Dear IBM Business Partner

Dear IBM Business Partner:

Thank you for being an IBM Business Partner approved to market eServer xSeries product. As you may recall, on May 1, 2005, IBM sold the Personal Computing Division. When that happened, you remained approved to market IBM eServer xSeries under the IBM Business Partner Agreement for Resellers.

You may not be aware that you are still approved to market IBM xSeries products or how to get program, product or resource information. According to our records you sold less than $1,000 in xSeries in 2005. Perhaps your business has changed, or maybe you have decided to focus on Personal Computer products.

Are you still interested in acting as an IBM Business Partner approved to market xSeries products?

Please help us update our records by sending an e-mail to [email protected] indicating your wish to remain an IBM Business Partner approved to market xSeries or your decision to terminate the relationship now.

If you decide to terminate your IBM Business Partner Reseller Agreement at this time but later decide you want to sell the product, your application will be immediately reviewed for approval. There is no waiting period before you can reapply.

The IBM eServer xSeries product line can help meet your customer demands and their ever changing Information Technology needs. Please take a few minutes and check out our product line at www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/about/why_xseries/ .

To help you with the information you need, IBM has created a web page to get you started. The web page is called, IBM Business Partner Quick Access, and it can be found at the following url: www.ibm.com/partnerworld/eserver/quickaccess .

Need another reason to sell IBM eServer xSeries? Just check out the newly announced IBM eServer xSeries, BladeCenter, and IntelliStation 2006 Business Partner incentive which pays up to 2% additional on every eServer xSeries, BladeCenter and IntelliStation product. This incentive runs through March 31, 2006 for EDI or web-based reported sales to IBM. See Business Partner announcement 506-055 or Reseller announcement letter IBM06-081 for details.

We hope you chose to continue to be an IBM Business Partner approved to market eServer xSeries product, and that we hear from you very soon. Sincerely, Karstin Bodell Director, Channels Marketing, IBM Americas