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State of Michigan GL-ITC Project
Market Assessment and Benchmarking Process Overview
November 29, 2010
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Discussion Topics
Market Comparison Methodology
Market Comparisons
Conclusions
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Introduction
» The purpose of this Market Assessment is to compare SoM pricing to current market pricing to determine if there are any gaps or issues. The results of the assessment will be used in helping form the scenarios for GL-ITC future state.
» EquaTerra reviewed the current SoM service cost and compared it to signed IT agreements signed within the past 36 months.
» EquaTerra’s analysis is based on our knowledge of the IT Outsourcing industry and service provider capabilities.
» EquaTerra reviewed the current structure of the SoM Data Center and the costs of providing services to customers.
» EquaTerra found the charge back structure to be generally aligned with the current market data.
» Summary results of the market analysis were reviewed with you on November 23, 2010.
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Market Assessment Process
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Extract Market Data
» Multi-Industry Pricing Database» Over 150,000 Data Points» Select Most Comparable Data Sets
Review Market Data
» Review of database query» Normalize financial data» Review Service Levels» Subject Matter Expertise Review
Collect Client Delivery Data
» Service Scope» Service Levels
Collect Client Financials
» Unit Volumes» Cost Center Information» Activity Mapping» Overhead allocations
Client Documentation
Market Data, EquaTerra Experience, & Analysis
Unit Rate Comparison
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Data Collection
» Financial Review – Review current 09/10 catalog rates and forecasted expenses– Determine applicable Resource Units*– Summarize financial data into a cost allocation model– Calculate individual resource unit price points– Conduct a modified activity mapping exercise to allocate time to categories
including Mgmt. and Admin., Architecture and Standards, Processes and Tools, Consultative Services, Projects, Enhanced Services and Lights-on
– Remove non “Lights On” expenses from SoM financials
» Data Center Operational Review– Review Configuration Management Data Base (CMDB)
• Volumes and asset inventory
*Resource Unit is a term used to identify a discrete unit of IT service being delivered to a client.
Usually separately priced/costed
Usually listed in the service catalog
Usually has a set of defined service parameters and service levels
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Market Comparison
» Develop Market Comparison Data Set
– Extract comparable financial metrics from EquaTerra’s database
– Include several state/local deals based on publically available documents
– Normalize data based on geographies, size and service levels as appropriate
– Remove outliers, adjust for comparable scope, level of transition/transformation, etc.
– Create market range and median pricing for each comparable resource unit/rates
» Develop Qualitative Analysis
– Provide qualitative/observation review of market range comparison
– Note any anomalies to client’s cost profile
– Apply subject matter expertise on trends in the industry
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Industries Represented in Data Sets
State/Local (6)
Energy (5)
Manufacturing (4)
Pharmaceutical (3)
Other (2)
Financial Services (1)
Retail (1)
Industry Mix (Numbers in the chart indicate the number of comparable data sets by industry used in this benchmarking)
» EquaTerra reviewed the current contract pricing and compared it to 6 state/local pricing structures as well as 16 similar commercial IT agreements signed over the past three (3) years.
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Data Normalization
» Data normalization is the process of making all data that is being compared as close as possible to the data being benchmarked.
– SoM data required minimal normalization• Removed HW/SW costs from some market data sets to align with SoM Resource
Units (Servers)
• Added some HW/SW costs in other Resource Units (Storage)
– Commercial data includes a 25% normalization to reflect onshore only rates based on an assumption of 50% of work is labor, 50% of labor is typically performed offshore, and offshore rate are 50% of onshore rates.
