Promotions
Price Change for Selected SWG Products
Effective 1 January 2008
Effective 01 January 2008*, Passport Advantage Express Suggested Retail
Prices (SRP), Passport Advantage Suggested Volume Prices (SVP), and list prices,
as applicable, for the following categories of products, will be increased
approximately 3%.
- Most Passport Advantage eligible products from the IBM Information
Management, Lotus, and Rational brands, along with selected products from the
IBM WebSphere and Tivoli brands.
- Media and documentation packs associated with the Passport Advantage
eligible products
- Selected products available for order by program number and feature code
with Passport Advantage eligible product counterparts, listed in the Description
section Prices for Passport Advantage eligible products, including software
licenses, Software Maintenance renewals, Software Maintenance reinstatements,
and trade-ups, will increase approximately 3%.
For Software Maintenance renewals, the price increase is effective for any
coverage period with a start date of January 1, 2008, or later, regardless of
the date that coverage is ordered.
New Microsoft Promotions Launching December 1, 2007
SharePoint
Enterprise CAL
Promotion
Promo Offer:
Until June 30th, 2008, Microsoft is running a
promotion to offer an approximate 25% discount off the License cost of Office
SharePoint Server Enterprise CAL when purchased alongside the PerformancePoint
Server CAL with a three-year Software Assurance (SA) plan. This offer will
facilitate the deployment and adoption of the Business Intelligence investment
for your organization, while ensuring a robust upgrade path.
Eligibility: Customers
must purchase equal quantities of PerformancePoint Server CAL License + SA or
ProClarity Desktop Professional 6.3 / PerformancePoint Professional 2007 License
+ SA to be eligible
Program(s): Select,
Select Local, US Government (Corporate, Academic,
Government)
Geography: Worldwide
Promo Dates: December 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008
Promo
SKUS: Identified with “Promo” in the SKU description.
Windows
Vista + Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP)
Promo Offer:
Save approximately
15% off the regular price when you upgrade to Windows Vista Enterprise through
an Open Value or Select License Agreement with Software Assurance.
Plus, you’ll receive all of the valuable
training, free upgrade to the next version of the Windows® Operating System,
and support benefits of Microsoft’s Software Assurance. And, you’ll also get exclusive rights to
purchase the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance.
Eligibility: Customers with an active agreement in an
eligible program upgrading their Windows licenses to Vista Business. The MDOP portion of the promotion is only
available to customers upgrading to Vista
Business via this offer.
Program(s): Open
License Value, Open Value, Multi Year Open, Select, Select Local, US Government (Corporate, Academic, Government)
Geography: Worldwide
Promo Dates: December 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008
Promo
SKUS: Vista SKUS for this offer are Identified with “2008 Promo” in the SKU
description.
IMPORTANT NOTE: These are specifically described as “2008 Promo”
to avoid confusion with the Vista Velocity Promotion that ended on October 31,
2007 where the SKU descriptions included “Promo”. MDOP SKUs for this offer are simply
identified with “Promo” in the SKU description.
Office
Communications Server Standard CAL Promotion
Promo Offer: Office
Communications Server Standard CAL License + Software Assurance for the price
of Software Assurance.
Eligibility: Active
agreement in an eligible program.
Program(s): Open,
Open License Value, Open Value, Multi Year Open, Select, Select Local, US
Government, Enterprise Agreement
(Corporate,
Government)
Geography: Worldwide
Promo
Dates: December 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008
Promo
SKUS: Identified with “Promo” in the SKU description.
