Passport Advantage and Passport Advantage Express
are simple, comprehensive IBM offerings that cover software
license acquisition including Fixed Term Licenses and Software
Subscription and Support product upgrades and technical support under a single,
common set of agreements, processes and tools.
Passport Advantage is designed for larger enterprises, while
Passport Advantage Express, a transaction-based offering, is designed
to meet the needs of medium-sized businesses.
Features and Benefits
Includes Software Subscription and Support (technical
support and product upgrades) with each new license.
Provides Selected Support for certain Open
Source and other non-warranted code.
Provides comprehensive and flexible upgrade
coverage.
Streamlines budgeting for software upgrade and
migration costs.
Provides secure access to Passport Advantage
Online.
Incorporates flexible, easy-to-access,
responsive, cross-platform customer support from IBM.
Provides access to IBM software technical
support for all of a customer's designated IT staff.
Provides 24x7 access to support resources for
business-critical outages.