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Total Base Case Build-up
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$72.8
$2.1
$14.4 $4.3
$60.6
Total Expense Data Collected in All
Functions
Data Center NetworkingTechnical ServicesScheduling and Data Entry
Data Center Budget
Total Base Case Build-Up
Note: Although Bull/Assist 2200 are no longer offered, the expenses are still in the base case for this exercise until the overheads and facilities can be reallocated
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Calculation of Compared Expenses
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$52.7
$72.8
$4.2
$6.3
$2.0
$7.6
$13.1
$39.6
Base Case Teradata Bull/Assist 2200 Data Exch. Gateway Server Pass Through Scope Adjustments Market Compare
In-Scope Vs. Retained Breakdown
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SoM Cost Calculations
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CountResource
UnitSoM Rate
Average of Monitoring
($67)
Average of 10/100MB
($33)
Average of 1GB Copper
($35)
Average of 1GB Fiber
($160)
Average ofUs
($11)Combined
Rate
Cost Adjustment
Factor
Cost Adjusted
RateMonthly Cost ($k)
Total Cost ($k)
Unix 468 Instances $499 1.00 1.56 1.27 0.08 5.85 $737 4.8% $772 $361 $4,335Unix - Virtual 30 Instances $399 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $466 4.8% $488 $15 $176Unix - Remote 24 Instances $599 0.00 0.08 0.00 0.00 2.13 $599 4.8% $628 $15 $181Unix - Hosting Only 22 Instances $0 1.00 1.18 0.91 0.00 4.05 $181 4.8% $189 $4 $50Wintel 1107 Instances $312 1.00 1.75 0.82 0.00 2.29 $489 4.8% $513 $568 $6,810Wintel - Virtual 410 Instances $250 1.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 $317 4.8% $332 $136 $1,636Wintel - Remote 78 Instances $374 0.00 0.33 0.23 0.00 1.41 $374 4.8% $392 $31 $367Wintel - Hosting Only 472 Instances $0 1.00 1.42 1.36 0.00 2.44 $186 4.8% $195 $92 $1,102Citrix 92 Instances $374 1.00 2.15 0.68 0.00 2.19 $558 4.8% $585 $54 $646
Total 2703 Instances $1,275 $15,302
SAN 596,199 GBs $3.10 $2.66 -13.7% $2.30 $1,369 $16,424NAS 104,870 GBs $2.00 $1.66 -13.7% $1.43 $150 $1,803
Total 705,931 GBs $1,519 $18,227
Mainframe Processing 230 MIPS x $1,576 0.0% $1,576 $362 $4,350Mainframe Storage 1548 GBs x $95 0.0% $95 $147 $1,760
Total $509 $6,110
Total Compared Costs $39,639
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Unix Instance
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State/Local Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
Observations
» This includes eight (8) VMS and one (1) OS400 instances. Although the support requirements of VMS and OS400 differ, the overall impact on the rate is insignificant.
» Although the SoM services brochure for Unix support refers to servers, the billing is based on number of instances in the CMDB.
Commercial Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
$552 $764 $915
SoM$772
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
$900
$1,000
Low Average High
UNIX Server Support (Per OS Instance)
$790 $857 $925
SoM$772
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
$900
$1,000
Low Average High
UNIX Server Support (Per OS Instance)
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Unix Instance
Typical Delivery» 24/7 live support» Leveraged service provider facilities» HW/SW has been normalized out of the price for
deals where the hardware and software are bundled into the price
Typical Scope» Operations management» Server administration and operations» Production control and scheduling» Performance monitoring and tuning» Capacity planning and management» Technical support» Change management» Installs, moves, adds and changes» Equipment maintenance support» Maintain test environments» DBA support» Middleware support
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Comparable Market Set»There are six (6) comparable commercial data sets and two (2) comparable state/local data sets. Of the state/local data sets, two (2) data sets are outsourcing and no data sets are internal cost allocations.»All data sets have been updated in the last three (3) years.»Resource Unit count for SoM is 468. Comparable range is 69 to 710 instances.»Service levels are assumed to be comparable, although Client SoM incurs no financial penalties for missed SLAs.»Hardware/software is not included in the market comparables.
