Re: IBM i vendor maintenance increases -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: IBM i vendor maintenance increases
From: DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:09:41 -0400
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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

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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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