March 2025

To:            Mainframe Operational Intelligence Customers

From:       Broadcom’s Mainframe Operational Intelligence Product Team

Subject:   End of Life Announcement for Mainframe Operational Intelligence

Broadcom is continually working to improve our software and services to best meet the needs of our customers. To focus our development efforts and to help our customer base achieve their strategic business initiatives, we are investing our resources in new technology and software and will be discontinuing technical support on Mainframe Operational Intelligence (MOI).  In accordance with the Broadcom  Maintenance Policy Handbook, please consider this email your written notification of End of Life for Mainframe Operational Intelligence (MOI). This notification means Mainframe Operational Intelligence (MOI) will no longer be enhanced and operational and technical support will be discontinued effective April 30, 2026.  After April 30, 2026, Broadcom will continue to make self-service support available until the end of your current maintenance term.

Broadcom has made the WatchTower ML Insights available as a migration path (the latest supported Version/Release is available to customers with active maintenance contracts for WatchTower Platform, NetMaster, SYSVIEW, OPS/MVS or Vantage SRM). We encourage you to migrate to WatchTower ML Insights as soon as possible, so you can take full advantage of the features, functionalities, and enhancements that this new product has to offer. For information about WatchTower ML Insights, visit https://www.broadcom.com/products/mainframe/watchtower-observability/ml-insights.

Broadcom would like to make your upgrade to WatchTower ML Insights as straightforward as possible, so we offer the following assistance:

• Documentation to help you prepare for your upgrade to the new Version/Release of WatchTower ML Insights can be viewed at http://techdocs.broadcom.com/watchtower.
• Should you need assistance with developing a migration strategy or performing the actual migration, Services can help. For more information about Services and how you can leverage our experience, visit Services.

Your success is very important to us, and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with you.