RE: Office Vision in V5R1 and the new VAE requirements.

["Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Also, has anybody heard about the new VAE (Value Added Enhancement)
> requirements for BP which prevents them from selling hardware outside
> 150 miles radius if no VAE software like the expensive Websphere (not
> the 57xx-WDS) is added in?
>
> Here is the blurb from announcement 502-046.
> This announcement corrects the information in several IBM
> e(logo)server iSeries software-related announcements about the sale
> of iSeries software without a Value Added Enhancement (VAE) and
> further emphasizes that IBM will bill applicable Subscription After
> License charges for software subscription.

Dave,

Where are you going here?  IBM has generally tried to force their
partners to concentrate on customers they can help.  If you're looking
to implement Domino on the box, they want a partner who has demonstrated
expertise in that product and who has a geographic presence in the area.
Likewise with JD Edwards, eCommerce, etc.  The rules are convoluted,
overly complex, and more often honored in the breach rather than the
observance; but they do try to force some quality-control on the BP
relationships.

One of the results of this which benefits us as customers, is that when
our software subscription gets close to expiration, we don't get
telemarketed by every IBM business partner in the country.  If there
were no limitations on software subscription, I hesitate to think what
would happen.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse