Steven Thomas

Steven Thomas is the CTO and COO at SMT Data – the Specialists in IT Business Intelligence. Steven holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford and brings almost 30 years of technical and business experience from Saxo Bank, Fidelity Information Services and IBM.

CPU Based Pricing Models

Jul 2, 2021 | Pricing

How well is your mainframe outsourcer managing capacity and performance? Part 5: CPU based pricing models This is the fifth in a series of blogs about how to follow up on your mainframe outsourcer. Previously I’ve discuss why it is important to follow up on your...

The mainframe outsourcer’s cost structure

Jun 8, 2021 | Outsourcing

Part 4: The outsourcer’s cost structure This is the fourth in a series of blogs about how to follow up on your mainframe outsourcer. Previously I’ve discussed why it is important to follow up on your outsourcer, understanding MIPS and MSU, and the pitfalls of MIPS. In...

How well is your mainframe outsourcer managing capacity and performance? – Part 3 – The pitfalls of MIPS

May 19, 2021 | Mainframe

Part 3: The pitfalls of MIPS This is the third in a series of blogs about how to follow up on your mainframe outsourcer. The first blog was about why it is important to follow up. The second blog introduced the two metrics that are generally used...

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