Beyond IBM MLC

CPS goes beyond IBM MLC reductions—our optimization strategies lower ISV software costs, reduce CPU consumption, and streamline transaction processing, ensuring maximum savings across your entire mainframe ecosystem.

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Beyond IBM MLC Savings:
The Full Financial Impact of CPS Optimization

Reducing Costs Beyond the IBM Bill

When organizations think about mainframe cost reduction, they often focus only on IBM’s Monthly License Charges (MLC). However, a significant portion of mainframe-related costs come from Independent Software Vendor (ISV) MLC charges, which fluctuate based on CPU and resource usage.

CPS goes beyond IBM MLC savings, optimizing workloads to reduce both IBM and ISV costs, resulting in a larger total financial impact.

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Understanding ISV Consumption-Based Pricing:

Unlike IBM’s MSU-based MLC pricing, ISVs charge based on varied consumption models, including:

✅ CPU-Based Pricing – Charged per MSU or CPU time used.
✅ Transaction-Based Pricing – Billed per query, batch job, or transaction executed.
✅ Data Volume-Based Pricing – Fees based on storage usage or data processed.
✅ Tiered Pricing Models – Discounts applied for lower CPU utilization.

Because CPS optimizes CPU cycles, transaction efficiency, and storage overhead, it directly reduces ISV costs—not just IBM MLC charges.

 

How CPS Directly Reduces ISV MLC Costs:

CPS optimizes workload performance, leading to substantial savings across ISV pricing models:

✅ Reducing MSU-Based ISV Charges

  • ISVs billing per CPU MSUs used (e.g., CA Broadcom, BMC, Rocket Software) will see lower costs as CPU usage decreases.
  • Lower peak MSUs help reduce tiered pricing charges.


✅ Reducing Transaction-Based ISV Costs

  • Query-intensive ISV tools (e.g., performance monitoring tools) charge based on Db2 & VSAM transactions executed.
  • Optimized Db2 SQL & VSAM I/O reduce unnecessary transactions.


✅ Reducing Data Processing-Based ISV Costs

  • Backup, storage, and archive tools (e.g., IBM DFSMShsm, Commvault, BMC Control-M) charge based on data volume processed.
  • CPS optimizes VSAM storage allocation, reducing excessive backups & storage costs.


✅ Reducing Batch Processing & Job Execution Costs

  • ISVs billing per batch job execution benefit from CPS’s ability to reduce batch job runtime