Transformational IT Management in the Application Economy

Transformational IT Management in the Application Economy

Shannon Dolan

MFT10S #CAWorld

CA TechnologiesSVP, Product Management & Strategy

Mainframe

David Wade

PrimericaChief Information Officer

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Abstract

To thrive in the application economy organizations need to drive value and innovation from traditional IT investments into exciting new opportunities. Discover how you can gain a holistic view of your IT infrastructure with new innovative analytics that can help you predict the future, quickly resolve problems and optimize business results. Preview new System z innovation that will improve operational efficiency and deliver real and actionable insight into your business by streamlining mainframe management through mobile devices using the power of your existing security, performance and database management solutions. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how you can transform IT management for greater productivity in the application economy.

David WadePrimerica

CIO

Shannon DolanCA Technologies

SVP, Product Management


The Impact of Application Economy on System z

Governance

Analytics

Cloud

Security

Internet of Things

Mobility

Big Data

DevOps



GENERATION Z:CONNECTED FROM BIRTH

Born mid-1990’s to 2010



Evolution: Belief is Optional, Participation is Not...


Empowering those who will manage the data center of the future


Unifying Infrastructure Management

Platform Omniscience

Holistic View of IT Infrastructure

User

Network

Systems of Engagement Systems of Operations

3rd Party Apps

Databases

Web Services/SAAS

APP SERVER

Systems of Record

MQ

CICS IMS

Datacom DB2

MID

DLE

WA

RE

TRA

NSA

CTI

ON

S D

ATA


Large independent financial

services organization in North

America, providing term life

insurance, mutual funds and

other investment vehicles.


• Approximately 100,000 licensed sales reps

• Over $670 billion of life insurance in force

• Insured more than 4.3 million lives*

• Delivered $1 billion in death claims*

• Approximately 1.9 million investment accounts*

• Over $37 billion in asset values in their Primerica investment client accounts*

• Greater than 87% of Primerica’s Life Insurance applications are submitted electronically

* At 2012 year-end


Real-Time Data is Key to Primerica

Saliva and blood tests using real-time data:• Medical Information

Bureau (MIB)

• Motor Vehicle Registration (MVR)

• Prescription databasesAccelerated business

responsiveness

Wait-period for underwriting decisions

reduced from 30-90 days to 3 minutes

or less

Development for field agent applications is focused on mobile, adaptive and responsive design


Risk Management

Disaster Recovery

High Availability

Information Security

Governance

Skills Continuity

Productivity

Key Elements of Mitigating Risk and Enabling Business Continuity


Primerica Data Center RequirementsTo sustain critical skills and reduce complexity of managing data center

Enable ongoing access to real-time data from field agent applications

Improve data center operational efficiency

Modernize mainframe management as part of next-generation data center infrastructure

Shorten on-ramp for new mainframe DBAs and developers

CHALLENGES: How CA Software Helps:

Accelerate detection and troubleshooting of performance bottlenecks

Optimize data center efficiency with intuitive, modern user interface for DB2 database management

Visualize performance problems, receive alerts, tune database performance and track historical trends from a single location

Increase productivity of DBA experts and reduce training time for novice staff through collaboration, knowledge sharing and instant access to decades of experience


Transforming IT Management

Silo-Oriented Service-Enabled

Isolated

Interoperable

Integrated



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Terms of this Presentation

Transformational IT Management in the Application Economy

Technology

mainframe management

primerica data center

realtime data

database management

primerica saliva

business continuity

impact of application

business responsiveness