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  3. January 2005

IBM Maintenance alternatives

LISTEN UP, IBM!

My system administrator just told me that our BP (DSI) has notified us that IBM 
no longer offers 9x5 hardware maintenance contracts on 9406 systems.  This 
machine is in the process of being relocated to St. Louis, MO., to one of our 
corporate data centers, to be used for disaster recovery purposes.

The difference in price for us is around $ 24,000/yr (24x7 maintenance is 
36,000, we were previously paying around $ 12,000 for 9x5 maintenance).  

SO -
We are now looking for an alternative maintenance vendor.  
We don't need 24x7 maintenance, and we also _don't_ like IBM trying to 
strong-arm us into a 24x7 contract.

Any suggestions?

Steve

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