Mainframe MSU growth can creep up fast—especially under Tailored Fit Pricing. This article explains why workload “weight gain” happens, how a z/INSIGHT health check reveals what’s driving costs and performance issues, and how to book a demo for a free shirt.
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Mainframes remain essential in 2025, but rising costs and shifting workloads demand expert optimization. SVA Software helps organizations cut costs, boost performance, and ensure stability—delivering the expertise traditional tools often miss.
Managing mainframe performance has never been more critical. Between increasing workloads, new pricing models like Tailored Fit Pricing, and the demand for real-time insights, organizations need tools that simplify complexity without sacrificing detail. That’s where zWorkload Reporter (zWR) comes in. As a managed service, zWR delivers comprehensive mainframe performance analysis with zero overhead on your […]
Over the last half century, mainframes have proven their resilience. They handle billions of daily transactions for industries like banking, healthcare, and retail. But as workloads grow—driven by remote work, cloud integrations, and digital-first business models—the pressure on mainframes intensifies. That’s why mainframe capacity planning has shifted from a “nice-to-have” to a business-critical strategy. Organizations […]
Mainframes aren’t obsolete, they’re just under appreciated – bordering on neglected. Often outsourced and frequently misunderstood, these robust systems are still the backbone of major industries. According to IBM, the most critical workloads are still running on IBM Z: 8 out of the top 10 banks and 7 out of the top 10 insurance companies […]
Discover how SVA Software’s zOptimization Platform helped a multi-billion-dollar wholesale distributor stabilize their mainframe system performance, achieve considerable cost savings, and improve operational oversight and financial planning. With our advanced reporting and forecasting capabilities, strategic planning and implementation, and expert collaboration, we enabled targeted optimizations that significantly improved both performance and operational costs.
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