IBM WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks for z/OS, V1.2 now offers more performance, less complexity, and better control
IBM United States Software Announcement 205-100April 26, 2005
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Network integration infrastructure for high-volume, accurate payment message processing
Immediate and future network connectivity and financial message application integration requirements are met with:
- Open architecture platform
- Flexibility
- Message transformation, routing, authentication, and validation
- Message warehousing
- Event logging
- Support for SWIFTNet FIN, InterAct, and FileAct
- Investment protection, MERVA support
To support financial institutions in their efforts to enlarge their SIPN-based financial message processing and associated financial applications, WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks for z/OS, V1.2 addresses customer recommendations and requirements. The new release contains a large variety of enhancements and new features. The major enhancements relate to:
- Improved performance
- Enhanced message warehousing, monitoring, and audit data recording
- Improved customization, installation, and configuration changes
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at
800-IBM-CALL
(Reference: YE001).
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To help financial institutions remain competitive in the ever-changing world of finance, IBM delivers WebSphere® Business Integration for Financial Networks for z/OS®, V1.2. This is the IBM on demand financial messaging solution for the finance industry. It provides a single-window infrastructure to support integration of financial messaging applications used by financial institutions and corporations.
Features that deliver this integration include: message transformation, message routing, message authentication and validation, audit recording, monitoring, message storage in a message warehouse, processing of SWIFTNet FIN and InterAct messages, and transfer and compression of SWIFTNet FileAct files.
To help ensure a robust, reliable, and high-volume message transfer environment, WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks is based on industry-proven IBM middleware products, such as DB2 Universal Database®, WebSphere MQ, and WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker.
WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks for z/OS, V1.2 delivers the following enhancements.
WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks Base
- Performance improvements
- Enhanced message warehouse, monitoring, and audit data recording functionality
- Message counting using WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker V5.0
- Customization, installation, and configuration change improvements
- Selective configuration provider node
- Immediate activation of configuration changes
WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks, Extension for SWIFTNet, Support for SWIFTNet InterAct, and Support for SWIFTNet FileAct
- SWIFTAlliance Gateway (SAG) event template management
- Improved OAMS administration program
- Message counting using WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker V5.0
- Trusted FIN application
- FileAct compression and decompression
- Direct SAG access
- FileAct via SAG running on Windows™
- FileAct via SAG running on Solaris
- InterAct Store and Forward (SnF) session control
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Software requirements
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Hardware requirements
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April 29, 2005
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IBM WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks provides a single-window infrastructure to support integration of financial applications used by financial institutions and corporations. It combines integration-layer and network interface-layer functionality, while providing a highly flexible messaging infrastructure for financial applications.
Features that deliver this integration include:
- Message transformation
- Message routing
- Message authentication and validation
- Audit recording
- Monitoring
- Message storage in a message warehouse
- Processing of SWIFTNet FIN and InterAct messages
- Transfer and compression of SWIFTNet FileAct files
The shared services offered by WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks include services to centralize common tasks, such as access control, recording audit data, and event handling and logging. These shared services also provide the means to centrally customize and administer the entire system, which helps make operating your IT environment more efficient and cost-effective. You can use a graphical editor to rapidly build standard, uniform services and applications that meet your specialized needs — enabling you to respond quickly to industry changes. The use of shared services lets you quickly integrate new applications, and makes it easier to maintain existing applications, which can lead to significant cost reductions. Key functions of WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks shared services include:
- The ability to transform, validate, authenticate, and route SWIFTNet FIN and InterAct messages, and to transfer and compress FileAct files
- A single window to SWIFTNet and other financial networks that helps reduce the complexity of network operations
- Message warehouse, a search-optimized IBM DB2® database that stores messages in XML format, handled by WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks, enabling users to quickly locate a specific message
- Audit and event logging capabilities that you can use to collect information about all message-related and user-related data and system activities, and make that information available for operator or management review
- Role-based access control with double authorization (two persons are required) for all security-relevant administration tasks, which greatly enhances overall security
- The ability to segregate data by organizational units, which is indispensable to financial service providers who serve several financial institutions
To help ensure a robust, reliable, and resilient environment, WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks is based on industry-proven IBM middleware products, such as DB2 Universal Database, WebSphere MQ, and WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker.
