Withdrawal Announcement March 14, 2006

Software withdrawal: IBM Informix and WebSphere Bundles V1.0 and XPS V8.40 — Replacements available

Overview Effective on the dates listed below, IBM will withdraw from marketing and support part numbers from the following product releases licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement.

Program Withdrawal Withdrawal Program release from from number name marketing service

5724-G64 IBM Informix June 14, 2006 September 30, 2007 and WebSphere Enterprise Bundle V1.0 5724-H29 IBM Informix June 14, 2006 September 30, 2007 and WebSphere Workgroup Bundle V1.0 5724-C19 Informix June 14, 2006 September 30, 2007 Extended Parallel Server (XPS) V8.40 On or after that date, you can no longer obtain the withdrawn products directly from IBM. They may be obtained on an as-available basis through IBM authorized remarketers.

Replacement product information: Refer to the Description section for details.

This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com.

IBM Asia Pacific IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. WP06-0045 Announcement countries

AP distribution: To all Asia Pacific countries for release Country/Region Announced Announcement date ASEAN * Yes 03/14/06 Australia Yes 03/14/06 Hong Kong Yes 03/14/06 PRC Yes 03/14/06 Macao Yes 03/14/06 Taiwan Yes 03/14/06 Korea Yes 03/14/06 Japan Yes 03/14/06 New Zealand Yes 03/14/06

* Bangladesh, Brunei, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam

Description

Effective June 14, 2006, IBM will withdraw from marketing the following products licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement. A replacement product is listed if one is available.

Withdrawn Withdrawal Replacement Replacement Part part from part part number name marketing number name

BB0BUNA IBM June 14, 2006 BB0PGNA IBM Informix Informix Extended Extended Parallel Parallel Server Server (XPS) V8.40 (XPS) V8.51 Media Pack Media Pack English English BB0BVNA IBM June 14, 2006 None Informix Extended Parallel Server (XPS) V8.40 Doc Pack English BB0J4ML Informix/ June 14, 2006 BA0BMML WebSphere WebSphere Application Enterprise Server 5.1 — WAS V1.0 Multiplatform Media Pack Media Pack Multilingual NLV BB0IZNA Informix/ June 14, 2006 BB0H4NA Informix WebSphere Dynamic Enterprise Server EEU IDS V9.40 V9.40 AIX , 32 bit Sol, HP-UX Media Pack 32 bit Media English Pack Eng BBOIWNA Informix/ June 14, 2006 BB0H5NA Informix WebSphere Dynamic Enterprise Server EEU IDS V9.40 V9.40 AIX, 64 bit Sol, HP-UX Media Pack 64 bit Media English Pack Eng BB0IXNA Informix/ June 14, 2006 BB0H6NA Informix WebSphere Dynamic Enterprise Server EEU IDS 9.40 V9.40 Media Pack WIN2K, Digi English UNIX , Linux , IRIX MP En BB0J5ML Informix/ June 14, 2006 BT01MML Rational WebSphere Application

WP06-0045 -2- Enterprise Developer — WSAD V4.0 Windows Media Pack Linux V6.0 Multilingual Media Pack Multilingual BB0J6NA Informix/ June 14, 2006 BB0H0NA Informix WebSphere Dynamic Workgroup Server WE Edition IDS V9.40 AIX, V9.40 32 Sol, HP-UX bit Media 32 bit Media Pack Pack Eng English BB0J1NA Informix/ June 14, 2006 BB0H1NA Informix WebSphere Dynamic Workgroup Server WE Edition IDS V9.40 AIX, V9.40 64 Sol, HP-UX bit Media 64 bit Media Pack Pack Eng English BB0J2NA Informix/ June 14, 2006 BB0H2NA Informix WebSphere Dynamic Workgroup Server WE Edition IDS V9.40 V9.40 Media WIN2K, Digi Pack UNIX, Linux, English IRIX MP En BB0J0ML Informix/ June 14, 2006 BA0DHML WebSphere WebSphere Application Workgroup Server Edition WAS -Express Ex V1.0 Multiplatform Media Pack V6.0 Media Multilingual Pack ML D53EGLL Informix/ June 14, 2006 Refer to WebSphere Note 1 Enterprise Bundle Processor from IDS 7 EEU Processor Tradeup LIC+SW MAINT 12 MO D53EELL Informix/ June 14, 2006 Refer to WebSphere Note 1 Enterprise Bundle Proc LIC+SW MAINT 12 Mo E015QLL Informix/ June 14, 2006 Refer to WebSphere Note 1 Enterprise Bundle Proc SW MAINT ANNUAL RENEWAL D53EFLL Informix/ June 14, 2006 Refer to WebSphere Note 1 Enterprise Bundle Proc SW MAINT REINSTATE 12 MO D53EALL Informix/ June 14, 2006 Refer to WebSphere Note 1 Workgroup Edition Bundle Proc LIC+SW MAINT 12 MO E015NLL Informix/ June 14, 2006 Refer to WebSphere Note 1

-3- WP06-0045 Workgroup Edition Bundle Proc SW MAINT ANNUAL RNWL D53EBLL Informix/ June 14, 2006 Refer to WebSphere Note 1 Workgroup Edition Bundle PROC SW MAINT REINSTATE 12 MO Note 1: IBM Informix and WebSphere Bundle information The IBM Informix and WebSphere bundles were introduced to offer customers significant savings on an end-to-end Web development infrastructure. Subsequent price changes to the component products in the bundles have eliminated these savings. Customers who are under current maintenance contracts for IBM Informix and WebSphere bundles will be migrated to the individual component products at renewal. Effective June 14, 2006, IBM customers and Business Partners will no longer be able to purchase new licenses, maintenance reinstatement (for lapsed maintenance), or trade-up licenses for any of these products. Note 2: Media packs are not automatically sent out. Customers wishing to get the replacement product will need to order replacements or download.

Bundle License/ Entitlement (from) maintenance (to) quantity

IBM Informix and IBM WebSphere 1 WebSphere Enterprise Application Server Bundle per Processor Processor Rational Application 1 Developer for WebSphere Authorized User Informix Dynamic 1 Server Enterprise Edition Unlimited Processor IBM Informix and IBM WebSphere 1 WebSphere Workgroup Application Server Bundle per Processor Express Processor Informix Dynamic 4 Server Workgroup Edition Concurrent Session Informix Dynamic 1 Server Workgroup Edition Server

Installation support

Refer to the software support Web site for product support information http://www-3.ibm.com/software/support/

Trademarks

Informix is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. WebSphere, AIX, and Rational are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of the Open Company in the United States and other countries. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries or both. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

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