I'm pretty sure it affects the US. I have the letter in front of me. It doesn't have an announcement letter number on it, and it is labeled "notice to IBM customers" and it has the normal verbiage about state and local governments.
At least I THINK South Dakota is still part of the US. :-) Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Porowski Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM announces 6% price increase for z/OS Probably not on the US pages because it does not affect the US? From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger Bowler Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 9:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [IBM-MAIN] IBM announces 6% price increase for z/OS For some reason, this announcement doesn't seem to have made it into the IBM press release page at http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/index.wss: Announcement Letter Number ZA11-1053 (Europe Middle East and Africa): "Effective April 1, 2012 the price of IBM z/OS Version 1 will increase. Prices for these recurring charges (MLC) will increase between 5 % and 6% on average depending on the pricing metric. Average VWLC and AWLC increase for a 500 MSU configuration will be around 6%. This pricing announcement does not apply to Entry Workload License Charges (EWLC), Advanced Entry Workload License Charges (AEWLC) or Flat Workload License Charges (FWLC)." See http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/3 /877/ENUSZA11-1053/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en This is in addition to price increases (IBM call them "price changes") of up to 23% on certain IPLA programs announced in ZA11-1061 effective April 1, 2012, which come on top of the 4% - 5% increase for many WebSphere, IMS, and DB2 products effective Jan 1, 2011 (ZA10-1052). Regards, Roger Bowler The information contained in this e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited and that you will be held responsible for any such unauthorized activity, including liability for any resulting damages. As appropriate, such incident(s) may also be reported to law enforcement. If you received this e-mail in error, please reply to sender and destroy or delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
