Join the alliance to transform data centers

The alliance program for the new enterprise data center helps clients find and understand the capabilities of hardware and software companies that support IBM's vision of delivering end-to-end solutions designed to transform data centers.

Align your vision with ours
Our program is designed to highlight vendors like you who share our vision to provide compelling solutions for our clients. Your level of interoperability with IBM offerings and support for open standards will allow ease of integration, investment protection, and flexibility demanded by our customers.

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Requirements to join:

You are an independent hardware of software vendor that offers products or solutions that align with IBM's vision
You are willing to provide a statement of support for IBM's vision
You are willing to indicate which open standards your offerings support or plan to support
You offerings have interoperability with one or more IBM platforms (servers, storage, management software) and service offerings

Mutual benefits for alliance partners
As a member of the alliance program for the new enterprise data center, you will increase your visibility and deepen your partnership with IBM. Your support for IBM's vision and overview of offerings will be published on the IBM new enterprise data center alliance portal. You will also be shown as part the ecosystem in IBM's client presentation on new enterprise data center vision and have increased exposure through IBM sponsored external events, interoperability announcements, and joint client success stories.

Take the next step — join the alliance program
If your products or solutions are designed to help reduce data center costs, improve scalability and efficiency; alleviate energy constraints; improve energy efficiency; enhance service delivery; and improve overall customer satisfaction — consider becoming an alliance member.

Requesting to joining the alliance program is easy. Simply complete and submit this short membership application form. An IBM representative will then contact you to discuss your application and answer any questions you may have.