“Not only was our migration less expensive with Source Data Products, it was the easiest migration in my IT career."
"What really made the difference was the approach that Source Data takes to migrate the system. We gave them a complete backup and they did all the work offsite. Our production continued to operate and we tested our new system remotely until we were ready to bring it onsite."
The Screening Pros Advances Their Technology For A Competitive Business
The Screening Pros, LLC located in Southern California is in an industry leader of applicant risk mitigation within the multi-family housing market.
The Search For IBM Business Partner Includes Source Data Products, Inc.
When it came time to plan for a new IBM POWER server and IBM i/OS400version upgrade, Harold Schlaifer, The Screening Pros’ COO, contacted the supplier of their original 9406-820, a prominent regional IBM Business Partner. They also invited Source Data Products to compete for their business.
Source Data Stands Out From The Start Of The Evaluation
“From the beginning, Source Data really stood out. In all my years in IT, Source Data was the first to send me a comprehensive questionnaire to assess our current environment. Source Data came for an onsite meeting after they had reviewed the questionnaire. They wanted to see our setup – our Windows servers, our networking, our firewall and our current 9406-820.
“Not only was our migration less expensive with Source Data Products, it was the easiest migration in my IT career. What really made the difference was the approach that Source Data takes to migrate the system. We gave them a complete backup and they did all the work offsite. Our production continued to operate and we tested our new system remotely until we were ready to bring it onsite.
“We gave Mark Breisacher, one of Source Data’s senior techs, a full backup tape of our system. He preloaded that onto our new POWER7 at the SDP tech center. When he delivered our POWER7 we were ready to start testing right away without delay. The only open issues had to do with changes to V7R1 which were relatively minor and easy to correct.”
Source Data Was Always There With Expertise When We Needed Help
Harold explains, “Mark initially came on site to get our system set up for testing. Then several weeks later, the night before we went live, he was here to make sure everything was perfect.”
“When the actual change over did occur, Mark Breisacher was here again to make sure everything went smoothly.
“Now that we have gone live, we notice that speed is a major factor. When our customers obtain their reports on our site, the web pages appear instantaneously.”
Source Data Configured Our Logical Partitions (LPARs) For Top Performance And Our New HMC Console Simplifies Managing OS400
“We found the staff at Source Data to be very responsive, even when it came to helping us with getting our software keys. We migrated from 9406-820 with ValuPak, a version of IBM software that included the PRG compiler. We found out that IBM did not have an equivalent when we migrated to WebSphere Development Studio for V7R1. SDP jumped right in on our behalf with the IBM Key Center to rectify the issue of entitlements and software keys.”
I Would Whole-Heartedly Recommend Source Data Products
“I clearly felt Source Data took the time to understand where we were and where we wanted to go and the most cost-effective way to get there with the newest technology.
“Everyone I dealt with at Source Data – from technical, to sales, to support staff – was extremely friendly, knowledgeable and helpful.”