / SW consolidation
• Review existing configuration against business requirements
• Alternative tools
• Bespoke developments
7. BC / DR provisioning
• Identify and Remove Single Points of Failure
• Review test procedures and results
• Planned / Unplanned procedures
• Review existing approach and evaluate against business requirements
8. Automation – alert and fix
• Reduce resource costs, Faster fix, Reduced downtime
• Ops alerting and automated fix/call out
• Sys Man alerting
• Evaluate 3rd party products against in-house custom SW
9. Remote Support
• Centre of Excellence
• Centralised service desk
• Speedy access to local specialists
• Adaptive Support - Combination of on-site and remote for ultimate cost
efficiency
10. Why? Here’s what can be achieved…….
• UK Service Provider – realised 20% performance improvement following detailed
performance review
• UK Financial Institution – realised 40% cost savings by extending life of existing
HW and SW investment - delaying migration to latest generation platform until
necessary
• UK Financial Institution – realised annual cost savings of £170K following HW /
SW / SLA review
• European Financial Institution – 2 week fast-track project to develop and test
process of recovering their Development system to meet compliance
• UK Financial Institution – reduced level of out-of-hours call out by over 80% using
their existing HP NonStop tools and “TCMAlert”
• UK Service Provider – with limited NonStop skills / resources managed a
NonStop environment supported by the TCM Centre of Excellence
11. Where to start…..
• Review the performance of your HP NonStop systems
• Do it yourself if you can – if not, we’re here to help and we’ll provide you with
a high-level report with no obligation.
• Review your platform migration plans – are you migrating for capacity or
performance reasons?
• If not, could you save cost and achieve better return on your HW / SW
investment by extending life of your existing platform?
• S-series can be supported long beyond HP’s Dec 2012 EOS date.
• Check your HP and 3rd party SW/HW license and support contracts
• Do you really know what you’re paying for and do you really need it?
12. Where to start…..
• Review your current system requirements
• Review DR provision
• Review consolidation options – save on HW / SW costs
• Look to extend life of your existing investment – save on HW / SW costs
• How much do those out-of-hours support calls really cost?
• Look at repeat calls and implement fixes, up-skill 24x7 Ops teams, automate fixes
wherever possible, and look at using tools such as TCMAlert
• Are you temporarily inflating team size because of specific projects?
• FTE’s and on-site contractors can be expensive
• Offshoring can be risky
• Looked at using shared services such as UK Centres of Excellence
13.
14. Further Information
Web:
www.tcmsolutions.com
Contacts:
Lee Bradley
Sales and Information
Tel: 07850 852512
Email: lee.bradley@tcmsolutions.com
Collin Yates
Principal Consultant
Tel: 07779 888773
Email: collin.yates@tcmsolutions.com
