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Financing promotionsBlue Blade Bundle |
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A Blue Blade Bundle provides your clients with a comprehensive solution built on IBM BladeCenter chassis and blade servers, IBM ServicePac® services, and storage.
And IBM Global Financing is making this deal even sweeter, with affordable monthly payments and a renewal option to lock-in savings. IBM Global Financing provides financing flexibility to design and build energy-friendly data centers, including financing for select facility design and construction, IT hardware, software, and consulting from IBM as well as other vendors.
Together, these offerings make your investment in BladeCenter not just smarter, but also more secure. And they're only available from IBM and IBM Global Financing. | |
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Financial: Rising global energy costs/ Shrinking IT budgets / IT needs to support business growth
- How does your client currently fund their IT acquisitions?
- Does your client need flexible terms, designed to meet budget requirements?
- Does your client have another part of your business that would give them a greater return than an investment in technology?
- Clarify your client's business needs and pain points for energy efficiency for both facilities and IT equipment
- Validate funding and executive owner
- Does your client need help acquiring IBM and non-IBM IT solutions - - - hardware, software and services?
Environmental: Large carbon footprint / poor energy consumption
- Is your client prepared to deal with environmental disposal and data security on unwanted IT equipment?
- Offer IBM white papers and other thought leadership materials
- Showcase IBM references
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- Leasing reduces risk and provides a hedge against technology obsolescence
- Leasing offers payment and term flexibility tailored to match either project or revenue-generation milestones
- Leasing preserves cash and credit lines for more strategic investments such as facilities expansion, increased research and development, sales force expansion or receivables financing
- Leasing enables more acquisitions within their current budget
- Leasing accelerates implementation of economically attractive new technologies
- Leasing reduces total cost of ownership and improves price-performance
- Leasing improves key financial measurements such as return on assets or debt-to-equity ratios
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A proactive corporate IT policy is now an essential part of any company's overall business strategy. Customizable blade solutions from IBM can form the foundation of a cohesive technology management strategy that can help optimize space, maximize cash flow, reduce the total cost of ownership and maintain your client's competitive edge.
IBM and IBM Global Financing understand the issues that affect business and information technology, and are in a position to help clients capitalize on them in terms of corporate responsibility and profitability.
This is a great time to discuss sweeping the floor of current technology, which is being depreciated at more unfavorable rates, and replacing it with new technology which can benefit from the low financing rates and options. | |
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ServicePac Rebate program for BPs:
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Blue Blade Bundle
Special pricing, services and financing on IBM BladeCenter solutions
To make sure you clients get the solution that fits their organization's needs, they can build a bundle with any of the following options:
IBM BladeCenter solutions
IBM BladeCenter servers support a wide selection of processor technologies and operating systems to allow clients to run all of their diverse workloads inside a single architecture. More
IBM BladeCenter Flexible Choice
Lease an IBM BladeCenter chassis for up to 60 months, and at a special low rate, and lease the blades for 36 to 60 months, with below-market rates, also at a great rate. There's a pre-stated renewal option at 24 months for all blades acquired as part of the solution. And you can get IBM Low Rate Financing on any additional blades you install to fill out the chassis in the future. More
IBM ServicePacs
Choose from a variety of IBM ServicePac specialized support services to make the most of your BladeCenter and storage technology investment. Each prepackaged service comes with a fixed priced and fixed scope. More
IBM Low Rate Financing
Get below-market rates on virtually every IBM brand: As low as 3.00% in the United States or 2.60% in Canada for eligible hardware; as low as 3.60% in the United States or 3.20% in Canada on eligible software and Global Business Services; and as low as 5.70% in the United States on eligible Global Technology Services. More
Software financing
Finance virtually any type of one-time charge software from IBM or third-party software vendors, either as a stand-alone acquisition or in combination with hardware and services. More
Environmentally safe disposal
For assets with no value, IBM Asset Recovery Solutions recovers or recycles components that can be salvaged, and then safely disposes of whatever's left in compliance with state, local, federal and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) laws and regulations. More
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- How do you currently fund your IT acquisitions?
- Are you aware that IBM Global Financing offers below-market financing rates and allows you to upgrade mid-lease?
- Do you know that leasing provides you with the flexibility to return, renew, extend or purchase your equipment at the end of your lease?
- Have you heard that IBM Global Financing provides complete financing for IBM and non-IBM IT solutions hardware, software and services? Perhaps you would like to consider including additional projects to a lease proposal?
- Are you familiar with our flexible terms, designed to meet your budget requirements?
- Is there another part of your business that would give you a greater return than an investment in technology?
- Do you know that leasing allows for environmentally friendly disposal and data security when the asset is returned at end of lease?
- Do you realize that upon transition to a new IT solution, you can sell or dispose of your obsolete or excess IT equipment to IBM Global Financing?
- Would you like to discuss your financial and budgeting objectives with our IBM Global Financing team?
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- Do I need to become an expert on financing to sell this?
- What are the major benefits to promote with a client?
- Below-market-rates
- Flexibility to return, renew, extend or purchase your equipment at the end of your lease
- Environmentally friendly disposal and data security when the asset is returned at end of lease
- Client can sell or dispose of their obsolete or excess IT equipment with IBM Global Financing
- How long will this be available?
- Available until withdrawn
- What channels does this apply to?
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Find an IGF rep
How IT Financing from IBM Global Financing can help your clients
How IT Financing from IBM Global Financing can help your business
The benefits of leasing vs. purchasing: A primer for reluctant clients
Financial glossary | |
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| IBM Global Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit LLC in the United States and other IBM subsidiaries and divisions worldwide to qualified commercial and government clients. Rates are based on a client's credit rating, financing terms, offering type, equipment type and options, and may vary by country. Other restrictions may apply. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice. |
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