SBSC Promotion from CA - Show N Sell - Bang or Bust?
If you didn’t know it, CA jumped on the bandwagon straight out of the gates with Microsoft when we announced the SBSC Program in July. I LOVE the Show and Sell promotion they have running if a phenomenal program!
I’m eager to receive my welcome kit and dive into this myself. Once you pass the SBS Exam and the Marketing proficiency, the first thing you should do is fill out the registration form on the CA site and get your welcome kit ordered.
If you’re not familiar with their offer, it’s for their newest product suite that focuses in on Small Business Server 2003. CA Business Protection Suite is designed to help customers protect their data on both the server and on the desktop. I pulled the details below directly from their site.
I've ordered by kit and I will provide my feedback on the installation once I've had it up and running for a week or so. If you’ve already received a kit, let me know if you’ve taken the time to deploy it in your SBS environment or for a customer, I’d like to get your feedback.
Partner Offer (Exclusively for Microsoft Small Business Specialist partners)
Offer: Computer Associates (CA) Business Protection Suite for Microsoft Small Business Server 2000, Version 1.5 "Show and Sell Kit." One per company – US$2,000 value. Offer valid through March 31, 2006.
Offer Includes:
1. 1. Free, one Not-For-Resale Business Protection Suite Version 1.5 Product License for partner in-house use and for demonstration purposes
2. 2. Free, one 5-user license of CA’s Business Protection Suite Version 1.5, to resell or to give to a special customer
3. 3. Ten Live 30-day Trial CDs to distribute to prospects
4. 4. This Show and Sell Kit only supports Microsoft Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition
Partner Cost:
CA’s Business Protection Suite Version 1.5 Kit is free. No shipping and handling charges. CA will send partners who received the Version 1.5 kit an upgrade kit for 2.0 which includes a new not-for-resale license and 10 new live trial CD’s. The upgrade kit will not include another resalable box product.
Availability
August 2005 – March 31st, 2006
CA’s Business Protection Suite Version 1.5 "Show and Sell Kit" will be available from the beginning of August 2005 through March 31, 2006.
The Version 2.0 upgrade kit for the Version 1.5 recipients will be available in October 2005.
The new complete Version 2.0 Show and Sell Kit will replace Version 1.5 and will also be available in October 2005.
Requirement:
Partners must complete the requirements of the Microsoft Small Business Specialist community program. There is a limit of one Kit per partner organization regardless of how many locations the partner has.