In addition, WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks for z/OS, V1.2 delivers the following enhancements:
WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks
Base
- Performance optimization
- Enhanced message warehouse, monitoring, and audit recording functionality
- Message counting by using WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker 5.0
- Customization, installation, and configuration change improvements
- Selective configuration provider node
- Immediate activation of configuration changes
WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks
Extension for SWIFTNet
Support for SWIFTNet InterAct
Support for SWIFTNet FileAct
- SAG event template management
- Improved OAMS administration program
- Message counting by using WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker 5.0
- Trusted FIN application
- FileAct compression/decompression
- Direct SAG access
- FileAct via SAG running on Windows
- FileAct via SAG running on Solaris
- InterAct Store and Forward (SnF) session control
WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks Bridge for SWIFTNet
WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks Bridge for SWIFTNet is not included in V1.2.
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WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks is the IBM on demand solution for financial message processing. It provides a highly flexible messaging infrastructure for financial applications, and thereby takes advantage of new technologies while establishing a single window to financial network services.
WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks can be used as a financial message-based integration layer and as a network interface layer to build solutions like the following examples:
Wholesale payments — This solution is a set of IBM products and services that includes WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks. With this solution, you can integrate and manage payment processes across your enterprise and beyond, and streamline related processes, including high-value, bulk, and cross-border payments, as well as cash management and treasury services. By streamlining these processes, you can increase efficiency and reduce your operational costs.
Liquidity management — IBM Liquidity Manager offers centralized management of multicurrency and multichannel liquidity. This liquidity is managed across Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), netting, and correspondent channels, as well as for nostro accounts. Its functions include monitoring, forecasting, matching and reconciliation, and rules-based scheduling.
Bulk payments — Based on the SWIFTNet FileAct service, this solution enables you to exchange bulked payments with your counterparts. To reduce file-processing cost, WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks provides configurable file-compression capabilities.
Cash reporting — This solution uses WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks to access and provide comprehensive cash-reporting information. It increases operational efficiency and improves the level of services financial institutions can provide to their clients. This solution is also certified by SWIFT.
Investment funds distribution — This solution processes investment funds in compliance with ISO 15022 FIN message templates. It includes message processing to support order initiation, order confirmation, order status, and balance reporting. Assisted by the single-window infrastructure of WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks, this solution helps reduce cost, improve operational efficiency, and enhance straight-through processing (STP). It includes a specific investment funds distribution (IFD) message set to support routing and message transformation, and InterAct Store and Forward.
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The appropriate curriculum will include the enhancements described in this announcement.
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The following publications are available in .pdf format at
WebSphere® Business Integration for Financial Networks Base
- Concepts and Components
- Planning, Installation and Customization
- System Administration
- Application Programming
- Messages and Codes
- Program Directory z/OS®
WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks
Extension for SWIFTNet
Support for SWIFTNet InterAct
Support for SWIFTNet FileAct
- Concepts and Components
- Planning, Installation and Customization
- System Administration
- Application Programming
- Messages and Codes
- Program Directory z/OS
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Specified operating environment
Hardware requirements
A customer ordering WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks on z/OS, with or without the SWIFTNet features, must have the following hardware:
Any Year-2000 ready hardware explicitly compatible and fully capable of running the specified operating system, the corresponding software, and associated applications unmodified. Responsibility to provide a statement of full compatibility between machines lies with the original equipment provider.
Server products: Any server capable of running the listed z/OS release and WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker for z/OS, V5.0.1.
