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- 1. Your solution. Your customer. Your profit. IBM Application-Specific Licensing (ASL) Software with built-in confidence: IBM Application-Specific Licensing
- 2. 2 IBM Application-Specific Licensing (ASL) ibm.com/partnerworld/asl-oem The world continues to get “smaller” and “flatter.” But something else is happening that holds fresh potential: The planet is becoming smarter—more instrumented, more interconnected and more intelligent. The technology is here. Your customers are ready. The time is now. Delivering a total solution to the companies that count on you to help them thrive makes good business sense for you and for your customers. By bundling IBM® software into your solution, you provide your customers with all the software necessary to deploy, run and manage your application. IBM Application-Specific Licensing (ASL) provides you the vehicle to deliver your solution bundled with IBM software under one contract, to anywhere in the world at a fixed price, and supported end-to-end by your organization. Global Offering 1,300+ Partners Hundreds of Solutions Partner Autonomy Application Specific Licensing (ASL) One agreement that allows a world-wide territory except where prohibited Application, Cloud and Managed Service Providers Industry-specific, cross-industry. Brand-specific and cross-brand. You market and sell you solution to your customers and you support those customers. Why IBM software? IBM software is fueled by expertise. Whether it is business, hardware and technology, industry, systems and more, IBM has the unmatched experience and knowledge to understand your needs and help you achieve real results. • IBM software is built for change. It’s open. Easily integrated and flexible. It works with what you have today and is ready for tomorrow. • IBM software is ready for work. It’s industrial strength and scales to meet your needs. Proven so in countless applications around the globe. IBM software, backed by services and support, can help you solve your greatest challenges and create new opportunities. IBM software helps clients build the capabilities to transform their industries. What’s your vision for your organization? Your industry? Your world? Getting the right software will be important. Because on a Smarter Planet, software matters. • Why use IBM Application-Specific Licensing? It’s not just about the discount! There are many benefits for IBM Business Partners who choose to purchase IBM software under the application-specific license agreement: Accelerate your sales cycle. You deliver IBM software, bundled with your solution under one simplified contract, eliminating the need to present multiple contracts to your customers. Improve profitability and client value. Speed up your time to market and reduce your development costs. Use the features and functions of IBM middleware when building your solution. Purchase the IBM software identified in the agreement at a fixed price over the life of the contract and ship that software, bundled with your solution, anywhere in the world. Leverage IBM software technology and expertise. Strengthen account control. You are the single point-of-contact to your customers from pre-sale activity to post-sales technical support. Reduce installation and support costs for your customers. You can continually enhance your solution to operate on the most current release levels of IBM software with IBM software upgrade protection. In addition, when your customers renew their license of your solution, they also renew the purchase of the IBM software, providing more profit for you each year.
- 3. 3 IBM Application-Specific Licensing (ASL) ibm.com/partnerworld/asl-oem ASL Partners provide Solutions for: Analytics & decision management Audit and tax Banking, financial, brokerage management Cargo and transportation management Clinical/electronic medical records systems Content management CRM, ERP, EAM Diagnostic & imaging End point management & protection Facilities management Gaming Health information networks Healthcare clinical, benefits management High availability & performance management HR and payroll Java-based solutions Medication management Networks, communications and mobile devices Payer/Provider, payment services Planning & scheduling Power transmission, energy management Project management Safety and government Security management Service management Simulation and CAD Travel & hospitality - and other solutions • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Solution Software Value Add Selling IBM approves Partner's solution. Partner bundles or integrates IBM Software with its value-add components and distributes the resulting solution to its end-user customers under its own terms and conditions Partner licenses specific IBM software, with limited rights to sub-license it to its end-users as part of its Solution. Any distributed software within Passport Advantage or with an FCT part number could be eligible. Some restrictions may apply. Descriptions of Partner's Solution and its Value-Add are set out in the IBM Transaction Document. Partner is responsible for support of included IBM software components. Partner is the licensee of the IBM software. Pricing based on term and commitment. A separate cost or price for the IBM software is not to be charged or identified to the end user. No reseller incentives apply. What will be in your solution? As an ASL partner, you can bundle your solution with proven industry-leading IBM products that are based on open standards. The IBM software portfolio focuses on delivering solutions