From this date customers choosing the new *noMAX Subscription Edition products will no longer need to purchase a software license but will simply pay a quarterly or annual subscription fee. Their subscription fee will not only cover the cost of software usage but also software updates and support, as well as web based user training and periodic oversight of their *noMAX environment by experienced Maximum Availability technicians (HA Health-Checks).

Maximum Availability will continue to fully support existing customers who have purchased *noMAX under the traditional model and will continue to provide them with regular software enhancements, upgrades and software support as usual. New customers wishing to purchase the software outright will still be able to do so.

Whether customers choose to purchase, or subscribe under the
new *noMAX Subscription Edition model, Maximum Availability will continue to provide a fully warranted implementation and configuration of *noMAX software on the customer’s own machine.

The big difference, and the key benefit for those considering moving to support their critical data using *noMAX, is that with the Subscription Edition they will no longer need to purchase the software up front, minimising any cash flow impact and avoiding the need for capital expenditure approval.

“We are pricing this aggressively and offering flexibility with contract terms to provide even greater savings for extended agreements. We believe we can provide customers currently using High Availability / Disaster Recovery solutions with a better solution AND save them money - in most cases from day one,” says Allan Campbell, CEO of Maximum Availability. “For those customers we are talking about cutting operational costs without making a capital investment to do it.”

“Risks to critical data do not go away in a financial crisis, in fact, they generally increase so we also wanted to ensure that any cash flow barriers for new users wanting to start using HA/DR software were removed. We believe our new *noMAX Subscription Edition model removes the final hurdles for all IBM i users to properly protect their organisation’s vital data in real time. On the other hand, it can also provide opportunity to an organisation that may have doubts over their long term commitment to IBM i,” added Simon O’Sullivan, Senior VP at Maximum Availability. “It really is a fantastic solution to so many relevant customer concerns.”

As part of the enhancement of its offerings Maximum Availability has also streamlined its implementation and configuration costs for *noMAX and has reduced these services costs accordingly.

“We fully expect that organisations who have deferred decisions on a high availability purchase will now take the opportunity to re-look at how they are managing their business continuity risks. We are also confident that those users that have solutions in place, but are struggling with operational issues or high costs will now appreciate that there is a real alternative to improve their operational environment - and meet demands for budget reductions at the same time,” said Allan Campbell.