On 12 jun 2011, at 08:23, Grigori Solonovitch wrote:

> I have some questions about this article, maybe they are strange, but anyway:
> What is this:
> - try to push customers to use TSM 6?
> - try to implement new pricing policy?
> - totally new product instead of Tivoli Storage Manager (from licensing point 
> of view)?
> - something else?
> 

IBM has had a lot of negative feedback on the current TSM pricing. The most 
constructive I've heard was 'we want to pay per gigabyte'. This is to 
accommodate those customers.

> Grigori G. Solonovitch
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of David E Ehresman
> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 7:00 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM Suite for Unified Recovery
> 
> I haven't heard anyone talking about this recently announced offering.
> Is IBM finally responding to complaints about their pricing structure?
> Is it really likely to contain costs?
> 
> http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/1/897/ENUS211-201/ENUS211-201.PDF
> 
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