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Unix Instance - Virtualized
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State/Local Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
Observations
» The market typically does not differentiate between virtualized and non virtualized support. The support for stand alone vs. virtualized instances is not considered to be significantly different. Cost savings from server virtualization is typically driven by reduced HW and HW maintenance expenses.
» Most state/local and commercial organizations that EquaTerra has reviewed have virtualization rates of 20-30%
Commercial Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
$552 $764 $915
SoM$488
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
$900
$1,000
Low Average High
UNIX Virtual Server Support (Per OS Instance)
$790 $857 $925
SoM$488
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
$900
$1,000
Low Average High
UNIX Virtual Server Support (Per OS Instance)
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Unix Instance - Virtualized
Typical Delivery» 24/7 live support» Leveraged service provider facilities» HW/SW has been normalized out of the price for
deals where the hardware and software are bundled into the price
Typical Scope» Operations management» Server administration and operations» Production control and scheduling» Performance monitoring and tuning» Capacity planning and management» Technical support» Change management» Installs, moves, adds and changes» Equipment maintenance support» Maintain test environments» DBA support» Middleware support
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Comparable Market Set»There are six (6) comparable commercial data sets and two (2) comparable state/local data sets. Of the state/local data sets, two (2) data sets are outsourcing and no data sets are internal cost allocations.»All data sets have been updated in the last three (3) years.»Resource Unit count for SoM is 30. Comparable range is 69 to 710 instances.»Service levels are assumed to be comparable, although Client SoM incurs no financial penalties for missed SLAs.»Hardware/software is not included in the market comparables.
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Unix - Remote
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State/Local Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
Observations
Commercial Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
$845
SoM$628
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
$900
$1,000
Low Average High
UNIX Remote Server Support (Per OS Instance)
$935
SOM$628
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
$900
$1,000
Low Average High
UNIX Remote Server Support (Per OS Instance)
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Unix - Remote
Typical Delivery» 24/7 live support
Typical Scope» Operations management» Server administration and operations» Production control and scheduling» Performance monitoring and tuning» Capacity planning and management» Technical support» Change management» Equipment maintenance support
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Comparable Market Set»There is one (1) comparable commercial data set and one (1) comparable state/local data set. Of the state/local data set, one (1) data set is outsourcing and no data sets are internal cost allocations.»All data sets have been updated in the last three (3) years.»Resource Unit count for SoM is 24. Comparable range is 16 to 44 instances.»Service levels are assumed to be comparable, although Client SoM incurs no financial penalties for missed SLAs.»Hardware/software is not included in the market comparables.
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Unix – Hosting Only
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State/Local Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
Observations
» SoM compares favorably in the hosting only rates. SoM costs in the hosting only area (network, facilities, monitoring, and security) appear to be competitive.
Commercial Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
NotAvailable
$371 $507 $644
SoM$189
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
Low Average High
UNIX Hosting Server Support (Per OS Instance)
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Unix – Hosting Only
Typical Delivery» 24/7 live support
Typical Scope» Network Connectivity» Power» Rack Space» Security» Monitoring
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Comparable Market Set»There are two (2) comparable commercial data sets and zero (0) comparable state/local data sets. »All data sets have been updated in the last three (3) years.»Resource Unit count for SoM is 22. Comparable range is 22 to 57.»Service levels are assumed to be comparable, although Client SoM incurs no financial penalties for missed SLAs.»Hardware/software is not included in the market comparables.
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Wintel Instance
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State/Local Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
Observations
» Although the SoM services brochure for Wintel support refers to servers, the billing is based on number of instances in the CMDB.
