For example, using the zEnterprise System with the zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension and IBM zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager, a financial services company managing creditcard transactions on the mainframe using an IBM blade optimized for analytics can gain insights from the information in seconds.
"It does cost a lot if you want to do the right thing by them, " says Ms. Oliver, a 38-year-old customer-service manager, who says she is still paying off the credit-card bills.