Specialty processors were introduced by IBM as a way to lower the cost of mainframe computing, but most organizations have not been able to move significant workloads off the central processors. There are many legacy applications that cannot take advantage of specialty processors. NEON zPrime makes this happen with zPrime™.

1. NEON zPrime™
IMMEDIATELY REDUCE Supercharge Your Savings and
YOUR MAINFRAME Mainframe Performance
COSTS BY 20% OR MORE
Specialty processors were introduced by IBM as a
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processors. There are many legacy applications
I Reduce the cost of software
that cannot take advantage of specialty
I Reduce peak-period MIPS processors.
usage
NEON zPrime makes this happen. zPrime™
I Rebalance the IT budget and Central Specialty
creates an environment that allows work from the Processor Processors
infrastructure
System z central processors (CP) to be handled by
I Maximize your System z specialty processors, reducing usage-based costs.
mainframe investment The reduction in CPU cycles allows you to save on
I Reduce sub-capacity pricing
both hardware and software budgets. If you
costs currently use specialty processors, you already
understand the concept of no-cost processing.
I Postpone or eliminate costly
zPrime extends that concept, earning additional application workloads to specialty processors,
upgrades
savings for mainframe operations. reducing mainframe costs by as much as 20%
I ISPF interface allows you to
or more.
specify the workloads you What is zPrime?
wish to make eligible for With software costs being the most expensive
specialty processors zPrime is an innovative product that allows you
component of an upgrade, zPrime makes
to better leverage specialty processors by creating
upgrading more affordable. With the ability to
an environment that makes IMS, DB2, CICS,
maximize the use of specialty processors, central
TSO/ISPF and batch application workloads
processors can be minimized, reducing the fee-
eligible for processing on zIIPs or zAAPs. In
based capacity of the hardware and lowering the
customer tests, zPrime has demonstrated the
cost of the software.
ability to enable your largest business and
operational workloads to run on specialty With specialty processors handling a larger portion
processors, resulting in significantly lower of the workload, processor resources are more
software costs. With zPrime, users have efficiently utilized, reducing overall processing
experienced a reduction of CP workloads by as time for long-running batch applications.
much as 90% for specific types of work. Some application charges are based on peak-
With the advent of variable pricing models such period CP usage. By utilizing 100 percent of the
as IBM's subcapacity pricing, cost is based on capacity of your specialty processors, you can
peak usage periods. Using zPrime, you can increase the capacity needed for peak period
reduce mainframe costs by redirecting processing processing without paying temporary usage fees
of IMS, DB2, CICS, TSO/ISPF and batch or rescheduling work.

2. NEON zPrime
Drop it in and Relax they can run on specialty TAKE CONTROL.
zPrime has an ease of processors. When you use
zPrime in conjunction with Product Requirements
implementation that is rare I IBM System z10, IBM System z9,
among mainframe high-performance NEON
products, you maximize IBM eServer zSeries 990 (z990) or
products. With a simple
both your savings for IBM eServer zSeries 890 (z890) system
installation and
database utility processing I An IBM-supported version of z/OS
configuration process,
you specify which types of and your database I At least one specialty processor
mainframe workload will operations as well. (zIIP or zAAP)
be made eligible to run on
specialty processors. No other Plan Now, Save Immediately
intervention is required. Mainframes continue to play an important Workloads Supported
I IMS
role in IT infrastructure. zPrime allows you to
The zPrime Enablement Console gives you I
concentrate on the success of current and future CICS
complete control over what zPrime does and
mainframe initiatives without worrying about I TSO/ISPF
does not enable. You can easily identify specific
the budget constraints that may be impacting
applications and programs, using criterial such I DB2
your efforts. With the ability to process more
as system name, job name, or executing I batch jobs
work for less money, you can easily optimize past
program name.
and future investments in your mainframe
The NEON IMS utilities use NEON zPrime so hardware, software and resources.
For more information,
visit www.neon.com or
Features
call 888.338.6366
Maximize usage of low-cost specialty processors
or 281.491.6366.
Reduces the cost of MIPS-priced software
Easy, low-impact implementation and configuration
No application changes required.
Works with established Workload Management policies
Works automatically, without manual intervention
Customize the workloads or applications made eligible for specialty processors.
About NEON Enterprise Software
NEON Enterprise Software is the mainframe expert for mission-critical business data around the world.
NEON solutions substantially lower the cost of mainframe computing, enabling organizations to gain
control of IT resources vital to business success.
NEON was founded in 1995 and serves customers worldwide with its dedicated team of mainframe experts.
For more information about NEON Enterprise Software, visit www.neon.com or call 281.491.6366
or 888.338.6366.
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