Financing IBM MobileFirst solutions


[PDF]Financing IBM MobileFirst solutions - Rackcdn.comb1cde2c8ef90b9f04588-2700613ac043861f5eb5a04fb8729f35.r77.cf1.rackcdn.com...

0 downloads 133 Views 761KB Size

IBM Global Financing Solution Brief

Financing IBM MobileFirst solutions IBM Global Financing can help accelerate becoming a mobile enterprise

Highlights ●● ● ●

Optimize purchasing power

Turn up-front costs into predictable payments

●● ● ●

●● ● ●

Preserve cash and credit lines

●● ● ●

Accelerate mobile transformation

Innovative business leaders are discovering the need to make their products, strategies and services available at all times in an increasingly mobile environment. Leaders need strategic funding sources to fuel this investment, since conserving cash remains a business imperative and 70 percent of most IT operating budgets are allocated to maintaining existing technology infrastructure.1 IBM Global Financing can help your business take advantage of mobile opportunities, invest in the future now, and conserve cash. Flexible programs are available for the IBM® MobileFirst platform to finance immediate needs such as software infrastructure, mobile devices and transformational services projects for the value chain.

Remove budget obstacles IBM Global Financing helps you to access capital at competitive rates so that you can address immediate needs and longer term transformational projects. Flexible financing programs can help you address specific requirements for business and IT: ●● ●

●● ●

●● ●

Redefine client interactions for a mobile world. Leaders at a regional bank used financing to provide budget flexibility during the implementation of IBM services and software for a new mobile application. Now, their customers can bank from their smartphones 24x7. Optimize the IT infrastructure to support mobile requirements. A city deployed a cloud-based IT solution, including mobile applications, to increase citizen involvement and to improve operating efficiency. Financing helped the city plan for future growth without incurring large up-front costs Plan and manage the lifecycle of mobile assets. Leasing helped a school district to acquire new mobile devices for student use and will help to optimize the total cost of use throughout the lifecycle.

Access the IT financing expertise required to support your vision IBM Global Financing offers simple contracts with rapid approvals and f lexible payment structures and terms. Attractive leasing programs and loans with rates as low as zero percent are available to creditqualified clients.

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2013 IBM Global Financing North Castle Drive Armonk, NY 10504

Ask your IBM Global Financing representative or IBM Business Partner which option is best for your project:

Produced in the United States of America August 2013 IBM, the IBM logo, ibm.com, and IBM Project Financing are trademarks of International Business Machines Corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Other product and service names might be trademarks of IBM or other companies. A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the web at “Copyright and trademark information” at

Financing option Benefits Loans

●● ● ●● ● ●● ●

Fair Market Value (FMV) leases

●● ●

●● ● ●● ●

IBM Project Financing™

●● ●

●● ●

Affordably acquire the technology you need now Match payment timing with deployment milestones Conserve cash with access to an alternative source of funds Achieve a lower cost of ownership for expert integrated systems, smartphones, tablets and other hardware Increase capacity at any time Shift obsolescence and disposal risk to IBM Global Financing

ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml ­ ­

Secure a dedicated funding source to avoid project delays for large-scale projects Integrate financing for IBM Global Services engagements and IBM and non-IBM hardware and software

The client examples cited are presented for illustrative purposes only. Actual performance results may vary depending on specific configurations and operating conditions.

This document is current as of the initial date of publication and may be changed by IBM at any time. Not all offerings are available in every country in which IBM operates.

THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF NON-INFRINGEMENT. IBM products are warranted according to the terms and conditions of the agreements under which they are provided.

Why IBM? As a client, you will gain access to the skills and expertise of the world’s number one IT captive financier with operations in more than 50 countries. The IBM Global Financing team has a thorough understanding of credit and technology risk and extensive financing expertise.

IBM Global Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit LLC in the United States and other IBM subsidiaries and divisions worldwide to qualified commercial and government clients. Rates and availability are based on a client’s credit rating, financing terms, offering type, equipment and product type and options, and may vary by country. Non-hardware items must be one-time, non-recurring charges and are financed by means of loans. Other restrictions may apply. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice and may not be available in all countries.

For more information To learn more about financing your mobile enterprise, please contact your IBM Global Financing representative or IBM Business Partner, or visit the following website: ibm.com/financing ­

1

Cloud Investments Will Reconfigure Future IT Budgets, Forrester Research, Inc. January 8, 2013. Please Recycle

GFS03102-USEN-00 ­ ­