IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment

Laptops, desktops, servers & more at great savings

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IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment* is the best way to save on servers, storage solutions, notebooks, peripherals and other products from IBM and other manufacturers. With immediate availability they come fully tested and certified by IBM, with a 90-day warranty and with financing available for credit qualified clients.

More and more businesses today are choosing used equipment as an affordable alternative to:

Replace obsolete equipment
extend the use of legacy systems,
optimize IT portfolio budgets with a mix of new and used equipment or
support secondary or less critical applications

In fact, IDC reports that 70% of surveyed clients have purchased IT equipment over the past two years.

IBM Certified Pre-owned equipment can provide you a proven strategy for a more cost-efficient technology solution with the quality you expect.

We offer the largest selection of IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment

IBM Certified Pre-owned servers & storage
Browse and buy the highest quality refurbished and certified servers, storage & networking equipment from IBM and other manufacturers. All at the right price and passing our stringent quality assurance tests to help provide clients with consistent performance.

IBM Certified Pre-owned PC products & peripherals
We also offer certified pre-owned PCs and peripherals from other manufacturers, certified by IBM at great savings that fit any budget.

IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment bundled with maintenance
In partnership with IBM Global Technology Services we offer IBM maintenance and support for your IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment. Learn more about this program that can help you manage your IT systems with the satisfaction and security that comes with being an IBM client.

Special pricing and offers on IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment
Ask about our special offers on laptops, desktops, monitors, peripherals and other products. These offers, which are regularly updated, can provide even more substantial savings to meet any client’s computing needs.

IBM Certified Pre-owned Point-of-sale (POS) systems
Clients and Business Partners can also benefit from high quality, small-price POS from IBM available at significant savings.

Why buy an IBM Certified Pre-owned product?
Every IBM Certified Pre-owned product* is fully refurbished, tested and certified using rigorous processes and come with a 90 day warranty. IBM manufactured products are further tested using original manufacturing standards to help give you reliability and performance that you expect from IBM.

*Please note that the IBM certification processes for IBM manufactured equipment also include testing using original manufacturing standards.

IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment. RETIRE PLAN ACQUIRE MANAGE. in 2011 99.6% of all IT equipment returned to IBM at end of product lifecycle was either reused, remanufactured or recycled

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Backed by IBM quality, expertise and a 90 day money back guarantee

Every IBM Certified Pre-owned product* is fully refurbished, tested and certified using rigorous processes and come with a 90-day warranty. IBM manufactured products are further tested using original manufacturing standards to assure you the reliability and performance that you expect from IBM. IBM offers clients the comfort and peace of mind and trust based on years of experience, reliability and security.

Why IBM Certified Pre-owned equipment?

Affordability

In addition to great pricing, we offer attractive payment options for credit qualified clients to make our solutions even more affordable with special credit terms for transactions under $250K.

Peace of mind

IBM Global Financing is the worlds’ largest provider of quality IBM Certified pre-owned equipment with operations in 50 countries and has been helping clients of all sizes affordably acquire IBM equipment for nearly 30 years. Our remanufacturing operations processed approx. 741,,000 units in 2012 or approx.14,250 units per week. All remanufacturing locations are certified to industry recognized standards (ISO 14001 – Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Standard).

All IBM Certified Pre-owned equipment is:

fully tested to the latest IBM technology standards
comes with a 90 day money back guarantee
qualifies for IBM maintenance
uses only genuine IBM replacement parts

Flexibility and speed

We can work with you to customize and/or pre-configure the equipment to help accelerate implementation.

We offer side by side technology migrations for certain equipment types to help minimize downtime
Our Fast Ship program can deliver equipment within 24 hours, pre-loaded with software, tested and configured to client specifications

Meet today's IT challenges

Need	IBM advantage
Limited budget; need to lower costs	Lower acquisition costs reduced IT training costs from using existing equipment Lower software license costs from deploying existing equipment type and OS software Affordable backup system
Cost effectively maintain legacy systems	We offer a wide variety of n-1, n-2 IBM quality equipment and parts to help you maintain your current IT environment Upgrade or replace older equipment to your specifications, even if withdrawn from marketing Obtain the benefits of newer IBM technology while holding down costs Add capacity, without breaking the budget Minimize training, software license costs, etc
Temporary or seasonal capacity needs	In stock with 48 hour shipment turnaround; rental options also available Quickly obtain the IT equipment you need; no long lead times Minimize budget impact Meet short term or sudden changes in project requirements quickly Reduce down time or project interruptions Provides a viable alternative for seasonal or peak usage periods Respond quickly to new business opportunities
Minimize downtime	Facilitate side by side IBM to IBM migrations with minimal down time
Moving to the IBM platform	Improve your migration business case with the right mix of new and older IBM technology Upgrade or replace older equipment to your specifications Offset migration costs with buybacks for older, marketable IBM/OEM equipment Easily and quickly upgrade to IBM technology withdrawn from market

Legal notes

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 and availability are based on a client’s credit rating, financing terms, offering type, equipment and product type and options, and may vary by country. Non-hardware items must be one-time, non-recurring charges and are financed by means of loans. Other restrictions may apply. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice and may not be available in all countries.