Commercial Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
$313 $416 $728
SoM$513
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
Low Average High
WINTEL Server Support (Per OS Instance)
$237 $338 $582
SoM$513
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
Low Average High
WINTEL Server Support (Per OS Instance)
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Wintel Instance
Typical Delivery» 24/7 live support» Leveraged service provider facilities» HW/SW has been normalized out of the price for
deals where the hardware and software are bundled into the price
Typical Scope» Operations management» Server administration and operations» Production control and scheduling» Performance monitoring and tuning» Capacity planning and management» Technical support» Change management» Installs, moves, adds and changes» Equipment maintenance support» Maintain test environments» DBA support» Middleware support
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Comparable Market Set»There are six (6) comparable commercial data sets and five (5) comparable state/local data sets. Of the state/local data sets, three (3) data sets are outsourcing and two (2) data sets are internal cost allocations.»All data sets have been updated in the last three (3) years.»Resource Unit count for SoM is 1107. Comparable range is 144 to 3557 instances.»Service levels are assumed to be comparable, although Client SoM incurs no financial penalties for missed SLAs.»Hardware/software is not included in the market comparables.
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Wintel - Virtual
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State/Local Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
Observations
» The market typically does not differentiate between virtualized and non virtualized support. The support for stand alone vs. virtualized instances is not considered to be significantly different. Cost savings from server virtualization is typically driven by reduced HW and HW maintenance expenses.
» Most state/local and commercial organizations that EquaTerra has reviewed have virtualization rates of 20-30%
Commercial Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
$313 $416 $728
SoM$332
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
Low Average High
WINTEL Virtual Server Support (Per OS Instance)
$237 $338 $582
SoM$332
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
Low Average High
WINTEL Virtual Server Support (Per OS Instance)
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Wintel - Virtual
Typical Delivery» 24/7 live support» Leveraged service provider facilities» HW/SW has been normalized out of the price for
deals where the hardware and software are bundled into the price
Typical Scope» Operations management» Server administration and operations» Production control and scheduling» Performance monitoring and tuning» Capacity planning and management» Technical support» Change management» Installs, moves, adds and changes» Equipment maintenance support» Maintain test environments» DBA support» Middleware support
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Comparable Market Set»There are six (6) comparable commercial data sets and five (5) comparable state/local data sets. Of the state/local data sets, three (3) data sets are outsourcing and (two) 2 data sets are internal cost allocations.»All data sets have been updated in the last three (3) years.»Resource Unit count for SoM is 410. Comparable range is 144 to 3557 instances.»Service levels are assumed to be comparable, although Client SoM incurs no financial penalties for missed SLAs.»Hardware/software is not included in the market comparables.
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Wintel - Remote
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State/Local Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
Observations
Commercial Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
$224
SoM$195
$0
$50
$100
$150
$200
$250
$300
$350
Low Average High
Windows Remote Server Support (Per OS Instance)
$291
SoM$195
$0
$50
$100
$150
$200
$250
$300
$350
Low Average High
Windows Remote Server Support (Per OS Instance)
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Wintel - Remote
Typical Delivery» 24/7 live support
Typical Scope» Operations management» Server administration and operations» Production control and scheduling» Performance monitoring and tuning» Capacity planning and management» Technical support» Change management» Equipment maintenance support
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Comparable Market Set»There is one (1) comparable commercial data set and one (1) comparable state/local data set. Of the state/local data sets, one (1) data set is outsourcing and no data sets are internal cost allocations.»All data sets have been updated in the last three (3) years.»Resource Unit count for SoM is 78. Comparable range is 356 to 381 instances.»Service levels are assumed to be comparable, although Client SoM incurs no financial penalties for missed SLAs.»Hardware/software is not included in the market comparables.
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Wintel – Hosting Only
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State/Local Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
Observations
» SoM compares favorably in the hosting only rates. SoM costs in the hosting only area (network, facilities, monitoring, and security) appear to be competitive.
