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IBM System i 520 Collaboration Edition

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Michael RousseauxWW System i Offering ManagerCollaboration Technologies

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IBM System i 520 Collaboration Edition

A powerful, flexible and cost effective alternative to runningCollaboration applications on Windows servers

Deploy Lotus Domino, IBM Workplace or WebSphere Portalsolutions with the flexibility and security of i5/OS

Specially-configured 1-way 520 Collaboration Edition with theminimum memory and disk needed for performance to run collaboration applications

– 1-way POWER5+ 1.9GHz with L3 cache

– 8200 MCU (Mail & Calendar Users Benchmark)

– One i5/OS License

– 4-32GB Memory

– 4-278 Disk Drives, 35GB or more per disk

– Select either RAID or mirroring disk protection

Customers Qualify with select WPLC (Workplace Portal Lotus Collaboration) Software

Announcement 05/09/2006, General Availability and Configurator Support 06/13/2006

IBM SWG sponsored “Move to Lotus Notes/Domino” Business Partner promotion for System i announced 5/9

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Price comparison:

520 Standard Edition sample

hardware configuration

520 Collaboration Edition sample

hardware configuration

Savings

USA List Price* $45,397 $30,197 $15,200

520 sample configuration prices include: 1-Way Standard Edition or Collaboration Edition 4GB memory (four 1GB features) Four 35GB disk drives 40MB write cache for embedded disk controller (#5727) DVD ROM VXA-320 tape drive Serial-to-UPS conversion cable i5/OS Operating System

520 sample configuration prices include: 1-Way Standard Edition or Collaboration Edition 4GB memory (four 1GB features) Four 35GB disk drives 40MB write cache for embedded disk controller (#5727) DVD ROM VXA-320 tape drive Serial-to-UPS conversion cable i5/OS Operating System

33% Savings

* Price will vary by country and is subject to change

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520 Collaboration Edition Qualification Requirements

11 Ways to qualify

1= Lotus CEO Lotus Communications - 70 Licenses

2= Lotus Domino Collaboration Express - 125 Licenses

3= Lotus Sametime - 350 User Licensee

4= Lotus QuickPlace - 350 User Licenses

5= IBM WebSphere Portal Express – 10 x 20 User Packs

6= IBM Lotus Document Manager – 160 User Licenses

7= IBM Workplace Services Express – 7 x 20 User Packs

8= IBM Software Solution on Demand Workplace - 40 User licenses

9= IBM WebSphere Portal Enable – 1 Processor Based License

10= Workplace Collaboration Services – 1 Processor Based License

11= Sametime Extranet – 1 Processor Based License

Customers can qualify for the Collaboration Edition by

1. Purchasing select new IBM Collaboration software licenses (see table, below)

2. Transferring existing IBM Collaboration software licenses to the new Collaboration Edition

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System i and WPLC offer a very secure and reliable way to manage your business communications ....

Here is what our customers say ….

"For us, the big advantage of iSeries and Domino is the availability of the system. It is extremely stable and requires relatively little management, so the cost of ownership is

low."

Patrick Baucy, Director of Administration and IT, DAS

"For us, the big advantage of iSeries and Domino is the availability of the system. It is extremely stable and requires relatively little management, so the cost of ownership is

low."

Patrick Baucy, Director of Administration and IT, DAS

“The stability and security of Notes is one of the key features…that makes it a fundamental part of our business strategy….Continuity is the key to my

business. I can’t continue to retrain my people on a new paradigm every four years because my software development company decided to

change…. Lotus is stable.”

Ray Causey, Senior Manager, Kaiser Permanente

“The stability and security of Notes is one of the key features…that makes it a fundamental part of our business strategy….Continuity is the key to my

business. I can’t continue to retrain my people on a new paradigm every four years because my software development company decided to

change…. Lotus is stable.”

Ray Causey, Senior Manager, Kaiser Permanente

“We love the virus free environment, the 99.997% uptime, and the fact that we have no security breaches.”

Barry Winnick, attorney and director of technology, Tyler, Cooper and Alcorn

“We love the virus free environment, the 99.997% uptime, and the fact that we have no security breaches.”

Barry Winnick, attorney and director of technology, Tyler, Cooper and Alcorn

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System i and WPLC offer a very secure and reliable way to manage your business communications ....

Benefits to selling WPLC software on System i:

Simplicity: System i Wizards can turn days of implementation into minutes – faster time to benefit

Integration: Your software sale doesn’t get stalled by their infrastructure decisions because everything runs on one platform.

Scalability: Many customers have capacity available to run WPLC – no hardware purchase required

Reliability: legendary; “it just sits in the corner and runs” What is CTRL- ALT-DEL .. We don’t have a clue what that is !!!!

Flexibility: Can improve application availability and manageability by running multiple versions, multiple products , multiple instances simultaneously

Loyalty: System i customers love their systems and have consistently the highest satisfaction ratings in the industry

Benefits to selling WPLC software on System i:

Simplicity: System i Wizards can turn days of implementation into minutes – faster time to benefit

Integration: Your software sale doesn’t get stalled by their infrastructure decisions because everything runs on one platform.

Scalability: Many customers have capacity available to run WPLC – no hardware purchase required

Reliability: legendary; “it just sits in the corner and runs” What is CTRL- ALT-DEL .. We don’t have a clue what that is !!!!

