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Sweep the Floor Promotion

Eligible IBM Business Partner-Distributors may earn an additional discount to the IBM Value Seller Price when they acquire eligible IBM Power10 systems for resale to their Resellers who in turn sell to End User Customers that are replacing installed IBM POWER7 or POWER8 with the new Power10 system.

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FEATURED THIS WEEK

ECExpress Introduction to IBM Customers

Join us Thursday, September 19th at 2pm EST for an important 4-minute webinar as we introduce you to ECExpress, your new online order lookup tool.

Topics include: general navigation, how to find IBM Orders and view your order statuses, user permissions, paying invoices online, and more.

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IBM Partner Plus Awards now accepting nominations

The IBM Partner Plus Awards recognize our partners who advance businesses, reshape industries and create positive impact. Do you have a project utilizing IBM technology that delivered exceptional value to clients in the past year? Submit today for the opportunity to be recognized at IBM Think 2025!

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Automation

Apptio Proficiency Incentive

Learn & Earn with IBM Software: The new IBM Partner Plus business partner program shifts focus from certifications to product proficiencies for earning badges and growing your software incentives and Partner Plus membership levels.

The TD SYNNEX IBM Automation brand is helping business partner employees earn an Apptio proficiency during 2024. For each Automation Apptio proficiency earned by a TD SYNNEX IBM business partner employee, we reward you with a $250 Amazon Gift Voucher. Proficiencies earned between June 1 and November 30, 2024, are eligible for this promotion

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Apptio Demo Incentive

When a reseller completes an Apptio demo with their end user, it’s an opportunity to showcase the platform’s features and benefits as well as increase your close rate by 40%. During the demo, you can highlight how Apptio helps manage IT costs, optimize budgets, and improve decision-making. By tailoring the presentation to your end user’s specific needs and challenges, you can demonstrate the value of Apptio in a practical context. Overall, these demonstrations play a crucial role in building trust and fostering successful partnerships.

The TD SYNNEX IBM Automation brand is helping business partner employees grow and expand their book of business with an Apptio demo incentive. For completing an Apptio demo with your end user, we will reward you with a $250 Amazon.com Gift Card. Offer is eligible until December 31, 2024.

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Data/AI

INVITE CLIENTS | IBM Power: The Platform Built for AI | Client Event in Atlanta

You’re invited to the IBM Watson Office in Atlanta, Georgia!
Network and learn with IBM Power experts who can help kickstart your journey to AI on Power. In this interactive session, you’ll learn how generative AI aligns with IBM Power, and how it can help deliver real value to your business. Join us to define the future of generative AI and IBM Power.

• Date and time: September 18, 2024, 10 AM - 2 PM EST
• Location: IBM Watson, 1001 Summit Blvd NE, Brookhaven, Georgia, United States

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Ready to transform your clients’ business with generative AI and Hybrid Cloud solutions?

Join our Business Partner Webinar - Accelerate revenue with IBM AI & Hybrid Cloud and learn how IBM’s technology roadmap and Partner Plus Program is creating win-win outcomes for business partners and their clients.
Date: 17th of September Start: 9:00AM PDT / 12:00PM EDT
Our online session will provide you a roadmap of IBM innovative technology, including IBM watsonx platform for generative AI. We will cover:
• IBM’s AI and Hybrid Cloud strategy across brands
• How to aggressively grow your pipeline with IBM
• Build a practice with IBM’s technology and services
• Unlock extraordinary GTM, education and growth benefits
• Drive demand with ready-made marketing campaigns

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IBM Cloud

New Global Spotlight for IBM Power, IBM Cloud and IBM PowerVS

Global sales and the Product Management teams for Power, PowerVS, and IBM Cloud are announcing a new structure to deliver product and offering updates to you. Our objective is to provide you with the most comprehensive content, in one place for you to find it.

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Cobalt Iron Announces New Cloud Backup-as-a-Service Offering for IBM Power Virtual Server

Cobalt Iron Inc., a leading provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, today announced the availability of Secure Automated Backup™ with Compass®, a new cloud backup-as-a-service offering powered by the Cobalt Iron Compass SaaS platform. Developed with IBM, the solution serves enterprises that are running on, or moving to, an IBM Power Virtual Server. The offering backs up AIX and Linux operating systems and databases, greatly accelerating the protection of IBM Power systems, applications, and data, and reduces the risk of data loss and exposure. Available today, IBM customers can order the service through the IBM Cloud Catalog.

