Genesis MetLife
Genesis Metlife is one of the most recognized Insurances companies in Mexico and the World.
Problematic.
Genesis Metlife operations were supported on two Mainframe Cyber equipments, models 930 and 932.
The processing capability resulted insufficient to satisfy the growing demand on service (oporttunity / cost) inside
the market.
Applications.
Core Bussiness management:Insurances
Situation.
Batch programs written in Cobol, interactive applications on Screen Formatting, exchange of information
through magnetic tapes, and multiple file transfers.
Solution.
The solution offered to Genesis was funded on a Downsizing methodology, which allow them a native migration
without altering the application functionality when converted to Solaris plataform. We converted Cobol programs
to Microfocus Cobol. The equipment aquired was: SUN Sparc E10000 4 CPUS 400 Mghz
Benefits.
The benefits gained by Genesis were stated on: Economy, Services and Technology:
a) Economic Benefit.
Genesis considerably reduced the cost of Hardware and Software maintenance.
The time for return of the investment was less than one year. The investment included
the new equipment plus migration costs. The savings allow them investments on forefront technology.
b) Service Benefits.
We improved the response time for the Online End Users. The enhancements on elapsed time for batch
processes was from 24 hours through 4 hours.
c) Technologic benefit. The new platform permit us incorporate added benefits to the migration, such as:
developments focused on data base and Web.
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