Specific hardware requirements for Microsoft™ Windows™ workstation:
- Intel™ Uniprocessor
- 512 MB RAM
- Any communication hardware supporting the selected WebSphere MQ connection to WebSphere MQ running on z/OS
A customer ordering WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks Extension for SWIFTNet on z/OS must have the following hardware, in addition to those listed above:
Additional hardware requirements for Extension for SWIFTNet, Support for SWIFTNet InterAct, Support for SWIFTNet FileAct:
The hardware requirements for the SWIFTAlliance Gateway are defined by SWIFT.
In addition to the SWIFT requirements, the following hardware and storage requirements:
- 30 MB of disk space, if recommended JRE is installed (otherwise 80 MB)
- 30 to 100 MB of disk space for traces (depending on trace level)
- Network Adapter as defined by SWIFT
Hardware requirements for MERVA ESA:
For hardware requirements for MERVA ESA, refer to Software Announcement 299-108 , dated May 4, 1999.
Software requirements
The following are software prerequisites for IBM WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks for z/OS, V1.2:
WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks Base for z/OS:
- z/OS 1.4 (5694-A01) at RSU0302, or later
- z/OS 1.4 (5694-A01) Security Server feature (optional)
- DB2® UDB for z/OS V8.1 (5625-DB2) or DB2 UDB for z/OS V7.1 (5675-DB2) at RSU0301 and PUT0301, plus PTFs for APARs PQ69311 and PQ74296
- IBM SQLJ V8 (5625-DB2) or IBM SQLJ V7 (5675-DB2)
- WebSphere MQ for z/OS V5.3.1 (5655-F10)
- WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker for z/OS V5.0.1 (5655-K60) CSD 4 (limited license included)
- XML Toolkit for z/OS V1.6 (5655-J51)
- IBM C/C++ compiler (5647-A01) (optional, to be used if modified sample programs are to be compiled)
- IBM SDK for z/OS, Java™ 2 Technology Edition V1.4.2 (5655-I56)
WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks for z/OS
Extension for SWIFTNet
Support for SWIFTNet InterAct
Support for SWIFTNet FileAct
- WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks Base on z/OS V1.2 (5639-N50) and its prerequisites
- IBM MERVA for ESA MVS™ V4.1 (5648-B29) with WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks PTF UQ93527 if transferring SWIFTNet FIN messages
- IBM MERVA ESA Components V4.2 (5648-B30) if transferring SWIFTNet FIN messages
- WebSphere MQ for z/OS V5.3.1 (5655-F10), client attachment feature to be installed on the same environment as the Extension for SWIFTNet or Support for SWIFTNet InterAct or Support for SWIFTNet FileAct, if the SAG workstation uses WebSphere MQ Client
- Network File System (NFS) Server corresponding with the z/OS system installed (only required if Support for SWIFTNet FileAct is using NFS)
- SWIFT Alliance Gateway (for details, refer to SAG section)
SWIFTAlliance Gateway Workstation
Note: Installation of SWIFTAlliance Gateway Add-On is mandatory.
A SWIFTAlliance Gateway V5.0.1 (provided by S.W.I.F.T. SCRL) is used in conjunction with Extension for SWIFTNet on z/OS, and can be installed on the following systems:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4
- AIX® V5.2 (5692-A5L) with maintenance level 02 (ML02)
- Solaris 9
SWIFTAlliance Gateway Add-On requires the following:
- Operating system as required by SWIFTAlliance gateway (AIX, Windows, or Solaris)
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One of the following is recommended:
- IBM AIX Java Run-time Environment (JRE) 1.4.0
- Sun Solaris JRE 1.4.2
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SWIFTAlliance Gateway 5.0.1 plus
- SWIFTAlliance Gateway Remote API
- SWIFTNet Link
- MQ Host Adapter (MQHA) feature, mandatory for Extension for SWIFTNet or Support for SWIFTNet InterAct, or Support for SWIFTNet FileAct using MQHA
- File Transfer Agent (FTA), mandatory if Support for SWIFTNet FileAct is used
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WebSphere MQ Client V5.3
or
WebSphere MQ for AIX/Solaris/Windows V5.3 (depending on the SAG OS)
SWIFTAlliance WebStation
If Support for SWIFTNet FileAct is used, a SWIFTAlliance Web Station V5 is required. Otherwise, it can be used to display information.
