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Important Changes for New Orders Beginning Oct. 7

The journey to consolidate TD SYNNEX systems and simplify the way we conduct business with our partners continues. We have shifted our business from Avnet Technology Solutions (AVT) and Tenva TS Canada ULC to TD SYNNEX in groups and our IBM business is one of the last major suppliers to make that switch.

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FEATURED THIS WEEK

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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Partner Plus Awards

The IBM Partner Plus Awards celebrate the collaborators who come together to make the world work better. Those who join forces to find new solutions to old problems, turn insights into impactful ideas, and link up to create something truly illuminating.

Self-nomination entries open September 9, 2024 and run through November 15, 2024. Regional winners will be announced in March 2025 and Global winners will be announced at IBM Think 2025.

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Join our webinar: Winning in NCA & Capturing through SMB in Data & AI

Drive revenue for your business with new clients through your valuable partnership with IBM. Learn from conversations with experts across brands and arm yourself with the tools you need to succeed in the SMB market.

All focus is on New Client Acquisition to drive mutual business growth with our partners. IBM wants to collaborate with your business to penetrate the Small & Medium Business market and win together.

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4Q SW and HW Enablement Call

• 4Q Software enablement call - Oct 22 at 12PM EST.
Reg link

• 4Q Hardware Enablement call - Oct 21 at 2PM EST. (NEW DATE)
Reg link

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Automation

Lunch & Learn: Optimizing VMware Environments for Performance and Efficiency with Turbonomic

Optimize your VMware environment with IBM Turbonomic.
TD SYNNEX is inviting you to a Lunch N Learn webinar that’s piled high with the good stuff about how IBM Turbonomic can supercharge your VMware environment. You’ll also get a pizza!

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IBM Automation Virtual Coffee Talk - What's new & exciting about IBM's Turbonomic

TD SYNNEX and IBM want to have coffee with you! Join us this fall for an in-depth look at IBM Turbonomic as we discuss how the platform works and recent updates, as well as new features and enhancements designed to optimize your IT infrastructure and improve your performance.

As a thank you, you’ll receive access to a virtual class on The Art of Pumpkin Spice Coffee and Tea and a gift box full of all the ingredients and supplies needed to begin crafting sweet drinks!

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Data/AI

Webinar Template for BPs

The NCA team & I have decided to run a webinar series that will focus on best practices in the New Client Acquisition (NCA) & Small and Medium Business (SMB) spaces. We have gotten feedback from the BPs that they want to work and grow in these spaces but would like more enablement/help. This webinar is here to be the first step to assist them in success in these spaces.

Attached above is a word document that will be the template for an email to your respective BPs. Webinars are held once a month, on the second Thursday of each month, 12:00pm - 12:45pm ET, through March 13, 2025. Each month will be focusing on a different brand, starting with Data & AI.

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IBM Cloud

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

IBM Power 6% price increase planned for January 2025

IBM is preparing to release their annual global price harmonization, with new prices becoming effective on 1 January 2025. Their annual price harmonization is based on inflation and other macro-economic indicators, which helps ensure stability and consistency over time. Partners can continue to leverage the current pricing until the end of 2024.

What changes?
– IBM Software: 6% increase globally across the portfolio.
– IBM Power: 6% increase across High-end/Mid-Range offerings, excluding highly elastic scale-out offerings.
– IBM Storage: 6% increase across Flash/Mid-Range Tape/ESS, excluding DS8K/Tape increases, SAN + Ready Nodes, LTO Tape & Media.
– Technology Lifecycle Services: 4% to 6% increase across Non-Expert Care offerings.
– IBM Cloud: 2% to 5% increase across select offerings in IAAS/PAAS, excluding VMware.

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PROMOTION! Sweep the Floor of P7 and P8 with new P10 Scale-out

IBM has announced a new promotion that offers an additional upfront margin on eligible P10 Scale-out Value Seller transactions when replacing P7 or P8 server.

The intent of the promotion is to help move the last POWER7 and POWER8 clients to Power10. IBM sales teams and Business Partners should work together to find ways to use the increased margin to help clients with challenges they have moving to Power10, such as offsetting the cost of migration services or costs of testing older code on Power10 and lowering the price to the customer.

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Register for the IBM SKO4 Americas Call on 15 October 2024

Join your peers for the IBM SKO4 Americas Call on 15 October 2024, to discover sales strategies and best practices to help you achieve your 2024 goals.