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Power

INVITE CLIENTS | IBM Power: The Platform Built for AI | Client Event in Atlanta

New Global Spotlight for IBM Power, IBM Cloud and IBM PowerVS

Migrating VMware Workloads to IBM Power

This short paper will dispel the myth around required skill sets in regard to Linux and AIX and how many skilled system administrators are multi-operating system gurus already.

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VMware in comparison to IBM PowerVM

This short paper will describe VMware in comparison to IBM PowerVM and what must be taken into consideration to make the move.

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Announcements: Hardware withdrawal: 2Q2024 Select IBM Power Systems features

Please view the link for product withdrawal details.

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IBM Systems 2024 Quarterly Partner Calls

Join us for the second half of 2024 IBM Systems Quarterly Partner Calls where we review the latest IBM Systems news, announcements, incentives and events.
Register for both dates at once! All webinars begin at 2pm EST / 1pm CST.

July 25, 2024
October 24, 2024

Speakers:
IBM Systems Highlights - John Ellis, Sr. Director, Business Development IBM
Power Systems - Bob Friske, IBM Power Brand Manager
Storage Systems - Jim Oller, IBM Storage Brand Manager

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IBM Power Stay Informed - Spotlight Calls and IBM Announcements

IBM Global Spotlight Calls

Americas Power Spotlight Series

IBM Announcements

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IBM Power S1022 and S1024 Solution Editions for Healthcare

We're excited to expand on our dedication to delivering cutting-edge solutions tailored to the needs of healthcare enterprises, while simultaneously addressing the critical need for cost-effectiveness and operational efficiency.

We are proud to unveil new, cost-effective enhancements to our IBM Power scale-out systems, designed to significantly reduce initial investments by up to 46% and improve performance/dollar by up to 81%, thus bolstering the financial viability of our healthcare customers.

These advancements reinforce our commitment to driving innovation and affordability in the healthcare sector, with the tools they need to optimize operations, enhance patient care, and achieve greater efficiencies, all while minimizing cost burdens.

Please contact Paul Munch (pmunch@us.ibm.com) if you have any questions or for help needed with your IBM Power opportunities in healthcare.

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2024 Americas Power Spotlight Series

Partners, register for the 2024 Americas Power Spotlight Series. Join and learn timely Power content throughout the year to help you meet and exceed your 2024 sales goals.

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Positioning IBM i clients for future hybrid cloud success

Businesses today require more flexibility in how they acquire computing capacity. With that in mind, IBM is announcing a shift in our licensing model for IBM i to a simplified subscription-based model starting March 26, 2024.

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Red Hat

Red Hat Canada Summit Connect

Red Hat Summit : connect is coming to cities across Canada.
Join us as we explore the future of AI, hybrid cloud , opensource technology and IT .There will be interactive labs , demos and networking !

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Red Hat on-demand webinars

What’s new in RHEL 9.4 and 8.10
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What's new in the Red Hat build of Keycloak 24
Watch On-Demand

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Services

Notice of price change for Hardware Maintenance on select IBM products

See Announcement link for details.
This price change will be made effective on January 1, 2025, on select IBM Power System, IBM Storage System, and IBM Z System products. New charges will be effective at the start of a new contract or upon renewal of an existing contract.
For Auto-Renew agreements, price changes will be made effective 90 days following the announcement date. New charges will be effective at the start of the renewed contract term. This increase will not take effect until the next contract period for clients with contracts that include price protection, including prepaid agreements.

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Updated FAQ for the Partner Plus On-Time Renewal Incentive.

Updated EOS Red/Green Listing - 9/10/24

8 XIV machines have changed Status from GREEN to RED.

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Software

0% Payment Plan IBM Software

Available now through December 31, 2024, take advantage of 3-month, 0% deferred
payment plans on eligible IBM Software opportunities for credit-qualified clients in US and Canada.

For details and questions, use the link below.

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Storage

IBM Storage Summit Promotion 2024 Register by 8/31

IBM is excited to launch the IBM Storage Summit Promotion for 2024 where qualifying firms earn a seat to attend the exclusive IBM Storage Summit Event happening in the first half of 2025 at a fabulous location to be announced soon!