Software prerequisites for documentation:
Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 (or higher), or an equivalent tool, for displaying PDF documents
Performance considerations: With this new release, IBM continues to improve performance significantly in various areas of the product. Due to the stringent performance and throughput requirements communicated by customers, IBM intensively focused on performance metrics and continuously provided updates with performance improvements.
Planning information
Packaging
Packaging of IBM WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks for z/OS, V1.2 consists of:
Base feature
- 3480 tape containing z/OS code for Base
- 3480 tape containing Distribution Hub
- 3 — 3480 tapes containing WebSphere Business Integration Event Broker for z/OS V5
- 3480 tape containing WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker for z/OS V5
- Base Program Directory GI19-0031
- Base License Information document GH12-6826
Other features
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Extension for SWIFTNet
- 3480 tape containing z/OS code for Extension for SWIFTNet
- CD containing workstation software titled: IBM WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks Extension for SWIFTNet SWIFTAlliance Gateway Add-On LCD4-5366
- Extension for SWIFTNet Program Directory GI19-0032
- Extension for SWIFTNet License Information document GH12-6827
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Support for SWIFTNet InterAct
- 3480 tape containing z/OS code for Extension for SWIFTNet
- CD containing workstation software LCD4-5366
- Extension for SWIFTNet Program Directory GI19-0032
- Extension for SWIFTNet License Information document GH12-6827
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Support for SWIFTNet FileAct
- 3480 tape containing z/OS code for Extension for SWIFTNet
- CD containing workstation software LCD4-5366
- Extension for SWIFTNet Program Directory GI19-0032
- Extension for SWIFTNet License Information document GH12-6827
Security, auditability, and control
WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks uses the security and auditability features of
the system operating system. The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and
implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in
application systems and communication facilities.
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The charge unit for the following features of WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks is Value Unit.
- Base
- Extension for SWIFTNet
- Support for SWIFTNet InterAct
The charge unit for WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks Support for SWIFTNet FileAct feature is Per Engine.
New licensees:
The CFSW configurator stand-alone path for 5639-N50 will be updated to support WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks on April 26, 2005. For 5639-N50, media is only shipped via Customized Offerings (ServerPac, SystemPac® and CBPDO). CFSW configuration and order-entry capability will commence with CBPDO on April 26, 2005.
Value Unit Exhibit VUE002
Usage VU/Message Minimum Maximum Tier 1 250 1 1 Tier 2 0.0195 2 10,000 Tier 3 0.0053 10,001 100,000 Tier 4 0.0016 100,001 1,000,000 Tier 5 0.0010 1,000,001 n
An example of converting 1.5 million (1,500,000) messages to Value Units is shown below:
Messages VUs/ Value
Usage by tier message units
Tier 1 1 250 250
Tier 2 9,999 0.0195 195
Tier 3 90,000 0.0053 477
Tier 4 900,000 0.0016 1440
Tier 5 500,000 0.0010 500
Total 1,500,000 2862
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Basic license: To order, specify the program product number and the appropriate license or charge option. Also, specify the desired distribution medium. To suppress shipment of media, select the license-only option in CFSW.