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POWER9 Activation Feature Withdrawals

IBM plans to withdraw all processor, memory and related activations on POWER9 systems.
- Announce: 7/9/2024
- Effective: 12/31/2024
- Systems: Power E980, E950, and all S924, S922, S914, H924 and H922 models

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Capacity Reset from POWER8 to Power10

IBM is offering significant investment protection to clients that move older technology to selected Power10 systems. Receive a Power E1080, E1050 or S1024 core activation at no charge for every 2 cores of POWER8 removed. Announce and Available for price quote on August 27, 2024. GA/e-config availability on Oct 8, 2024.

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Try IBM Power Virtual Server for Free with PowerVS2000

New IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS) clients who deploy PowerVS Quickstart receive $2,000 Cloud credits, allowing them to try PowerVS for up three months at no cost. For questions and more information, please contact Mark Martin, Product Manager, IBM Power Virtual Server, by email at Mark.Martin@ibm.com.

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NEW MyDM Disaster Recovery as a Service on PowerVS

Start prospecting today with the new Disaster Recovery as a Service on IBM Power Virtual Server campaign. The Campaign kit includes a digital campaign, and assets designed for your prospecting needs.

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IBM Webinar on newly updated IBM Power Store, October 16, 2024, 2pm EST

Join us on October 16th at 2pm EST to discover the newly updated IBM Power Store (previously known as Power Digital Platform). Find out how you can grow your market presence and drive your Power pipeline with a co-branded IBM Power Store landing page and unique URL, provided at no cost to our business partners.

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TD SYNNEX Power & Storage Partner Quarterly Call, October 29th at 2pm EST

Join us on October 29th at 2pm EST for our quarterly Partner call. During this call we review the latest IBM news, announcements, incentives, and events.
Speakers:
Highlights – John Ellis, Sr. Director, IBM Systems and Services
Power – Bob Friske, IBM Power Brand Manager
Storage – Jim Oller, IBM Storage Brand Manager

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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
Watch On-Demand

What's new in the Red Hat build of Keycloak 24
Watch On-Demand

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Security

upcoming IBM TechXchange Conference 2024 on October 21-24, 2024

We're excited about these changes and believe they will greatly enhance your overall IBM TechXchange Community experience. Join us at the upcoming IBM TechXchange Conference 2024 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on October 21-24, 2024 to meet your community leaders in person!

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Services

Expert Care Storage Summary Sheet - Sept 2024

Expert Care Power Summary Sheet - Sept 2024

TLS Flipbook - Sept 2024 with LINK

TLS Deal Registration Updated FAQ for Partners - Sept 30, 2024

Microsoft Support + Proactive Advisor, Ecosystems Lunch & Learn Invitation 10/31/24

Date/Time: October 31th, 2024 | 10:30am – 11:30am EST
Anderson Ferreira de Moura, Global Offering Manager, will introduce how Business Partners can provide enhanced & proactive support for Microsoft environments.

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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 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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IBM FlashSystems SAN Bundle Extended to Entire Flash portfolio

IBM FlashSystem b-type SAN Value Bundle: Extended Across the FlashSystem Portfolio

Following the success of the SAN value bundle for FlashSystem entry models, we have now extended the bundle across the complete FlashSystem portfolio. Customers can receive up to a 20% discount on their SAN when bundling their purchase with FlashSystem 5000, 7300 and 9500 arrays to ensure optimum performance, autonomous features, cyber resiliency and high-availability end-to-end storage solutions.

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IBM Storage Scale System 6000 Receives NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD Approval

IBM Storage Scale System 6000 Receives NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD Approval
We're excited to announce that IBM Storage Scale System is now an approved storage solution for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. Learn more about the testing requirements and how Scale 6000 exceeded them.

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IBM Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage

IBM Named a Leader Once Again in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage
For the seventeenth consecutive time, IBM has been recognized as a leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage. Read the blog and access the full report that outlines the strengths across the Storage portfolio that position IBM as a primary storage leader once again.

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4Q IBM Infrastructure Partner Marketing Enablement Webinar

4Q IBM Infrastructure Partner Marketing Enablement - October 21 @ 2pm ET
Join the 4Q IBM Infrastructure Partner Marketing Enablement session on October 21 at 2 PM EST to hear about new and exciting Power, Storage, IBM Z & LinuxONE Ecosystem marketing content and tools to ensure you finish 2024 strong while building your infrastructure solutions pipeline for 2025

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