| | Passport Advantage Express | Passport Advantage |
Customer Profile | Small to Medium (SMB)
Any business, organization or individual who purchases software on a transactional basis. (Usually smaller purchases) | Medium to Large (Enterprise)
Any business, government or academic customer with workgroups and departments that would like to obtain IBM, Lotus, Tivoli, WebSphere and DB2 Database software products. |
Size of Customer | 1 + Seats | 50 + Seats |
Products Included | 
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Licenses | Perpetual - Transactional
- No points
- No enrollment form
- No contract
- No minimums
- No signatures required
- Does not expire
- Licenses are not version specific
- Licenses are sold on a per user, per processor, or per install basis.
| Perpetual - Enrollment form is required for the first order.
- Contractual
- No signatures required
- Minimum 500 points
- Does not expire.
- Licenses are not version specific.
- Licenses are sold on a per user, per processor, or per install basis.
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Maintenance | - Each new license includes
12 months of maintenance.
(7/24 tech support & product upgrades). - Maintenance renewals can be purchased for all licenses (12 month terms).
- No anniversary date.
| - Each new license includes 12 months of maintenance.(7/24 tech support & product upgrades).
- Maintenance renewals can be purchased for all licenses (12 month terms).
- After the first year of maintenance, all maintenance is pro-rated to expire on the anniversary every year of the original purchase.
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Media | - Media is available for purchase by those with current maintenance.
- Current software versions can be downloaded off of the IBM Software website.
| - Media is available for purchase by those with current maintenance.
- Current software versions can be downloaded off of the IBM Software website
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License Types | - New License + Maintenance
- Maintenance Renewal
- Maintenance Reactivation/Reinstatement
- For licenses where
maintenance has expired - For retail box product that needs to be migrated to the Passport Express program
| - New License + Maintenance
- Maintenance Renewal
- Maintenance Reactivation/Reinstatement
- For licenses where maintenance has expired
- For retail box product that needs to be migrated to the Passport Express program
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Pricing | - Customer’s pricing is based on the size of the transaction
- All part numbers have a point value
- If the point value of the transaction exceeds 499 points, the customer should move to the Passport Advantage program, as discounts are deeper than the Express program.
| - Customer’s Pricing Level is based on the size of the initially transaction.
- All part numbers have a point value
- The points are added to determine the pricing discount level.
- There is no point minimum for the Government & Education levels.
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Volume & Discount Levels | | Express | Points | | PX | 0 - 99 | | Acad | N/A | | Gov | N/A | | | Advantage Level | Points | | D | 501-999 | | E | 1000-2499 | | F | 2500-4999 | | G | 5000-9999 | | H | 10000-24999 | | I | 25000-49999 | | J | 50000+ | | Acad | N/A | | Gov | N/A | | |
Enrollment Sites Allowed | - Can have as many locations as desired under a single site.
- There in no differentiation as to which licenses reside where.
- No combined acquisition power
| - Can have unlimited site under a single contract.
- Sites have their own billing/shipping address
- All use same contract number, but individual site numbers.
- Can leverage combined acquisition power.
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