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Mainframe MLC cost management strategy helps insurance leader Kemper Corporation cut mainframe costs

Mainframe MLC cost management strategy helps insurance leader Kemper Corporation cut mainframe costs

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— BMC is a global leader in innovative software solutions that enable businesses to transform into digital enterprises for the ultimate competitive advantage. — Case Study BUSINESS CHALLENGE At Kemper Corporation, IBM ® DB2 ® and IMS TM databases are critical to managing more than four million individual and business policies for home, auto, life, health, rental, and other insurance products. In the past, growing demand for 24/7 access to data from desktops and mobile devices resulted in unpredictable mainframe workloads, making it nearly impossible to accurately forecast performance (MIPS) usage. Without insight into the MIPS consumption of various workloads, IT could not proactively reduce consumption to control and reduce IBM monthly license charge (MLC) costs. BMC SOLUTION

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