Al Sherkow's
IBM Workload License Charges Seminar

November 12-14, 2007 in Frankfurt, Germany (Kelsterbach)

Postponed due to low enrollment, the next seminar will probably be in Frankfurt, Germany (Kelsterbach) during February or March 2008

Everything you need to know about Workload License Charges and IRD is included in this unique 3-day seminar. The seminar is based on WLC consulting projects with IBM and other clients since March, 2000. Sub-capacity pricing in the mainframe marketplace including IBM's Workload License Charges, IBM's Entry Workload License Charges and similar offerings from ISVs will be covered. Information has also been included from working with LCS customers helping them audit SCRT and tuning their environments by balancing technical issues with pricing issues. Actual customer analysis of the Workload License Charges versus previous charging techniques are included. The seminar will help you better understand your IBM software charges and the many pricing alternatives IBM provides. This is the only training available seminar is appropriate for any site using zSeries machines and z/OS, or planning to use zSeries and z/OS.

Sites considering WLC will gain from having an independent expert review their situation and will learn how to leverage WLC. For sites already using Workload License Charges the optimization and tuning techniques will help these sites further reduce their software charges; in some months thousands or tens of thousands of dollars are saved! Many attendees have reported the full cost of the seminar was recovered with their next month's Reduced SCRT Report MSUs!

This 3-day seminar will give you the essential knowledge you need to implement and leverage IBM’s Workload License Charges, and PR/SM’s Intelligent Resource Director. Please see the syllabus for a detailed outline.

Who Should Attend

• performance analysts, managers and data center managers
• hardware or capacity planners
• software asset manager
• system programmers, system administrators and technical support managers

Registration Fees

$1,900USD / per IT End-User attendee, Register with this form today. For attendees from LCS installations, the discounted seminar registration fee is $1,600USD. An early registration tuition of $1,750USD is available for those registering before September 1, 2007. The Registration Fees include course materials, instruction, and lunch. The seminar is intended for "end-user" customers, others should contact us so that other arrangements can be made. The seminar will be presented in English.

Other Dates: This is the last scheduled seminar of 2007; watch this web site for more information or send an email asking to be notified. Consider being the host for the seminar and it could be your city.

Venue & Travel

The seminar will be presented at the offices of Lufthansa Systems in their Information Center, 2 miles from the Frankfurt Airport and 5 miles from Frankfurt City. The address is:

I will be staying at the Mecure Hotel Frankfurt Airport in Kelsterbach. You are responsible for making your own hotel reservations and travel plans. (Please do not make travel plans until your Seminar Registration and payment have been confirmed.) You must call the hotel in order to obtain the I/S Management Strategies and Lufthansa special group rate of EUR75 per night per standard room (breakfast EUR15). When you register for the seminar additional information on the hotel will be emailed to you.

Bring Your Data

Attendees should bring data from their site to the seminar. During the seminar some examples will be more meaningful to you if you can refer to your own site's information. If you have questions you can ask them during the class, privately during breaks or at the end of the day. You should bring a list of your installed software, and the output from the IBM Sub-Capacity Report Tool or the IBM Sub-Capacity Planning Tool. Information on using these tools will be emailed after registration in the seminar.

The Fine Print (Terms and Conditions)

Cancellation Liability

In the event of a cancellation for any reason, I/S Management Strategies's liability is limited to the return of the registration fee only. I/S Management Strategies will not reimburse registrants for any travel or hotel cancellation fees or penalties. If you make a hotel reservation online, you will not receive our group rate, and the your reservation is nonrefundable from the moment it is made.

Cancellations & Refund Policy

Requests for refunds must be received in writing before October 1, 2007 and are subject to a $250USD Service Charge. Substitutions from the same company may be made at any time.

Last Updated: Wednesday, 31 October, 2007