Introducing IBM’s Storage Assurance: first insight into the program and its benefits

I’ve been so excited by the brand new IBM Storage Assurance program!

The future-ready, all-flash platform is a solution to the pressures to maximise financial resources, improve operational agility, adopt energy efficient solutions, and safeguard data.?

IBM’s Storage Assurance is unlike traditional vendors with complex storage solutions and ownership programs fraught with hidden fees, one-off part replacements, and complicated remediation tactics.

This is a modern approach to IT lifecycle management with a subscription that provides regular hardware and software upgrades plus premium-level Expert Care support to help keep storage infrastructure up to date.?

It provides access to IBM FlashSystem hardware and software innovations to help protect your customers' investments from day one, including the new IBM FlashSystem 5300 (lookout for my next blog where I delve deeper into all things IBM FlashSystem 5300).?

I’ve done a little wrap up as to why your customers would benefit from IBM Storage Assurance…

• Budget certainty?

Achieve budget predictability with transparent, flat and fair rates over 4- or 8-year contracts, offering flexible payment options—annually, quarterly, or monthly. All contracts also include premium-level ExpertCare support, all-inclusive software licensing, and future full-system automatic hardware refreshes.

• Continuous innovation?

Guarantee access to the latest IBM FlashSystem technology advancements with all-inclusive software upgrades and monitoring features available at purchase and guaranteed for future updates.

• Enhanced operational efficiency

Access flexible storage capacity that grows with your business needs and eliminate procurement processes and vendor negotiations, ensuring efficiency in operations and freeing staff to focus on other high-value tasks.

• Eliminate modern IT complexity?

Guarantee full-system automatic hardware upgrades, the option to trade in your system at any time, and non-disruptive system-to-system migrations makes for efficiency across hybrid cloud environments.

• Improved energy efficiency?

Support green initiatives through reduced energy consumption with a guaranteed limit on watts per terabyte (W/TB), with some configurations offering a maximum energy consumption as low as 1.76 W/TB.

• Premium support?

Enjoy Premium-level ExpertCare, including predictive analytics support, capacity planning, monitoring, and reporting with IBM Storage Insights Pro entitlement.

• Robust guarantees?

Customers can enjoy a range of guarantees: non-disruptive system-to-system migrations, price protection, workload performance, end of service, energy efficiency, and more. Contracts include an eight-year full-system guarantee, terminal code level maintenance, and capacity upgrade eligibility.

IBM Storage Assurance gives business’ purchasing power, with a program that delivers client focused guarantees, computational storage with AI-powered data services, and an all-inclusive software integration designed to address customers' most pressing problems.

Message me today to find out more on how your customers can use flexible, robust and resilient storage infrastructure to support critical operations.