that meet your unique business needs now and into the future. Enterprise Content Management: IBM enterprise content management solutions can put your content in context, allowing you to use it to its fullest potential. These industry-specific solutions allow you to capture, activate, share, analyze and govern unstructured data, helping you cut costs, improve efficiency and decrease risk. Information Management: IBM Information Management solutions deliver trusted information throughout your information supply chain and help you analyze your information to gain insights, identify breakdowns, and make better decisions that will optimize your business. The solutions offered include data management, information integration, data security and privacy, data warehousing and analytics, big data, and more. IBM Collaboration Software: IBM Collaboration Software provides solutions that help people inside and outside your organization to connect, collaborate and innovate with one another. By encouraging collaboration, these solutions can help your organization deliver exceptional customer experiences, become more competitive and drive better business results. IBM Rational: IBM Rational products and services help organizations innovate and increase their competitive advantage by transforming the design, development and delivery of IT software and software-embedded products. By increasing innovation, Rational can help organizations improve profitability, increase productivity and reduce overhead costs. Cloud and Smarter Infrastructure: Cloud & Smarter Infrastructure solutions leverage IBM’s market-leading service management software to help clients optimize the value of business infrastructures and technology through improved visibility, control and automation across end-to-end operations. These solutions allow organizations of all sizes and industries to run smarter, more efficiently and with greater agility. Business Analytics: IBM Business Analytics software delivers complete, consistent and accurate information that decision makers can trust. A comprehensive portfolio of business intelligence, performance management, predictive analytics, analytical decision management and risk management gives you clear, immediate and actionable insights you can use to help improve business performance.
- 4. 4 IBM Application-Specific Licensing (ASL) Want to learn more about IBM Software products and capabilities that may fit with your solutions and business model? Gain interactive access to product information and relationships for the IBM software portfolio with the IBM Software Products and Capabilities Navigator. With desktop and mobile editions available, you can easily navigate to enablement assets and learn by: Visit IBM PartnerWorld to view the IBM Software Product and Capabilities Navigator and get started: https://www-304.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/servlet/mem/ spg/ibm_software_product_and_capabilities_navigator/ • Product brand • Product capabilities • Previous product names • Acquisitions Getting started with IBM Application-Specific Licensing If you would like to learn more about application-specific licensing from IBM, contact your IBM account manager, your ASL authorized distributor or visit the IBM software ASL Web site at: ibm.com/partnerworld/asl-oem ibm.com/partnerworld/asl-oem WebSphere: IBM WebSphere is the leading software for on-demand business, delivering business integration, application and transaction infrastructures, portals, application servers, and more. For service-oriented architecture (SOA) environments, WebSphere software offers dynamic, interconnected business processes and highly effective application infrastructures for all business situations. IBM Security: IBM Security solutions allow organizations to protect themselves from risks and ensure compliance. These solutions can help organizations create secure mobile and web applications, protect sensitive data, secure IT infrastructures, protect user access, and detect risks in real time, all without compromising system performance. © Copyright IBM Corporation 2013 Route 100 Somers, NY 10589 U.S.A. Produced in the United States of America June 2013 All Rights Reserved IBM, the IBM logo, ibm.com, Cognos, Lotus, PartnerWorld, Rational, Tivoli and WebSphere are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. If these and other IBM trademarked terms are marked on their first occurrence in this information with a trademark symbol (® or ™), these symbols indicate U.S. registered or common law trade marks owned by IBM at the time this information was published. Such trademarks may also be registered or common law trademarks in other countries. A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the Web at “Copyright and trademark information” at ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml. Microsoft is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. IBM reserves the right to change specifications or other product information without prior notice. This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. References herein to IBM products and services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in other countries. IBM PROVIDES THIS PUBLICATION“AS-IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED ORIMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Some jurisdictions do not allow disclaimer of express or implied warranties in certain transactions without notice. IBM may also make improvements and/or changes in the products and/or the programs described herein at any time without notice. Please Recycle ®