Challenges
This customer desperately needed to add storage to their mainframe environment, but they did not have the budget for the project and their next cycle did not begin until the following year. The z-series machine was locked at the current OS level, due to a custom application and an annual maintenance renewal that was almost due.
ReluTech Solution
ReluTech executed a Purchase Leaseback (PLB) for the customer’s mainframe that supplied the capital needed to purchase the unbudgeted storage solution.
Benefits
Although the rental payments from the PLB, which included ReluTech support, were practically the same as the cost of the OEM support alone, the cost savings in utilizing ReluTech maintenance in place of the OEM support made room in their budget. Ultimately, the customer got the storage solution they needed with no impact on their budget, and ReluTech’s client looked like a hero.