Commercial Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
$371 $461 $552
SoM$195
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
Low Average High
Windows Hosting Server Support (Per OS Instance)
$249
SoM$195
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
Low Average High
Windows Hosting Server Support (Per OS Instance)
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Wintel – Hosting Only
Typical Delivery» 24/7 live support
Typical Scope» Network Connectivity» Power» Rack Space» Security» Monitoring
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Comparable Market Set»There are two (2) comparable commercial data sets and one (1) comparable state/local data set. Of the state/local data sets, one (1) data set is outsourcing and no data sets are internal cost allocations.»All data sets have been updated in the last three (3) years.»Resource Unit count for SoM is 472. Comparable range is 5 to 322 instances.»Service levels are assumed to be comparable, although Client SoM incurs no financial penalties for missed SLAs.»Hardware/software is not included in the market comparables.
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Citrix
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State/Local Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
Observations
Commercial Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
NotAvailable
$525 $564 $603
SoM$585
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
Low Average High
CITRIX Server Support (Per OS Instance)
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Citrix
Typical Delivery» 24/7 live support» Leveraged service provider facilities» HW/SW has been normalized out of the price for
deals where the hardware and software are bundled into the price
Typical Scope» Operations management» Server administration and operations» Production control and scheduling» Performance monitoring and tuning» Capacity planning and management» Technical support» Change management» Installs, moves, adds and changes» Equipment maintenance support» Maintain test environments» Citrix application support» Middleware support
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Comparable Market Set»There are two (2) comparable commercial data sets and zero (0) comparable state/local data sets. »All data sets have been updated in the last three (3) years.»Resource Unit count for SoM is 92. Comparable range is 6 to 93 instances.»Service levels are assumed to be comparable, although Client SoM incurs no financial penalties for missed SLAs.»Hardware/software is not included in the market comparables.
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SAN
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State/Local Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
Observations
» In most organizations, supported SAN is increasing 25 – 50% per year while staffing remains constant. This typically leads to a resource unit price decrease of 20+% per year.
» Includes Expenses for SAN 1, SAN 2, CAS, BCV, SRDF and backup and recovery
Commercial Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
$1.23 $1.58 $2.12
SoM$2.30
$0.00
$1.00
$2.00
$3.00
$4.00
$5.00
$6.00
Low Average High
Storage SAN (Allocated GB)
$0.75 $2.51 $4.98
SoM$2.30
$0.00
$1.00
$2.00
$3.00
$4.00
$5.00
$6.00
Low Average High
Storage SAN (Allocated GB)
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SAN
Typical Delivery» 24/7 live support» Leveraged service provider facilities» HW/SW has been normalized into the price for deals
where the price does not include HW/SW.
Typical Scope» Storage media management» Perform backup» Perform restore» Allocate storage» Monitor activity» Manage off-site media» Execute data migration/archival» Participate in disaster recovery
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Comparable Market Set»There are five (5) comparable commercial data sets and five (5) comparable state/local data sets. Of the state/local data sets, three (3) data sets are outsourcing and two (2) data sets are internal cost allocations.»All data sets have been updated in the last three (3) years.»Resource Unit count for SoM is 596,199. Comparable range is 53,000 to 900,000 GB.»Service levels are assumed to be comparable, although Client SoM incurs no financial penalties for missed SLAs.»Hardware/software is included in the market comparables.
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NAS
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State/Local Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
Observations
» Use of NAS was reduced in 2010.
Commercial Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
NotAvailable
$0.38 $0.52 $0.66
SoM$1.43
$0.00
$0.20
$0.40
$0.60
$0.80
$1.00
$1.20
$1.40
$1.60
Low Average High
Storage NAS (Allocated GB)
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NAS
Typical Delivery» 24/7 live support» Leveraged service provider facilities» HW/SW has been normalized into the price for deals
where the price does not include HW/SW.
Typical Scope» Storage media management» Perform backup» Perform restore» Allocate storage» Monitor activity» Manage off-site media» Execute data migration/archival» Participate in disaster recovery
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Comparable Market Set»There are two (2) comparable commercial data sets and zero (0) comparable state/local data sets.»All data sets have been updated in the last three (3) years.»Resource Unit count for SoM is 104,870. Comparable range is 57,000 to 423,000 GB.»Service levels are assumed to be comparable, although Client SoM incurs no financial penalties for missed SLAs.»Hardware/software is included in the market comparables.