Program name: WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks
Program PID: 5639-N50
Entitlement License option/
identifier Description pricing metric
S00X621 WebSphere Business Basic OTC,
Integration Financial Value Units
Networks Base
S00X6XW Extension for SWIFTNet Basic OTC,
Value Units
S011S2N Support for SWIFTNet Basic OTC,
InterAct Value Units
S011S30 Support for SWIFTNet Basic OTC,
FileAct Engine
Orderable Distribution
supply ID: Language medium
S00X617 WebSphere Business English 3480
Integration Financial
Networks Base
S00XHLV Extension for English 3480
SWIFTNet
S011S2G Support for English 3480
SWIFTNet InterAct
S011S2J Support for English 3480
SWIFTNet FileAct
Subscription and Support PID 5639-N51
Entitlement License option/
identifier Description pricing metric
S00X61X Base Basic ALC, Value
Units SW S&S
Basic MLC, Value
Units SW S&S(1)
No Charge,
Decline SW S&S
S00X7JF Extension for Basic ALC, Value
SWIFTNet Units SW S&S
Basic MLC, Value
Units SW S&S(1)
No Charge,
Decline SW S&S
S011V1X Support for Basic ALC, Value
SWIFTNet Units SW S&S
InterAct Basic MLC, Value
Units SW S&S(1)
No Charge,
Decline SW S&S
S011V1Z Support for Basic ALC,
SWIFTNet Engine SW S&S
FileAct Basic MLC,
Engine SW S&S(1)
No Charge,
Decline SW S&S
- 1
- For Europe, Middle East, Asia (EMEA) only
Orderable Distribution
supply ID: Language medium
S00X61Z Base English Paper
S00XHLX Extension for English Paper
SWIFTNet
S011TSV Support for SWIFTNet English Paper
InterAct
S011TSX Support for SWIFTNet English Paper
FileAct
Customized Offerings
Product media is shipped only via Customized Offerings (for example, CBPDO, ServerPac, SystemPac).
Non-customized items (CDs, diskettes, source media, media kits) will continue to be shipped via the
stand-alone product.
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Licensing: IBM International Program License Agreement. Proofs of Entitlement (PoE) are required for all authorized use.
These products are licensed under the IBM Program License Agreement (IPLA), and the associated Agreement for Acquisition of Support, and the Addendum for Support Z125-6435 which provides for support with ongoing access to releases and versions of the program. These programs have a one-time license charge for use of the program and an annual renewable charge for the enhanced support that includes telephone assistance (voice support for defects during normal business hours) as well as access to updates, releases, and versions of the program as long as support is in effect. S/390® and zSeries® IBM Operational Support Services — SoftwareXcel is an option for those customers who desire added services.
Limited warranty applies: Yes
Warranty: This program has warranty for a minimum of one year from acquisition from IBM or authorized IBM Business Partner. The warranty provided to the customer, for at least one year from acquisition, is access to databases (read Web sites) for program information and FAQs, including any known fixes to defects, which the customer can download or obtain otherwise and install at leisure.
Program support: Enhanced Support, called Subscription and Support, includes telephone assistance (voice support for defects during normal business hours) as well as access to updates, releases, and versions of the program as long as support is in effect. The customer will be notified of discontinuance of support with 12 months' notice.
Money-back guarantee: If for any reason you are dissatisfied with the Program, return it within 30 days from the invoice date, to the party (either IBM or its reseller) from whom you acquired it, for a refund. This applies only to your first acquisition of the Program.
Copy and use on home/portable computer: No
Volume orders (IVO): No
Passport Advantage® applies: No
Usage restriction: Yes
Use limitation applies
Support for SWIFTNet FileAct
Support for SWIFTNet FileAct is a fixed price feature. The charge unit is Per Engine.
Message-based pricing
Pricing for the following program features is based on the volume of "message units" used by a licensed user. "Message units" will be calculated for each program feature:
- Extension for SWIFTNet (SWIFTNet FIN messages)
- Support for SWIFTNet InterAct
A "message unit" is defined as a transaction that is external to the program. Such transactions are typically measured when leaving the program and entering the network or network access controller (such as the SWIFTAlliance Gateway), and when leaving the network or network access controller (such as the SWIFTAlliance Gateway) and entering the program.
