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"IBM continues to demonstrate its commitment to building a smarter planet by growing its partner ecosystem in a way that most effectively serves its customers. This innovative program distinctly differentiates IBM’s channel program by rewarding partners like Ascendant, who deliver real value to IBM customers. IBM Software Value Plus is a huge and important step towards making the IBM channel a healthy and prosperous garden."
- Rob Thomas, Vice President of Sales

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"By leveraging IBM, we are better able to deliver business results that accelerate growth and maintain a competitive advantage. With "IBM Software Value Plus", we are able to cultivate meaningful collaborative relationships with both IBM and our customers that foster innovation and ultimately drive collective business success."
- Dave Kemper, Managing Partner

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"IBM is helping Enterprise Information Management, Inc. (EIM) accelerate its plan to ensure our entire technical division dedicated to deliver enhanced solutions to our customers, is certified on IBM technology. This initiative will allow us to stay competitive on quality solutions in a demanding marketplace, rather than relying on price alone. As a result, customers can expect to get more value out of the powerful solutions we offer."
- Matthew Garst, Director, Global Sales and Marketing

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"As an IBM premier Business partner for many years, we are very excited by IBM Software Value Plus. It reinforces what we have held to be true for many years - the value that we deliver to the Customer should be greater than just software plus services. It should be a complete solution that provides them the ability to continue to expand the solution, and consequently their investment in IBM and enChoice. This program will help reward and incent true 'value add' business partners, like enChoice, who continue to invest in education and marketing with IBM to deliver and build complete IBM software solutions that result in Customer satisfaction, loyalty and longevity."
- Terence Goodwin, EVP, Professional Services

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"This announcement underscores IBM’s recognition that IBM Business Partners with deep IBM product knowledge coupled with an equally deep understanding of business needs provide real value to both IBM as well as the IBM user community. This initiative establishes more rigorous thresholds’ for IBM Business Partners that will help insure that these Partners will be identified and promoted to the user community for everyone’s mutual benefit. Congratulations IBM for another enlightened channel policy!"
- Jerry Sforza, President / Chief Executive Officer

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"We have seen IBM’s commitment to partners continually improve. They have clearly recognized the investments partners have made in their organization and are making further strides in aligning their objectives with their partner community through this strategic initiative. IBM Tivoli Software is the foundation for our BSM reference architecture. The combined quality of their products and their channel programs is a testament to why we continue to grow our IBM license revenue."
- Payal Kindger, EVP Marketing and General Manager

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"We’re thrilled about IBM’s initiative to structure software channel programs that really focus on rewarding business partners who are bringing and adding value to the process," said Jeff Davis, President and Chief Operating Officer of Perficient. "Helping enterprises succeed by deploying and then fully leveraging their investments across the entire IBM technology portfolio is where we shine."
- Bill Davis, Director of Marketing & Corporate Communication

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"With the launch of IBM’s Software Value Plus it is clear that IBM recognizes the value a highly skilled business partner can play in the growth and success of its software business," said Nicolas Jabbour, CEO at Prolifics. "At Prolifics, we have invested heavily in building up our depth and breadth of skills across the entire IBM software portfolio. We are very excited that this new program protects that investment and offers increased revenue potential."
- Nicolas Jabbour, Chief Executive Officer

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"SIS applauds IBM for listening to their partners and taking on such a significant effort to adapt to the changing marketplace. Re-engineering an entire software distribution model is no small task - the fact that IBM has stepped up speaks volumes of their commitment to both their partners and customers. "
- Kirsten Craft, Chief Operating Officer

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"This initiative reinforces IBM’s commitment to value-based partners and, more importantly, what customers need most: comprehensive solutions that combine great products with proven expertise and services - not just boxed products - that enable success. Ultramatics is now in an even stronger position to ‘deliver on the SOA promise,’ to apply our technical expertise as well as business domain knowledge to create flexible and agile solutions for our customers. "
- Saru Seshadri, President & Chief Executive Officer

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