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Mainframe Production
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State/Local Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
Observations
» State/Local comparisons are Unisys only rate. Commercial comparisons are blended platforms.
Commercial Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
$918 $1,094 $1,244
SoM$1,576
$0
$200
$400
$600
$800
$1,000
$1,200
$1,400
$1,600
$1,800
Low Average High
Mainframe - Production/Test (MIPS)
$766 $1,258 $1,547
SoM$1,576
$0
$200
$400
$600
$800
$1,000
$1,200
$1,400
$1,600
$1,800
Low Average High
Mainframe - Production/Test (MIPS)
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Mainframe Production
Typical Delivery» 24/7 live support» Leveraged service provider facilities» A mix of both dedicated and leveraged support» HW/SW is included in the price. Software is defined
as operating system, utilities and development tools
Typical Scope» Operations management» Console operations» Production control and scheduling» Performance monitoring and tuning» Capacity planning and management» Technical support» Database support and management» Maintain test environments» Change management» Installs/move/add/change» Equipment maintenance support
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Comparable Market Set»There are four (4) comparable commercial data sets and three (3) comparable state/local data sets. Of the state/local data sets, all three (3) data sets are outsourcing and no data sets are internal cost allocations.»All data sets have been updated in the last three (3) years.»Resource Unit count for SoM is 230. Comparable range is 73 to 1,450 MIPS»Service levels are assumed to be comparable, although Client SoM incurs no financial penalties for missed SLAs.»Hardware/software is included in the market comparables.
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Mainframe Storage
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State/Local Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
Observations
» State/Local comparisons are primarily Unisys only rates. Commercial comparisons are blended platforms.
Commercial Comparative Costs ($/Mth)
$2 $7 $15
SoM$95
$0
$10
$20
$30
$40
$50
$60
$70
$80
$90
$100
Low Average High
Mainframe - Storage (Allocated GB)
$6 $21 $36
SoM$95
$0
$10
$20
$30
$40
$50
$60
$70
$80
$90
$100
Low Average High
Mainframe - Storage (Allocated GB)
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Mainframe Storage
Typical Delivery» 24/7 live support» Leveraged service provider facilities/equipment» HW/SW is included in the price
Typical Scope» Storage media management» Perform backup» Perform restore» Allocate storage» Monitor activity» Execute data migration/archival» Participate in disaster recovery
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Comparable Market Set»There are four (4) comparable commercial data sets and two (2) comparable state/local data sets. Of the state/local data sets, two (2) data sets are outsourcing and zero (0) data sets are internal cost allocations.»All data sets have been updated in the last three (3) years.»Resource Unit count for SoM is 1,528. Comparable range is 2,000 GB to 95,000 GB»Service levels are assumed to be comparable, although Client SoM incurs no financial penalties for missed SLAs.»Hardware/software is included in the market comparables.
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Conclusions
» Based on the Market Analysis performed by EquaTerra we have observed the following:
– SoM rates are within state and local market range for most resource units
– SoM rates are within commercial market range (adjusted to normalize off-shore labor components) for most resource units
– Costs for hosting only services are lower than market averages
– Resources allocated to mainframe services appear disproportionately high
– Changes in allocations that favors the cost structure of one resource unit will negatively impact the cost structures of other resource units
– The benchmarking data as constructed excludes $13.1M of SoM Data Center costs that are considered by SoM to be over and above the operational support typically included in outsourcing contracts. Our data for Data Center outsourcing contracts includes efforts and dollars associated with the functions listed in the excluded $13.1M.
– Although considerable work has been accomplished in physical consolidation of Data Centers, we believe there is still opportunities to further consolidate and optimize service delivery, either through internal or external optimization
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