How to get started?
• Primary Relationship Contact (PRC) from BP Firms register to participate: Register Here before August 31st!
• Following PRC registration, Individuals from your firm will be invited to participate.

How to Qualify:
• Sell IBM FlashSystem or IBM Storage Defender solutions to First In Enterprise customers
• Earn Growth Credits by completing eligible activities ( Propose & Earn FIE Meeting, Assessments, FlashSystem Test Drive POC, and attending Enablement events)
• Ensure you meet both the Sales and Growth criteria to earn a seat on the IBM Storage Summit Event.
• Key Dates: Sales and Growth Activity Period January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

For more details on the IBM Storage Summit promotion, please click below.

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IBM Systems 2024 Quarterly Partner Calls

New Seismic links for Storage Scale and Scale System and NVIDIA GPU's

There’s been a change in the Seismic links for Storage Scale and Scale System and the NVIDIA GPU’s Sales Kit pages. The original links that I shared have been unpublished from Seismic.

My team and I have decided to update the original/old pages with the new template and assets. We realized that this approach was better given that the IBM Storage Homepage and other pages have links to the original Sales Kit pages. We would like to avoid users being directed to the wrong page depending on where they start their search in Seismic.

Would you like me or you to update the email chain with these changes?

The Seismic page links:
IBM Storage for AI w/ NVIDIA GPUs Sales Kit: https://ibm.seismic.com/Link/Content/DCHJGJq8fcqf9GhJQ6HhVgR7W7md
IBM Storage Scale and Scale System Sales Kit: https://ibm.seismic.com/Link/Content/DCQDCTgTqjC2M8m22JRCFhpBH2PV

IBM Price Increase Effective January 1, 2025

IBM will be increasing pricing effective January 1, 2025 on several families of Storage products.
Flash, ESS, Fusion, Virtual Tape Libraries, Misc Tape, SVC and Storage SW will have a 6% price increase.

If you have any questions please contact your TD SYNNEX Rep. Also you can review announcement letter 325-837 for additional information.

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Reminder Price Increase October 1, 2024

IBM announced a price increase effective 10/1/24 on Ready Nodes, DS8, and LTO Media.

Please firm all orders as soon as possible to avoid the price increase in October.

Please see announcement letter 325-837 or contact your TD SYNNEX Rep for any questions.

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New DS8000 All Flash Announcement

IBM Storage DS8000 (10th Generation) all-flash systems with IBM Storage Expert Care
Published: 10 September 2024 AD24-0516 Hardware

Overview

DS8000 10th Generation
IBM Storage DS8000 is characterized by the highest standards of performance and scalability, unrivalled cyber security, and resiliency with a commitment to support mission-critical workloads across hybrid multi-cloud deployments.
DS8000 10th generation family (G10) is the latest generation of DS8000 technology. It epitomizes 20 years of DS8000 experience and expertise and 25 years of the Enterprise Storage Server architecture in shaping the future of enterprise storage systems. By creating a family that meets market requirements for capacity, size, security, and synergy, IBM Storage has delivered a new-generation storage solution that is at the leading edge of enterprise technology.
Today the DS8000 10th generation is architected for eight-nines (99.999999%) availability, which gives clients 100% peace of mind in cyber resilience.
Product preview
The IBM Storage DS8000 10th generation family intends to release a rack mount model (DS8A10 model A00) and an additional multiframe model (DS8A80 model A08).
Preview announcements provide insight into IBM plans and directions. General availability, prices, ordering information, and terms and conditions will be provided when the product is announced.
IBM’s statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM’s sole discretion. Information regarding potential future products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion.
Key requirements
All announced features and functions that are supported on the IBM DS8000 series require DS8000 LMC 10.0.xx.xx (bundle version 10.0.xx.xx), or later.
Planned availability date
• 25 October 2024

New DS8000 All Flash Announcement

Please see IBM's Seismic's site for additional information: Data sheets, Client Presentations, Sales Kits regarding the new announcements.

Introducing the IBM Storage DS8000 G10: Redefining Enterprise Storage with Innovation, Performance, and Security

🚀 **Exciting News: Introducing the IBM DS8000 G10!** 🚀

The next generation of enterprise storage has arrived, designed for the most demanding workloads. With up to 2X more IOPS, unrivaled data protection, and built-in ransomware detection, the DS8000 G10 sets a new standard in performance, security, and innovation.

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