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Innovating in today’s mainframe environment necessitates change. From peak demand seasons, to high-impact market events–or, technological drivers such as a new application rollout or product migration–there are many external drivers of change modern enterprises must keep up with.
As necessary as change is, it can also bring potential risk–such as downtime that results in unexpected costs. But with Expert Change Planning, organizations can spend less time dealing with issues and more time adding value to the business with proactive change planning and white-glove support from our experts.
The Mainframe Expert Change Planning program assists customers in making their hardware, operating system, and software maintenance and upgrade activities a success. Broadcom experts collaborate with you to conduct a comprehensive review of your upgrade plans at no charge. Our team is with you every step of the way, providing consultation and on-call support throughout your change window so that you can essentially eliminate the potential for Sev-1 issues during the process.
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“I appreciate the Broadcom Mainframe Support team working with me to ensure my security and operating system upgrades are a success. Their detail in reviewing product features and PTFs prior to upgrades has been very helpful.”
“The Broadcom mainframe Support team helped us prepare for this critical upgrade. Working with Broadcom proactively, prior to our event, made things run much more smoothly.”
When faced with a lean mainframe staff, less budget, and dozens of subsystems to manage, it’s difficult to ensure your upgrade will be a success. That’s where Broadcom can help. The Mainframe Expert Change Planning Program, an extension of our hot site program, provides you with access, at not charge, to a mainframe product expert who can review and validate your installation/implementation plan(s) and provide tips and tricks to ensure your upgrade is a success. If problems do occur during your upgrade, be assured that an experienced Support Engineer, who knows your environment and plan, will be available via a simple call to assist you at your time of need.
No-cost mainframe installation/implementation plan review that leads to improved confidence, reduced effort, and a higher-event success rate. If a problem does occur, a mainframe Support Engineer who is familiar with your plan will be available to help reduce time to case resolution.
Performing an upgrade yourself is an option. However, with more than 200 change events completed with zero instances of production downtime, many customers are finding it to be more efficient to have Broadcom assist with your plan review.
Simply fill out the form below. A Broadcom Support Engineer will be happy to discuss your event and help you prepare a plan.
No charge. It is completely free for Mainframe customers current on maintenance
We request that you give Broadcom a two week notice prior to your event. However, you can be a member of the Mainframe Expert Change Planning Program for up to 90 days before your event.