9% off through December 31
Version 11.5 base support ends April 30, 2027
Db2
Adding Db2 capacity for the move to 12.1? You get the license count before you order, and you can prove it in a free 30-day Proof of Fit first.
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- Most software: a free 30-day Proof of Fit. Monthly terms where IBM offers them.
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IBM hardware
LinuxONE
Enterprise Linux servers
IBM says the LinuxONE family delivers the highest levels of enterprise security, performance and scalability for Linux workloads.
We size it to the workloads you run, and your price comes back within one business day.
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2008The year we became an IBM Business Partner
27 of 27IBM proficiencies
32IBM solution areas
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We are proud to be measured by the company we keep.
Our trusted and valued customers, every one. Their trust is the measure we answer to. Large or small, you get our engineering team: we size your IBM solution, get the licensing right, set it up and support it.
We would be proud to keep your company, too.
Get your priceOne of our engineers replies within one business day.
A vote of confidence.
Real customers, with their names changed for security. Each one proved it fit in under 30 days.
A code base nobody wrote, mapped and measured in under 30 days.A mid-sized specialty insurer ran applications it had inherited, with little history of how they were built.IBM Instana Observability
A bank saw its holes, gaps, risks and threats in under 30 days.A mid-sized bank had databases that were not secured, and it did not know its holes, gaps, risks or threats.IBM Guardium Data Protection
A second bank, the same answer in under 30 days.Another mid-sized bank did not know its holes, gaps, risks or threats.IBM Guardium Data Security CenterA real customer. Name changed and details withheld for security reasons.
Why buy IBM through First Light?
IBM sells directly to fewer than about 100 companies and organizations in the United States. Everyone else buys through an IBM Business Partner. It would be our privilege to be yours.
You see your price first.
Tell us what you’re after. One business day later you have a price, sized to fit, with nothing in it you don’t need.
Our engineering team owns it.
The engineers who size it set it up and stay through support. IBM Business Partner since 2008, 27 of 27 IBM proficiencies, one team the whole way.
It is our pleasure to meet you.
230 briefing centers in 113 cities. Pick one; one of our engineers brings the coffee. Or meet us online.
IBM hardware, sized before you buy.
Most IBM hardware is on site 10 to 14 days after your order, every FlashSystem and Fusion included.
Servers and storage, configured with you by our engineers. You see the price before you order, and we stay with you through installation and support.
IBM software, ready to quote.
Spend the cloud budget you have already committed. Buy any of 88 IBM software and SaaS products through AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Marketplace, where an eligible purchase counts toward that commitment. Or ask us for a quote. Either way, our engineering team owns the order from quote to go-live.
IBM on every cloud you run.
IBM Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, your own data center, or as a service. Wherever it runs, we size it with you and you see the price before you order.
On IBM Cloud.
Every product in IBM’s cloud catalog is ours to offer: 370 products in 19 categories.
Hybrid cloud, on your premises and beside the clouds.
Run containers and AI where your data has to stay, on IBM Fusion and IBM Storage Ceph.
On AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.
Spend the cloud budget you have already committed, with a private offer from us.
As a service.
Let IBM run it: IBM Power Virtual Server and IBM Storage Utility.
IBM Cloud, by category
Compute59 productsContainers12 productsStorage34 productsNetworking34 productsDatabases16 productsAI / Machine Learning104 productsSecurity42 productsThe whole catalog370 products in 19 categories
The categories and counts are IBM's own, from cloud.ibm.com/catalog as of October 12, 2026.
Start small. Decide when you have seen it work.
You do not need a long contract to find out whether an IBM solution fits.
Prove it fits in 30 days
Most IBM software and SaaS can start as a free 30-day Proof of Fit, set up beside you by one of our engineers. At day 30, you choose: take another 30 days, buy it outright, run it as a service, or walk away.
Buy a month at a time
Some IBM solutions come on monthly terms. We tell you which ones, and what each costs, before you start.
Know the number first
We size it with you and your quote comes back within one business day, before you commit to anything.
IBM Bob: AI that works in your codebase.
IBM Bob is an AI software development partner. It reads your codebase, writes code, fixes bugs, documents and refactors, inside your IDE. Our engineers set it up with your developers and size the license before you buy.
Write code faster.
Bob writes code from a plain-English request, refactors what you have and explains any file in the codebase. Bob proposes; your developers approve.
Fix bugs before they ship.
Bob reads across the whole project, finds the root cause and writes the fix, in your IDE, in whatever language your team uses.
Try it for 30 days.
IBM offers a 30-day trial of IBM Bob. Our engineers set it up beside your developers and size the license before the trial ends.
Find the IBM product you run.
We hold all 27 IBM proficiencies. These are the products they cover. Pick one to see how to buy it, or to ask one of our engineers about it.
Infrastructure
watsonx
Automation and observability
Integration
Security
FinOps
Support
Distribution partners
And everything around it.
Your IBM project needs more than IBM. A network under it. Security around it. A cloud beside it. We buy through eight distribution partners, so our engineering team can quote, source and deliver your whole project.
One quote. One team.
The IBM core and the technology around it, on a single quote.
Buy your way.
Purchase order, cloud marketplace, monthly subscription or public-sector contract, where the product allows.
Pay your way.
IBM Financing, plus the leasing and payment programs of Ingram Micro and Arrow. As of October 2026, IBM hardware can be financed at 0%, subject to credit approval.
A deeper bench.
Distributor engineers and integration centers stand behind our own team.
Ingram Micro · Arrow ECS · Carahsoft · Four Inc. · Exclusive Networks · Climb Channel Solutions · D&H Distributing · Pax8
Adding IBM software? Know the license count first.
IBM counts licenses by cores, by container limits or by people. Whichever it is, you get the count before you order: we size it with you, show you the price and name the cheaper route when there is one.
9% off through December 31
Version 9.3 base support ends September 30, 2027
MQ
Planning the move to MQ 10? We map your queue managers, standbys and test systems to the right licenses, so you know the bill before you order.
9% off through December 31
Version 16.1.0 base support ends December 31, 2026
Cloud Pak for Integration
Integration platform growing? We size it from your own License Service numbers and show you the VPC math before you order.
9% off through December 31
Version 25.0.1 interim fixes end December 2026
Cloud Pak for Business Automation
Growing the platform for version 26? We size it with you first, including what DR and test actually need.
9% off through December 31
Version 6.1 left standard support April 30, 2026
Sterling B2B Integrator
Moving to 6.2 or to containers? We show you the cores, limits and modules behind your license before you upgrade.
9% off through December 31
Generally available, announced September 30, 2026
Content Cortex Premium
AI agents for the content you already keep in FileNet: legal holds, redaction and classification, under the policies you set. We work out the license count before you order.
9% off these six products is an IBM offer and ends December 31, 2026. Your quote shows the exact saving.
The support and availability dates are IBM's own, from the page linked on each card, as of October 9, 2026.
It would be our pleasure to meet you. In person, or online.
One of our engineers sizes your IBM solution with you and gets the licensing right, and you see the price within one business day. The same engineering team sets it up and sees it through cutover.
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Most IBM hardware is on site 10 to 14 days after your order, every FlashSystem and Fusion included.
Give AI the night shift. You take the sunrise.
Build your first IBM watsonx Orchestrate agent in IBM’s own environment, with our engineers alongside.
Trial by sunrise, not by fire.
A free 30-day Proof of Fit on any IBM software we sell. At day 30 you choose, or walk away.
Let Bob write the code. You take the sunrise.
IBM Bob is your AI engineering partner. Try it first.