Flexibility: Can improve application availability and manageability by running multiple versions, multiple products , multiple instances simultaneously

Loyalty: System i customers love their systems and have consistently the highest satisfaction ratings in the industry

Benefits to customers of running WPLC software on System i:

Simplicity: IT Staff can focus on business rather than technology issues because the System i requires less of their time to maintain.

Faster ROI: System i Wizards turn days of implementation into minutes – faster time to benefit

Integration: Collaboration applications typically run faster and work better on System i because of its integration with software

Scalability: Up to 350% more users on one system using the same application than Wintel based on IBM benchmarks. Fewer servers to maintain means more staff time for business innovation.

Reliability: legendary; “it just sits in the corner and runs” “Ctrl-Alt-Delete” We don’t have a clue what that is with System i

Flexibility: Should improve application availability and manageability by running multiple versions, multiple products , multiple instances simultaneously

Satisfaction: Customers love their System i – customer satisfaction rankings are consistently the highest

Benefits to customers of running WPLC software on System i:

Simplicity: IT Staff can focus on business rather than technology issues because the System i requires less of their time to maintain.

Faster ROI: System i Wizards turn days of implementation into minutes – faster time to benefit

Integration: Collaboration applications typically run faster and work better on System i because of its integration with software

Scalability: Up to 350% more users on one system using the same application than Wintel based on IBM benchmarks. Fewer servers to maintain means more staff time for business innovation.

Reliability: legendary; “it just sits in the corner and runs” “Ctrl-Alt-Delete” We don’t have a clue what that is with System i

Flexibility: Should improve application availability and manageability by running multiple versions, multiple products , multiple instances simultaneously

Satisfaction: Customers love their System i – customer satisfaction rankings are consistently the highest

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System i 520 Collaboration EditionGiving your customers more reasons to choose System i

System i has always been a great platform to run WPLC applications.The new i520 Collaboration Edition gives our SMB customers even more

reasons to choose System i for collaboration. The Collaboration Edition is:

Powerful– Unprecedented capability on entry level systems to run IBM’s leading Collaboration solutions

– Up to 350% more users than the same application running on Windows based on IBM Benchmarks

Flexible– Deploy Lotus Domino, IBM Workplace or WebSphere Portal solutions with the flexibility and

security of i5/OS– Customers can customize/add capacity to meet their needs

Cost effective alternative to running Collaboration on Windows servers– Competitively-priced total solution -- System i and WPLC applications -- for SMB– Great TCO for SMB– Improved customer ROI with improved price performance

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Sell more on System i with the Collaboration Edition

Reason of call for installed DSD customers and other System i customers running back-level hardware and software– Leverage Domino 7 upgrades

Emphasize System i commitment to Domino customers Competitively priced lead-with offering for SMB – door-opener to sell

both systems and software:– WPLC portfolio of collaboration applications– System i 520 Collaboration Edition, other new systems, or drive

capacity utilization on current systems Leverage impending events:

– Microsoft Exchange 2007 requires 64 bit servers Note 1 – Domino 7 Upgrades

Note1: Microsoft publicly announced 12/14/2006 that Exchange 2007 will require 64 bit servers

Best Opportunities

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Target SMB Opportunities

Replace existing System i running Domino:

– Dedicated Server for Domino (DSD)

– Other systems running Domino

Take out competitive hardware running Domino in System i and non-System i accounts

Drive new collaboration applications in System i accounts

– Workplace Services Express

– Sametime/QuickPlace

– Portal

Microsoft Exchange customers looking for alternatives

Target DSD models for the 550 Domino Edition

820 4-way offerings (2427 & 2458)

810 2-way offering (0771)

825 4-way and 6-way offerings (0772 & 0773)

Target DSD models for the 520 Collaboration Edition

170 (2407, 2408,2409

270 (2422,2423,2424,2452,2453,2454)

810 (0769,0770)

820 (2456,2457)

Best Opportunities

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Domino MCU RatingsModel n-way name software tier FC # MCU

520 1-way Collaboration Edition, P10 7691 8,200

170 1-way, Dedicated Server for Domino (DSD) P05 2407 N/A*

170 1-way DSD, P05 2408 N/A*

170 1-way DSD, P10 2409 N/A*

270 1-way DSD, P05 2422 1,600

270 1-way DSD, P05 2423 2,570

270 2-way DSD, P10 2424 5,050

270 1-way DSD, P05 2452 3,070

270 2-way DSD, P10 2454 6,660

820 1-way DSD, P05 2425 2,570

820 2-way DSD, P10 2426 5,610

820 1-way DSD, P05 2456 3,110

820 2-way DSD, P10 2457 6,660

810 1-way iSeries for Domino, P10 2466 3,100

810 1-way iSeries for Domino, P10 2467 4,200

810 2-way iSeries for Domino, P20 2469 7,900MCU = Mail Calendar User. Benchmark of combined mail and calendar usage* MCU benchmark data not available, published much lighter weight Simple Mail User ratings of 1300, 2300, 4300 respectfullyNote the 1/4-way 550 Domino Edition probably a better choice to replace larger 2-way and 4-way system

This is a lot of horsepower …. And it can be upgraded to a 2-way if necessary!!

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