Content Change Notification - IBM to HCL Technologies

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Change Title	IBM to HCL Technologies	Class 2	Customers should be prepared and take actions
Change Summary	HCL Technologies to Acquire selected IBM Products. Flexera is going to migrate remaining acquired products/releases/mappings from the old manufacturer name “IBM” to “HCL Technologies”. https://newsroom.ibm.com/2018-12-06-HCL-Technologies-to-Acquire-Select-IBM-Software-Products-for-1-8B
Impact	This change will impact customers who rely on Technopedia Manufacturer ID/Product ID/Release ID & Names or previously discovered data mapped to the old manufacturer will be mapped to the new manufacturer. The change needs the customer to manage downstream processes and reporting in their organization. The spreadsheet Tier1(IBM to HCL Technologies) Product list provides the complete list of all the software products for which the publisher name will be renamed from “IBM” to “HCL Technologies”
When	Customers should expect these changes to occur starting from June 5th-9th.