Arrow ECS IBM Group Newsletter

Power Competitive Boot Camp - Austin, TX, July 16-18, 2012

The Power Systems Competitive Boot Camp, Austin, TX, is a 3 day event. The goal of the Power vs VMware/Competitive x86/Lintel Boot Camp is to provide in-depth competitive face-to-face education for Power Seller, FTSS and Business Partner attendees to give them the tools needed to counter the competitive threat primarily from VMware/x86/Lintel.

IBM PureSystems "Ask the Experts" Business Partner Weekly Call begins May 16

A series of IBM PureSystems "Ask the Experts" Business Partner calls have been scheduled to run every Wednesday from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. EDT through the end of June. This is your opportunity to pose questions live to IBM PureSystems subject matter experts.

IT Migration: Expert Panel Discussion Virtual Event - May 22

This cross brand STG virtual event will feature valuable information for your competitive systems clients to hear from IBM experts, industry experts and an industry peer all discussing the life cycle of an IT migration,including considerations, benefits and challenges.

IBM i for Business Intelligence Technical Solution Workshop

The 2.5 Day Solution Workshop will be held in Rochester Minnesota on May 22-24. The workshop is designed to provide you with the required skills to sell and service analytics offerings built for Power Systems, targeted for mid-market IBM i clients. There is no charge for the workshop, all travel and living expenses are the responsibility of the participant.

Power Competitive Update Call - May 3

IBM’s next generation of integrated workload optimized Power Systems and software offerings are redefining performance.  POWER7 can help you deliver services faster, with higher quality and superior economics. Sellers can benefit from this strong momentum by continuing to exploit the superiority of the POWER7 portfolio of offerings as the replacement for HP / Oracle UNIX and x86 systems. 

CC1204-094: IBM Power Systems 2Q Sales Incentive for IBM i V5 End Users

On February 7, 2012, IBM announced the withdrawal of service for the IBM i V5R4 operating system, effective September 30, 2013. It's important that IBM Business Partners focus on migrating these End Users from old iSeries, System i or Power technology to  POWER7 and IBM i V6R1 or V7 prior to the withdrawal deadline, to enable the End User to take advantage of the benefits of POWER7. Through this incentive, IBM is offering an additional discount for these opportunities. The additional discount for an opportunity must be approved by your IBM Distributor. For additional details on the Power Systems 2Q Sales Incentive for IBM i V5 End Users, contact your IBM Distributor.

CC1204-091: IBM Power Systems 2Q2012 Sales Incentive

To provide focus on early opportunity identification of IBM Business Partner opportunities, Systems Software clothing and up sell for Power Systems servers in 2Q, IBM is offering additional discount on select IBM Power Systems servers, IBM i, AIX and Systems software products when purchased with a new Power server or model conversion. The additional discount for the opportunity must be approved by your IBM Distributor. For additional details on the Power Systems 2Q Sales Incentive, contact your IBM Distributor.

Share the savings! Your clients save on IBM training...You save big on IBM training events!

Help your clients maximize their investment in IBM hardware. Reward your clients* with a 10 percent discount on eligible IBM systems training classes. For every 10 students who enroll and attend eligible IBM training beginning April 16, 2012, but no later than October 15, 2012, you receive an incredible 90 percent discount on attendance for one seat at these 2012 IBM Storage and Technology University events:

Tech Talk: IBM i License Transfer

As we move customers from IBM i 5.4 to IBM i 7.1, ordering and moving licenses from machine to machine can generate many questions.  This tech talk will assist in sorting through some of the more common pitfalls.

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Americas Power Systems Competitive Update Call

IBM’s next generation of integrated workload optimized Power Systems and software offerings are redefining performance.  POWER7 can help you deliver services faster, with higher quality and superior economics. Sellers can benefit from this strong momentum by continuing to exploit the superiority of the POWER7 portfolio of offerings as the replacement for HP / Oracle UNIX and x86 systems.