IMS systems and costs – analysis

Posted by Trevor Eddolls on Monday, August 29, 2011 - 361 views

I blogged about IBM’s IMS (Information Management System) at the end of July, saying that it has been around since 1968 and originated as a bill-of-materials program for NASA’s Apollo programme. I said that IMS effectively comes in two parts – there’s the Transaction Manager (TM) part and the Data Base (DB) part. I talked about different types of database, and I mentioned the Virtual IMS user group at www.fundi.com/virtualims.

Today I want to pose the questions: how much does an IMS development/test system cost? And how many development test systems does a site typically have installed?

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Benefits Outweigh Costs for Modernizing Legacy Systems

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 307 views

There is little doubt that modern, automated insurance systems can do jobs faster, easier and less expensively than outdated legacy systems, but some significant challenges face insurers who elect to modernize their enterprises.

More here.