IBM IOEM Program
The IBM Indirect OEM program continues IBM’s long history of providing OEM products and solutions to some of the best-known brands in telecommunications, aerospace and defense, healthcare, security and other vital industries. Along with market-leading products, IBM has years of experience supporting and enabling the success of its OEM partners who leverage COTS technology in the applications, solutions and services they provide to their customers.
IBM created the IOEM program specifically to meet the technology requirements and business needs of companies that want to incorporate IBM’s leading technology into their integrated solutions and, at the same time, take advantage of the integration, fulfillment, and warranty services delivered by a world class company like Avnet.
Benefits to IOEM Partners:
- Access to IBM's high-performance, market-leading technology.
- Rigorously tested and reliable hardware.
- Choices of IBM-branded, generic no-logo, or private logo products.
- Long life products - selected OEM platforms leverage Intel embedded CPUs and have a lifecycle up to 3 years.
- Ability to offer IBM's global warranty and support to the end customer (on selected products).
- Title flexibility, where the IOEM partner does not have to take title of the hardware.
- Partnership with an experienced Avnet Embedded team.
IBM Products
Trust the power of decades of system innovation for your OEM platform. IBM offers a variety of systems to help you build OEM better.
The following IBM products are the most widely used in OEM solutions:
IBM Servers and Blades:
System X, Power Systems (System p, System i), BladeCenter
IBM Storage:
Systems Storage Guide
IBM Software:
IBM Director
IBM IOEM Partnership Requirements:
- IOEM solution is based on IBM hardware technology combined with the IOEM partner applications, intellectual property, and/or hardware.
- IOEM solution is a dedicated, purpose-built device.
- IBM hardware comprises less than 35% of the overall solution value.
- IOEM partner owns and retains the rights to its application/IP.
- IOEM partner is headquartered in the United States.
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Avnet also offers access to IBM’s global services and technology experts, helping you increase revenues while saving time and effort managing service calls and support issues. IBM has a variety of support options for you to choose from Contact us today to learn more.
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IBM ISR Program
IBM’s Industry Solution Reseller program is alive and well! Focused on a Unix platform, this US based IBM program makes it easy for ISVs & OEMs to develop on and resell their application with IBM Power products. Authorized products include: IBM System-p, System-i, Storage, and BNT.
Learn more about the ISR Program here.
