IBM Announcement 909-120 states: Effective June 30, 2010, IBM® will withdraw from marketing the IBM System z9® Business Class (z9TM BC) and System z9 Enterprise Class (z9 EC), all models, features, and upgrades.
We purchased a 2096 with Q02 capacity (335MIPs/47MSU) in 2008. It is currently running as a 2096-T01 (242MIPS/34MSU). Our IBM re-seller is telling us if we do not turn on the additional capacity by June 30, 2011, we will lose it. Currently, we do not need the capacity. Our projections show we will need some of it 2012 Q1. Several questions. Has anyone lost capacity they purchased because of this IBM policy? Are there 3rd party companies that can provide the upgrade service? Can additional memory be purchased from a third party company and the box still supported by IBM? If yes to last 2 questions - can you provide company names? Any other comments on this topic may be appreciated. Thanks. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy any copies of this document. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
