<html><body><p>Dear IBM BigFix Customers:<br><br>IBM has announced to withdraw IBM BigFix Protection from marketing, effective <b>December 16, 2016</b>. You<font color="#2F2F2F"> can no longer purchase this product directly from IBM after that date. </font><br><br>For existing BigFix Protection customers, the renewal for BigFix Protection S&S (subscription and support) will not be available after <b>February 10, 2017</b>.<br><br><font color="#2F2F2F">IBM has also announced End of Support for BigFix Protection, effective </font><b><font color="#2F2F2F">December 31, 2017</font></b><font color="#2F2F2F">. Existing BigFix Protection customers will get product support until that date or the expiration of the current S&S contract.</font><br><br><font color="#2F2F2F">Here is the link to the IBM product and support withdraw announcement that includes BigFix Protection: </font><a href="https://ibm.biz/BdrCAr"><u><font color="#0000FF">https://ibm.biz/BdrCAr</font></u></a><font size="4"> </font><br><br><font color="#2F2F2F">To help customers continue to get anti-virus protection, IBM has provided an option for all existing BigFix Protection customers to migrate from BigFix Protection to Trend Micro's OfficeScan product at no additional charge, and we highly recommend customers to consider this option. Please contact your IBM sales representatives for more information. </font><br><br>Thank you. <br><BR>
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