Extension for SWIFTNet and Support for SWIFTNet InterAct: for these services, it is important to note that a transaction may constitute a single "message unit" even though the transaction includes multiple messages. For example, a single SWIFTNet FIN message unit may consist of:
- The FIN message
- An associated InterAct message
- The acknowledgment message from SWIFTNet (ACK in case of a positive response) with its associated InterAct message
On the other hand, a business service may consist of multiple transactions that constitute multiple "message units." For example, when a SWIFTNet FIN payment order gets confirmed by the receiving bank, this constitutes two transactions and two message units.
The volume of "message units" that is relevant for pricing purposes is the total number of monthly message units of each service a licensed user sends and receives using the program based on the peak monthly message volume from the preceding 12 months.
Initial pricing: Initial pricing will be calculated based on either:
- The customer's peak monthly messages from the history reports the customer provides for the preceding 12 months
- The customer's estimation of its anticipated peak monthly message volume
If initial pricing was based on a customer's estimate, the customer shall utilize either the message counting procedure identified by IBM to create a message usage report or another message usage reporting mechanism agreed by IBM for extensions developed external to IBM for each month during the first six months. The customer agrees to send these six message usage reports to IBM in the seventh month for assessment of the monthly message volumes. If the peak monthly volume is higher than the estimate used in initial pricing, the customer will be charged for additional licenses and maintenance.
Subsequent pricing/Annual adjustment: Pricing of the program for the second year and subsequent years will be reassessed based on relevant message-based usage reports provided by the customer. Appropriate pricing of the program for the following year will be determined based on the peak monthly volume in the preceding 12 months. In addition to the annual maintenance fees for the product originally licensed, additional license and maintenance fees will apply if the peak monthly volume is higher than the volume used in the prior year pricing calculation.
Duty of End Users to cooperate: To support the message-based pricing described above, each end user of the program also agrees:
- To promptly install any enabling code required for message-based pricing.
- To collect and provide to IBM the relevant message usage report at least once per year, and to retain that data for at least six months after providing it to IBM.
- To measure message usage based on the latest message counting mechanism provided by IBM, and to conduct such measurements in accordance with new terms specified in new versions or releases of the program.
- To send to IBM the message usage report for each license of the program the end user possesses.
- That usage data which reflect increased usage will be deemed to be orders placed by the end user without further action on the end user's part, and that IBM is authorized to make any resulting billing increase. (Late submission of usage reports will result in retroactive billing.)
- That, for so long as message-based pricing remains in effect for the program, and for six months thereafter, IBM has the right to review the data used to prepare the usage report for the previous six months. The review will be at the end user's premises, at the mutual convenience of IBM and the end user, during the end user's normal business hours, and in a manner that minimizes disruption to the end user's business. IBM may use an independent auditor for this with the end user's prior approval, which will not be unreasonably withheld. If the end user prefers the review to occur off its premises, the end user may send data to IBM.
Software Maintenance applies: No
For Operating System software, the revised IBM Operational Support Services — SoftwareXcel offering will provide support for those operating systems and associated products that are not available with the newly announced Software Maintenance offering. This will ensure total support coverage for your enterprise needs, including IBM and selected non-IBM products. For complete lists of products supported under both the current and revised SoftwareXcel offering, visit
For additional information on the revised IBM Operational Support Services, refer to Services Announcement 601-023 , dated July 10, 2001.
IBM operational support services — SoftwareXcel: Yes
Other support: Subscription Support
iSeries™ Software Maintenance applies: No
Variable charges apply: No
Educational allowance available:
Yes, 15% education allowance applies to qualified education
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Program name: WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks
Program PID: 5639-N50
Entitlement
identifier Description
S00X621 WebSphere Business Integration
Financial Networks Base
S00X6XW Extension for SWIFTNet
S011S2N Support for SWIFTNet InterAct
S011S30 Support for SWIFTNet FileAct
Subscription and Support PID 5639-N51
Entitlement identifier Description S00X61X Base S00X7JF Extension for SWIFTNet S011V1X Support for SWIFTNet InterAct S011V1Z Support for SWIFTNet FileAct
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