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Prove it fits before you buy it.

A free 30-day Proof of Fit on any IBM software we sell. It runs in a non-production environment with our engineers beside you, so you see it work on your own systems before you pay. No shelfware.

What happens next

  1. Tell us the product and how you would run it.
  2. Our IBM engineers set it up with you in a non-production environment, in IBM Technology Zone or your own. It is free for 30 days.
  3. We file the deal registration with IBM the same day, and we see it through with you.
  4. At day 30, you choose: take another 30 days, buy it outright, run it as a service, or walk away.

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 Business Partner since 2008 · 27 of 27 IBM proficiencies

Prefer to talk it through? sales@firstlighttec.com

Hardware is evaluated as a proof of concept with our IBM engineers, at your office or in IBM Technology Zone.

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No preparation needed. Bring what you have.

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A vote of confidence.

Real customers, with their names changed for security. Each one proved it fit in under 30 days.

Example Insurance Co.: A happy referral customer

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.

We set up IBM Instana Observability in a non-production environment with our engineers beside their team. Instana automatically discovers applications and maps their dependencies, and tracks service level objectives. It showed the insurer everything it needed to know about its inherited code and its service levels, in less than 30 days. They bought it, with our services to bring it up to best practices.

See IBM Instana Observability

Example Bank: A true story

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.

We set up IBM Guardium Data Protection in a non-production environment with our engineers beside their team. They had it all figured out in less than 30 days, then bought it, with our services to bring it up to best practices.

See IBM Guardium Data Protection

Mid-Western Bank: A true story

A second bank, the same answer in under 30 days.

Another mid-sized bank did not know its holes, gaps, risks or threats.

We set up IBM Guardium Data Security Center in a non-production environment with our engineers beside their team. They had it all figured out in less than 30 days, then bought it, with our services to bring it up to best practices.

See IBM Guardium Data Security Center

A real customer. Name changed and details withheld for security reasons.

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See IBM in a whole new light.

AI, automation, data and security, made simple by First Light.

All of IBM. None of the fog.

One team sizes it, licenses it, sets it up and supports it.

IBM muscle. First Light hustle.

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.

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