Challenge With transaction volumes and workloads soaring, this global financial services and technology company was staring at growing IBM MLC (monthly license charge) costs and a need for expensive capacity upgrades as well. As with so many com- panies dealing with new and growing mobile-related and other transaction volumes, controlling (or if possible, reducing) overall mainframe costs is a key objective. To compound the impact of double digit transaction growth, internal SLAs (service level agreements) are requiring faster transaction processing times to meet the expectations of today’s users. Cost and elapsed time were both becoming an issue for this financial services company as picky customers demanded immediate access, faster transaction processing and response times w

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