Nordic Insurance Modernizes IBM Z Output & Archive by Migrating from Broadcom CA to LRS

Background

This Nordic insurance company has been providing a variety of property, liability, health,and other non-life insurance products since
the 18th Century. With nearly 7,000 employees serving clients across Scandinavia, this fabled institution is known for technical innovation and sustainable business practices.

Pain / Impact

Broadcom’s acquisition of CA-Spool and CA View/Deliver solutions forced a decision: pay onerous upgrade fees or stop using these products

9+ Terrabytes and decades of legacy documents stored in legacy archive
AFP, Natural, and other output from critical IBM Z® applications at risk
Short time to decide: pay upgrade fees or migrate to new output solution

Solution

LRS proposed rapid migration from incumbent Broadcom software to flagship LRS® solutions on IBM Z and open systems

Proven LRS mainframe output management solutions ensure seamless delivery of AFP and text-based printing to any output destination
DRS/Natural interface provides robust connectivity for printing from critical legacy applications built in Software AG Natural® environment
LRS’ team of archive migration experts developed custom processes and scripts to migrate 9+ TB of data from CA View/Deliver to the PageCenterX® archive

Outcome

Avoided expensive upgrade fees arising from Broadcom acquiring CA
Preserved client investments in AFP and Natural documents on IBM Z
Provided users advanced print management and archive functionality

Migrating from expensive legacy print management and document archive software sidesteps hefty upgrade fees

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