Update on Windows Small Business Server 2011

As you have heard Microsoft officially announced the launch of the next version of Windows Small Business Server. I wanted to take this opportunity to update you with the launch of Windows Small Business Server 2011 and Windows Small Business Server Essentials.

Milestones and Dates
Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard edition and Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On were released to manufacture on 12 December 2010. Corp are making the final steps to bring the product to the market so that our customers can acquire throughout our large network of partners. We are currently finalising international versions, delivering the product to distribution channels and supplying it to our OEM partners so that they can begin pre-installing the software on new servers.

Starting in early January, customers will find SBS 2011 Standard and Premium Add-On in Volume Licensing, and from mid-January customers will be able to download a trial copy from our website. Finally, the products will be available in TechNet and MSDN before the end of the December.

General availability and our launch activities for SBS 2011 Standard are scheduled for mid-March when we also expect to be closer to RTM of Windows SBS 2011 Essentials (Aurora).

Product & SKU overview
Designed and priced for small businesses, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Standard provides an affordable and easy-to-use solution to help secure and protect customers’ business data, manage and share their documents, and support the applications they need to run and grow their business. With SBS 2011, customers can organize and access their business documents from virtually anywhere, with centralized storage and remote access, while easily connecting to the cloud-based applications they need to make your business more productive.

Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials
Windows Small Business Server, 2011 Essentials is the ideal first server for small businesses with up to 25 users who want an easy-to-use solution to protect, organize, and access and share business data from virtually anywhere and easily connect to the cloud.

Key Benefits
• Daily automatic backups of clients and servers
• Organize and access files from virtually anywhere
• Easily connects to online services for e-mail, collaboration and line-of-business applications

Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard
Windows Small Business Server, 2011 Standard is the ideal on-premise solution for small businesses with up to 75 users. SBS 2011 Standard delivers enterprise-class technology in an affordable, high performance all-in-one solution designed to meet the needs of small business customers at various stages of growth..

Key Benefits
• Enterprise quality functionality and productivity capabilities (Windows Server 2008 R2, Exchange Server 2010, SharePoint 2010)
• Affordable and easy to deploy, use, and maintain
• Complete, network-wide security and backup with integrated state of the art data protection and recovery technologies.

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Technical ISS Solutions Team

NEWS : We now Supply HP 3PAR® Utility Storage!!

3PAR® is the global leader of utility storage, highly virtualized, multi-tenant, tiered storage arrays built for public and private cloud computing.

HP 3PAR® Utility Storage is the only enterprise storage platform that delivers 100% of the agility and efficiency required by virtual and cloud data centers.

• Efficient: Reduce acquisition and operational costs by 50%.
• Autonomic: Increase storage management efficiency by 10x.
• Multi-tenant: The new Tier 1 Storage for cloud computing.

If you have any questions then we will be more than happy to help, please contact us
Please check back regularly or subscribe to the blog for more information on HP 3PAR®

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Technical ISS Solutions Team

December HP Networking Reseller Times

NEW – Up to 22% off SMB Switches
Right now, your customers can benefit with up to 22% off the HP V1405 and V1410, unmanaged switches for plug-and-play connectivity, and HP E2510 for full management capabilities. All our special offer switches deliver the simplicity and reliability your customers want. Choose now from a highly cost-effective unmanaged solution or a more robust infrastructure.
Click here for more information

Offer valid until 31st December 2010

NEW - Partner for Growth – good news from HP Networking
Partner for Growth continues to allow HP to profitably partner with our channel. Effective immediately we have made two exciting changes:

• For a pilot period of two months only (December 2010 to January 2011) we have opened up PfG to all Preferred Partners.

• The PfG deal threshold for HP Networking has been LOWERED from £50,000 to £20,000

Terms and conditions apply, please speak to your HP Networking account manager.

NEW - Double Points on HP Accelerate
For the month of December, HP Networking is offering double points on all HPN products on HP Accelerate, HP’s rewards programme for resellers.
So what are you waiting for, get selling and get claiming! If you are already registered on Accelerate, just continue to log into your account and claim for sales as usual. If you are new to Accelerate, please go to www.hp-accelerate.com to register.

UPDATE - HP Networking Trade-in Program now includes A, E and V Series
HP Networking trade-in program allows your customers to claim cash back in exchange for their old networking and wireless equipment when purchasing new HP networking equipment – this now includes A, E and V Series! Not only is this a great cost saver but we’ll even collect and recycle all products returned so it’s great for the environment too!
For further details see www.hp.com/uk/tradein

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Technical ISS Solutions Team

December HP Server and Storage offers

In order for you to have your own copy of this months offers, We can now offer them in a easy downloadable PDF for you.










