Price Change(s):Price change(s): Price Increase in UK for IBM Passport Advantage, Passport Advantage Express, and Selected Configured Software – Effective October 1, 2016


Announcement Number:316-169
Announcement Date:Jul 26 2016
Effective Date:Oct 01 2016

Overview


Effective October 1, 2016, IBM is announcing a price increase across the software product portfolio.

Passport Advantage Express Suggested Retail Prices (SRP), Passport Advantage Suggested Volume Prices (SVP) and selected Configured Software as applicable, for the following categories of products, are included in this announcement:

o Passport Advantage Eligible Products from Analytics, Cloud Software, Commerce, IBM Systems, Internet of Things, Security Software, Social, Watson Health and Watson Solutions Brands.
o Media and documentation packs associated with the Passport Advantage Eligible Products.
o Other non-Passport Advantage selected Configured Software Products.

For most products, the following price changes will apply:

Prices will increase by 7% in UK

For affected eligible products and their associated media and documentation packs, price changes are applicable for all eligible product offerings including:

Software License and 12-months Software Subscription & Support (S&S)
Trade up License and 12-months Software S&S
Software S&S Renewal and Reinstatement
Monthly Licensing
Selected Software as a Service (SaaS)
Selected Configured Software

Price changes are applicable for Software S&S Renewals pertaining to a coverage period beginning on or after December 1, 2016 regardless of when payment is received.

Price changes for new Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription and new Monthly Licensing commitment periods become effective October 1, 2016.


Marketing Channels


· IBM Business Partner -- Distributors for Workstation Software
· IBM Business Partner -- Resellers for Workstation Software

Affected Countries:

These price changes are applicable in the following countries:
Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, United Kingdom

Customer Letter Section


Prices



Business Partner information


Announced pricing will be available on August 16, 2016 from IBM or from your IBM Business Partner.

IBM Distributors, Direct resellers, and Indirect resellers may link directly to Business Partner information for the corresponding Business Partner announcement. Due to participation eligibility, Business Partners may not be able to view every offer. A PartnerWorld® ID and password are required (use IBM ID).

BP Announcement Letter 516-162


Trademarks


IBM, Passport Advantage and PartnerWorld are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both.

Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

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