9% off through October 31
Version 11.5 base support ends April 30, 2027
Db2
If you are adding Db2 capacity for the move to 12.1, we will show you the license count before you commit, and prove it on a free trial first.
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- Pay only for what you need. See our price first, within one business day.
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- IBM solutions made simple: sized and licensed correctly by our engineers, then set up and supported for you.
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- Most software starts with a 30-day trial. Monthly terms where IBM offers them.
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Enterprise Linux servers
IBM says the LinuxONE family delivers the highest levels of enterprise security, performance and scalability for Linux workloads.
Our engineering team sizes it with you. See the price first, within one business day.
230 centers in 30 states and Washington, DC
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2008The year we became an IBM Business Partner
29 of 29IBM 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.
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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 our price first.
Tell us what you have in mind. Within one business day we show you the price, sized to fit. You pay only for what you need.
Our engineering team owns it.
From sizing to support, our engineers stay with you. We have been an IBM Business Partner since 2008 and hold 29 of 29 IBM proficiencies.
It is our pleasure to meet you.
Sit down with one of our engineers at one of 230 briefing centers in 113 cities, or meet us online.
IBM hardware, sized before you buy.
IBM servers and storage, from our own engineering team. We size the configuration with you, show you the price before you commit, and stay with you through installation and support.
IBM software, ready to quote.
Spend the cloud budget you have already committed. Order any of 78 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. Our engineering team owns your 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 you run it, our engineering team sizes it with you and shows you the price before you commit.
On IBM Cloud.
Every product in IBM's cloud catalog is ours to offer: 370 products in 19 categories, from compute and containers to AI and security.
On AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.
Buy IBM software through the marketplace you already use, with a private offer from us. An eligible purchase counts toward the cloud spend you have already committed.
In your own data center, or all of the above.
Keep it on your premises, or spread it across clouds. We size the IBM servers, storage and software for either, and stay with you through installation and support.
As a service.
Many IBM products also come as a service that IBM runs for you. We tell you which ones, size the subscription with you and show you the price before you commit.
IBM Cloud, by category
Compute59 productsContainers12 productsStorage34 productsNetworking34 productsDatabases16 productsAI / Machine Learning104 productsSecurity42 productsThe whole catalog370 products in 19 categories
The categories and their counts are IBM's own, from cloud.ibm.com/catalog on 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.
Try it for 30 days
Most IBM software and SaaS can run as a trial of 30 days or longer, with one of our engineers setting it up beside you. No commitment to IBM or to us.
Buy a month at a time
Some IBM solutions can be bought on 30-day terms. We tell you which ones, and what each costs, before you start.
Know the number first
We size it and price it before you commit, and your quote comes back within one business day.
Everything IBM.
Find the IBM product you run. We hold 29 IBM proficiencies, listed here by name. 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. IBM hardware is running at 0% right now. 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. In every case you can know the number before you order. We size it with you, show the price, and name the cheaper route when there is one.
9% off through October 31
Version 9.3 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 first, so the bill is known before you order.
9% off through October 31
Version 16.1.0 base support ends December 31, 2026
Cloud Pak for Integration
If your integration platform is growing, we size it from your own License Service numbers and show the VPC math before you order.
9% off through October 31
Version 25.0.1 interim fixes end December 2026
Cloud Pak for Business Automation
If your automation platform needs more room for the move to version 26, we size it with you first, including what DR and test really need.
9% off through October 31
Version 6.1 left standard support April 30, 2026
Sterling B2B Integrator
If you are moving Sterling B2B Integrator to 6.2 or to containers, we can show you the cores, limits and modules behind your license before you upgrade.
9% off through October 31
Generally available, announced September 30, 2026
Content Cortex Premium
For the content you already keep in FileNet: AI agents for legal holds, redaction and classification that work under the policies you set. We do the license arithmetic before you commit.
9% off these six products is an IBM offer and ends October 31, 2026. Your quote shows the exact saving.
Support and availability dates come from IBM's own pages, linked on each card and checked on 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, licenses it correctly, and you see the price within one business day. The same engineering team sets it up and stays with you through cutover.
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