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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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Learn all about the Watsonx AI and Data Fabric Platform with our new videos

TD SYNNEX has several short, informative videos to help you learn all about the IBM® watsonx™ AI and data fabric platform.
This platform includes three core components, and a set of AI assistants designed to help you scale and accelerate the impact of AI with your trusted data across your business. Enterprises turn to watsonx because it is:

• Open: Based on open technologies that provide a variety of models to cover enterprise use cases and support compliance initiatives.
• Targeted: Targeted to specific enterprise domains like HR, customer service or IT operations to unlock new value.
• Trusted: Designed with principles of transparency, responsibility, and governance so you can manage ethical and accuracy concerns.
• Empowering: Go beyond being an AI user and become an AI value creator, owning the value your models create.

Click here to see all the videos and select the ones you want to view.

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Power

IBM Systems 2025 Quarterly Partner Calls

Join us for the 2025 IBM Systems Quarterly Partner Calls where we review the latest IBM Systems news, announcements, incentives and events.
Register for all dates at once! All webinars begin at 2pm EST / 1pm CST.

April 29, 2025
July 22, 2025
October 21, 2025

Speakers:
IBM Systems Highlights - 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 1Q Power Rewards for Sell and Earn

IBM Power Rewards has re-launched! See the 1Q updated benefit values for IBM Business Partner Sellers and Technical Sellers and how to qualify to earn IBM Power Rewards for proposing and selling eligible IBM Power to both new and existing accounts.
-- Earn up to $4,000 when selling IBM Power to First-in-Enterprise end clients
-- Earn up to $15,000 for selling IBM Power Modernization solutions
-- Earn up to $20,000 for selling Power VS solutions

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IBM 1Q Power Rewards for Propose and Earn

In 2025 individuals can earn KYI points for conducting the following types of pre-sales activities with First in Enterprise Power clients: Demos, PoXs, Benchmarks, Workshops, Assessments, Client Engineering and Center of Excellence Engagements.
-- Earn $600 for Power Virtual Server pre-sales activities
-- Earn $500 for SAP, Red Hat, Open-Source DB pre-sales activities
-- Earn $800 for AI on Power pre-sales activities

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IBM Changes to Manufacturing for Power and Storage

IBM manufacturing will be going through a transition in April and will not build or ship any Power servers or Storage during the month of April due to this transition. If you have end users that require Power or Storage in April or early May please get them to order in March. We can price and place orders in April but nothing will ship.

Please contact your TD SYNNEX Rep for any questions.

IBM Power Sweep the Floor Promotion for 1H 2025

IBM has re-announced the Sweep the Floor promotion to the Americas Geography effective February 3, 2025. This promotion offers an additional upfront margin on eligible Power10 Scale-out Value Seller transactions when replacing POWER7, POWER8 and/or POWER9 systems.

The intent of the promotion is to help move POWER7, POWER8 and POWER9 clients to Power 10. 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 Power 10, such as offsetting the cost of migration services or costs of testing older code on Power10 and lowering the price to the customer.

Business Partners work with your Distributors to certify your eligibility for this promotion and complete the requirements to receive the promotional margin.

Select offer code WWSCO10 (US & LA), WWSCO10C (CA) on eligible scale-out ePricer Value Seller bids
Attach the completed certification letter to the bid

Eligible systems:
9028-21B                      Power System S1012
9105-22A                      Power System S1022
9105-22B                      Power System S1022
9105-41B                      Power System S1014
9105-42A                      Power System S1024

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Services

Notice of price change for Hardware Maintenance Services on select IBM SAN Network devices

Eligible Equipment and Price Increases:
IBM Product IBM Machine Type and Model Increase%
SAN IBM-Broadcom 2498-F96 (Broadcom End-of-Life) 553%
SAN IBM-Broadcom 2498-R06 (Broadcom End-of-Life) 1105%
SAN IBM-Broadcom 8960-F24 34

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2024 Winback Program extended thru 1H 2025

The Winback Program has been extended through 1H 2025. Opportunity must be signed and registered by June 30, 2025.

- 100% Hardware Reestablishment Fee (HW ReFee) waiver
- 100% After License Fee (ALF) waiver
- Special Bid Discounts will be reviewed and approved

Targeting clients with machines off IBM HWMA for 90 days or more.
Include additional HW services and SWMA/SW Services (if applicable).
Work with your VSR to submit the request in Conga. Reference TLS_Winback24 in request

Request must not conflict or compete with an existing hardware tech refresh opportunity.

Discontinuance of service for select IBM Power Systems products - Replacements available

Services withdrawal: Discontinuance of service for select IBM Power Systems products - Replacements available
Published: 28 January 2025 AD25-0134 Services

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EOS R/G spreadsheet update 2-6-25

Minor change to the R-G EOS Lising - Business Partner file.

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2025 IBM Technology Lifecycle Services Power Expert Care Price Change (US, Canada, Caribbean Countries)

Clarifying points regarding the below price increase announcement and the hardware prices that increased effective 01/01/25.

1. Hardware price increase announced 09/03/24 with effective date of 01/01/25 also impacts Expert Care because the Expert Care cost is a percentage of the hardware cost. This will impact Expert Care at time of hardware sale AND renewal.

2. Expert Care price increase announced 02/03/25 with effective date of 03/01/25 impacts Expert Care at time of hardware AND renewal.

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2025 IBM Technology Lifecycle Services Hardware Maintenance Price Change for GTMS & Media Retention Services

See announcement for details.

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Feb 19th- FlashMail: TechXchange Webinar Series - Is your IT support AI ready?

Revolutionizing IT Support with AI and Automation, featuring our key speakers Bala Rajaraman, IBM TLS CTO, and Kelly Ryan, VP of Delivery for IBM TLS
• February 19th, 2025 at 11:00am (EST)

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Software

2025 Software Partner Calls

Register once to attend all four quarterly calls.

Join the TD SYNNEX and IBM Software brands as we discuss important updates and highlights to accelerate your sales in 2025.

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Storage

IBM Systems 2025 Quarterly Partner Calls

IBM Changes to Manufacturing for Power and Storage

Storage Virtualization and FlashSystem Technical Update Webinar

Storage Virtualize 8.7.3/FlashSystem Technical Update - February 24 @ 11am ET

Come and learn how IBM is moving the standard forward with an update to Storage Virtualize 8.7.3 and FlashSystem hardware. Designed for IBM Technical Storage sellers and Business Partners, this session is technical in nature and intended to be internal until announce on February 25, 2025

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Live Webinar: Revolutionize Data Management: From Complexity to Simplicity

Please encourage your end users to attend this important announcement on IBM Storage Data Management solutions.
Managing your data center means architecting your data storage with lifecycle management strategies in mind for balancing performance, availability, and cost all while keeping up with current and future data requirements. Join us live on Feb 25, 2025, at 11 am EST/4 pm GMT to learn how to revolutionize your data center management by transforming manual, complex data storage into a simple, platform-managed system and experience.

Join us live

Feb 25, 2025, at 11 am EST/4 pm GMT

Speakers:

Scott Baker - CMO, IBM Storage
Alistair Symon - Vice President of Storage Systems Development

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