RE: IBM i vendor maintenance increases

IBM Hardware renewal remained the same, no increase.
IBM Software renewal saw a 17.4 % increase.

Paul

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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DrFranken
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 10:10 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: IBM i vendor maintenance increases

IBM Bumps their prices 'occasionally' and this was a year they did. We definitely see other vendors doing this by increasing the percentage of the purchase price for annual maintenance. Many are now at the 20% level.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.Frankeni.com
www.iDevCloud.com - Personal Development IBM i timeshare service.
www.iInTheCloud.com - Commercial IBM i Cloud Hosting.

On 3/29/2017 9:54 AM, Aaron Bartell wrote:

Have others had IBM i vendors raise their maintenance amounts before?
This past year we experienced a roughly 15% increase in IBM i SWMA. I
don't fault IBM for doing this, nor am I complaining. I am more
curious how common this practice is in the IBM i space and what are
the typical percentage increases.

Aaron Bartell
IBM i hosting, starting at $157/month. litmis.com/spaces

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