Re: HWMA

[Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I wish I could LOL!

Being an ISV partner for IBM in the last 4 or 5 years has been a grind.  
It's like pulling teeth if you want to buy a box and then it's an 
absolute nightmare to handle SWMA every year.  I had one IBM contact for 
about 15 years that could crank out quotes in 24 hours whether for a 
system or SWMA.  Now it's like 24 weeks...as an interesting side-note:  
I JUST received an invoice for SWMA that renewed in 2020...a good 
example of where IBM is now.

My P9 has a few years left but the SWMA grind is daunting....thankful I 
don't need to handle HWMA...

Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java
GIAC Cloud Penetration Tester
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

On 4/11/2024 8:43 AM, Brad Stone wrote:
> Well, I will be using as a heater in my office until it gets too warm
> out... 🙂
>
> I agree on the cloud thing... but it's easier to get a cloud system set up
> than get in touch with anyone at IBM to buy a new system.  lol.