Primerica Boosts Productivity and Readies a New Generation of IT Mainframe Staff with CA Chorus
10 Juillet 2013 - 3:05PM
Business Wire
CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced that Primerica,
Inc., a leading distributor of financial products to middle income
households in North America, is using CA Chorus™ to improve the
performance of its database systems and enable newer IT workers to
use database tools effectively.
“What we are engaged in now is further optimizing our
performance and service delivery—and ensuring that new IT talent
will continue to run these IT assets as effectively as present and
past generations of IT staff have,” said David Wade, CIO,
Primerica. “Testing and implementing facile toolsets such as CA
Chorus assists us in this process."
With a network of thousands of independent insurance
representatives throughout the United States and Canada selling an
array of financial products, including term life insurance and
investment and saving products, Primerica requires 24X7 processing
with continuous availability and support for its zEnterprise
technology. In every application, the company either accesses or
delivers data to the mainframe.
In 2012 the company was looking to improve DB2 for z/OS
availability and performance, because it would mean less DB2
downtime and faster transaction time. It also needed to find a way
for newer IT workers to easily use and understand DB2 tools. Most
newer workers are unfamiliar with the mainframe’s traditional
“green screen” and accustomed to more user friendly, Graphical User
Interfaces (GUIs).
As part of its retooling effort, Primerica decided to implement
CA Chorus™ Database Management for DB2, with its user friendly,
role-based workspace. "We needed to address the challenge of
introducing a new generation of IT workers to the mainframe
environment and CA Chorus delivered the GUI-oriented navigation and
functionality for system monitoring and troubleshooting that we
were looking for," said Wade.
“Companies such as Primerica want their IT workers to manage DB2
databases and other systems from a single integrated workspace,"
said Michael Madden, CA Technologies general manager, Mainframe.
"With CA Chorus, instead of focusing on multiple applications, DB2
analysts are able to use a single, intuitive dashboard and turn
their full attention to delivering superior service to their
internal and external customers."
“After our proof of concept, we were convinced that the entire
set of CA Chorus disciplines might enable us to extend the life of
our current mainframe past the traditional three-year upgrade
cycle. From both cost and performance standpoints, this is
significant," said Wade.
About Primerica, Inc.
Primerica, Inc., headquartered in Duluth, GA, is a leading
distributor of financial products to middle income households
in North America. Primerica representatives educate their main
street clients about how to better prepare for a more secure
financial future by assessing their needs and providing appropriate
solutions through term life insurance, which the company
underwrites, and mutual funds, annuities and other financial
products, which it distributes primarily on behalf of third
parties. In addition, Primerica provides an entrepreneurial full or
part-time business opportunity for individuals seeking to earn
income by distributing the company’s financial products. Primerica
insured more than 4.3 million lives and maintained approximately
1.9 million investment accounts on behalf of its clients at
December 31, 2012. Primerica stock is included in the S&P
MidCap 400 and the Russell 2000 stock indices and is traded on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PRI”.
About CA Technologies
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that help customers manage and secure complex IT environments to
support agile business services. Organizations leverage CA
Technologies software and SaaS solutions to accelerate innovation,
transform infrastructure and secure data and identities, from the
data center to the cloud. Learn more about CA Technologies at
www.ca.com.
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