The IBM PartnerWorld® program revalidation grace period will begin 1 January 2022, for the month of January. During this time, you will continue to receive your PartnerWorld program benefits based on your 2021 achievements until the end of January 2022.
IBM has announced Power Systems price actions will take effect on January 3, 2022.
Use these pending price increases to give clients advance notice and close deals now in 4Q 2021!
Scale-out Price Changes Announcement Letter:
Midrange / High End Price Changes Announcement Letter:
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Leverage the excitement of Power10 as a reason to call scale-out customers…help them meet their immediate capacity requirements with Power9 until Power10 scale-out is available. Tech Data and IBM 4Q 2021 Incentives
IBM Security® X-Force® is tracking a recent disclosure regarding a high severity vulnerability that may impacts your clients.
Apache Log4j is a tool for logging activities in Java® software. Developers and programmers use the library to note the activities of their applications and servers. While Apache has issued a patch to remediate the vulnerability, unpatched software could be exploited by loading arbitrary Java code on the server. This could enable an attacker to take complete control of the system.
X-Force is closely monitoring the situation and we have created resources which provide an overview of the vulnerability and how organizations can protect themselves.
Read the blog on Security Intelligence
Access the replay of the session with IBM X-Force experts to learn more about the vulnerability and how organizations can reduce the risk of an attack.
Visit and bookmark the Seismic page for useful resources including the client deck
Storage ServicePacs
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View more information! Contact your account rep or nancyann.west@techdata.com with any questions.
View Document of the performance comparison numbers for Power7 to Power10 servers to include CPW and rPerf
Please watch the REPLAY of the IBM Power Systems Spotlight Session - "What's New with Oracle on Power". We provide information on offerings, upcoming events and the competition to include the IBM Oracle Cloud Racks Solution, an alternative to Oracle Exadata.
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Power VS 101 Workshop
Jan. 13, 2022 | 9:30am CT/10:30am ET (4 hour lab) | Register
Hear an overview of the IBM Power Virtual Server running AIX, IBM i, and Linux. The session will go in-depth and cover the following:
Power VS 201 IBM i Workshop
Jan. 27, 2022 | 9:30am CT/10:30am ET (4 hour lab) | Register
Attend for an in-depth overview with labs of advanced topics of Power Virtual Server running IBM i in the IBM Cloud, including Advanced Networking, Migration, HA/DR, and Backup.
Power VS 201 AIX Workshop
Feb. 3, 2022 | 9:30am CT/10:30am ET (4 hour lab) | Register
The session provide an in-depth overview with labs of advanced topics on IBM Power Virtual Server running AIX on the IBM Cloud, including Advanced Networking, Migration, HA/DR, and Backup.
Power VS 301 Red Hat Openshift Workshop
Feb. 10, 2022 | 9:30am CT/10:30am ET (4 hour lab) | Register
Get in-depth overview with labs of advanced topics on Red Hat Openshift (Open Cloud Private or OCP) with IBM Power Virtual Server on the IBM Cloud.
January 13 | Registration Coming Soon
Sales KickOff (SKO) is back to get your 2022 off to a great start. IBM will be hosting everyone together virtually for a live kick-off on January 13th that will align strategy and focus for 2022.
IBM is focused on open hybrid cloud and AI and has a clear strategy. IBM sellers and the partner ecosystem are the winning team - our go-to-market engine, providing expertise and coverage for existing and prospective IBM clients.
There will be SKOs each quarter in 2022. SKSKO1 is centered on activating team IBM (Sellers and Partners) collaboratively around deals to expand our reach and deliver the best possible client experience.
A series of activities will follow in your geographies, bookmark this page at https://ibm.seismic.com/Link/Content/DCBEiZAe5QFUa_L3kooxxTmg and stay tuned!
Registration will be coming soon!
The Tech Data team has planned the 2022 Quarterly Business Partner Calls where we review the latest IBM Systems news, announcements, incentives, and events to help you sell more IBM Systems.
Register for all dates at once! All events begin at 2:00 pm EST/1:00 pm CST.
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Speakers:
January 25 | 10:00am EST | Register
This IBM Power Hour will compare and contrast the IBM Power Virtual Server to x86 cloud. Please register and join this informative session.