Please click the image above to open the PDF.

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Technical ISS Solutions Team

December 2010 - HP Server and Storage offers.

HP Free Blade Enclosure Offer
Customers can save up to £23,020 with this month’s HP BladeSystem promotion.
Customers purchasing enough qualifying HP BladeSystem servers to fill half an enclosure, the enclosure and a pair of qualifying interconnects will get the cost of the enclosure and one of the interconnects back via cashback. That’s a saving of up to £23,020.

... but there's more!! - Attach Proactive Select HP Care Pack and claim an additional £700 cash back with the HP BladeSystem offer.

Terms and conditions apply, see www.hp.com/uk/freebladeenclosure for details.

HP ProLiant G7 Options Offer
Purchase at least £1,000 of qualifying ProLiant G7 Options alongside a qualifying G7 Top Value server and claim £200 Cashback.

HP StorageWorks P2000 G3 Launch Promotion
The HP StorageWorks P2000 G3 has arrived!
Offering great capacity to tackle large storage needs the new P2000 is a flexible solution for small or large customers and comes at a great price. Following the release of the new P2000 G3 Modular Storage Array Systems, HP are offering customers the chance to claim a free ProLiant DL360 or DL380 G7 Server with any purchase of a qualifying P2000 G3 System.

If you have any questions then please do not hesiate to contact us

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Technical ISS Solutions Team

HP ESS Software bundled support is changing!

HP are changing the support thats bundled with their ESS software.

So what is exactly changing?

• iLO and Insight Control licences to include 3 year 24x7 telephone support & updates rather than 1 year

• The HP VMware licences currently available with both 1 year and 3 year bundled support will have the 1 year bundled support SKUs discontinued.

Why make the changes?
Matches software support to hardware warranty
For iLO/IC, purchase of support past 1st year is usually overlooked
For VMware, improves customer experience as 3yrs update entitlement automatically seen on VMware portal.

What benefit does it provide for the customer?
For iLO/IC, no surprises, access to software updates continues (average of 3 updates per annum). Essential for maximising usage and associated cost saving.

For VMware, continuous access to software updates on VMware portal, no reliance on HP/VMware entitlement synchronisation. Note: For lowest Total Cost of Ownership, support term should still be extended to 4 or 5 years with relevant Care Pack

When will the change happen?
Applies to products purchased in the UK and Ireland from 1st December

Will there be new product numbers?
No, product numbers and associated Care Pack numbers will stay the same.
Prices and some local product descriptions will change for the UK and Ireland only.
(For VMware no price or product changes, just current 1yr 9x5 licence SKUs made unavailable).

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Technical ISS Solutions Team

Reminder - Start your Microsoft Journey with Westcoast

Join Westcoast and Microsoft at one of our events and discover how a better understand of Microsoft can boost your business.

Westcoast and Microsoft are hosting a series of events to help you sell more Microsoft, With new afternoon sessions to help broaden your Microsoft knowledge even further, you will leave confident when selling Microsoft to your customers.

The Westcoast and Microsoft Events Timetable
Please Click the below links to register,

• MLSS Including Academic - 20th January 2011 London
• MLSS Including Academic - 3rd February 2011 Sheffield
• MLSS Including Academic - 8th March 2011 Nottingham
• MLSS and Virtualisation - 17th April 2011 London

Here are the outlines of the sessions below.

MLSS and Virtualisation
The morning of this event is focused on improving your understanding of Microsoft Licensing and will allow you to sit your MLSS exam and become accredited as a Microsoft Licensing Sales Specialist. Achieving this accreditation will ensure customers see you as a trusted Microsoft advisor, and will help boost your bottom line.
In the afternoon there is the NEW Virtualisation session where you will be shown the benefits of virtualisation and the opportunities this opens up.

MLSS including Academic
The morning of this event is focused on improving your understanding of Microsoft Licensing and will allow you to sit your MLSS exam and become accredited as a Microsoft Licensing Sales Specialist. Achieving this accreditation will ensure customers see you as a trusted Microsoft advisor, and will help boost your bottom line.
In the afternoon there is the NEW Academic session where you will learn about Academic licensing and the selling opportunities it presents.

If you have any questions please contact us.

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Technical ISS Solutions Team

NEWS : Microsoft Server 2008 going obsolete.

The launch version of Server 2008 and Server 2008 SP2 will become obsolete on 31st of December.

For more information on the current part numbers please contact the Microsoft Team

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Technical ISS Solutions Team