Is virtualization your biggest business opportunity?
As an HP/Microsoft Frontline partner, there has never been a better time to talk to your midsize customers about virtualization. With research showing it to be a huge growth area, new solutions overcoming previous barriers to adoption, and great up-sell and cross-sell potential, it might just be the best business opportunity you have today.

The Data Center Institute predicts that by 2010, more than half of all data centers will have to relocate to new facilities or outsource some applications. And that by 2011, data center operations will be halted at 90% of companies due to power failures and limits on power availability, and, that one out of every four data centers will experience a business disruption serious enough to affect the entire company’s ability to continue business-as-usual. This is why, AMI Partners indicates that 39 percent of U.S. midsize businesses consider virtualization to be a key issue to address in the next 12 months.

While server utilization and total cost of ownership problems in mid-sized companies are similar to large enterprises, the fear of complexity and high cost of virtualizing has prevented heavy adoption so far. Until now. The new HP ProLiant iVirtualization solution simplifies virtualization by integrating Microsoft® Hyper-V, and other hypervisors, into the HP ProLiant platform affordably and reliably.

It is the only out-of-box offering that fully integrates virtualization technology with core server management tools to significantly reduce the time and administration needed to deploy, configure and manage a virtualized environment. An initial installation and configuration of host and virtual machines can be done in just minutes, truly simplifying virtualization deployments drastically.

What’s more, virtualized servers can share storage, and represent a great opportunity for customers to reduce capital costs, by linking HP ProLiant servers with HP storage solutions designed specifically for midsize businesses like the HP StorageWorks MSA 2000 Modular Smart Array or the EVA 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array.

Check out HP ProLiant iVirtualization, delight your customers and grow your business. Visit Urs Renggli’s blog, HP Director TSG Small & Midmarket business, for postings on more virtualization opportunities for you to think about.

Architectural firm’s efficiency rises to new heights
CollinsWoerman implemented the latest technological advancements in the buildings that it designs with the help of FLP partner Northwest Computer Support. A single implementation of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 improved operational efficiency and productivity, which will produce more benefits as it expands. Northwest Computer Support implemented the solution and worked with Microsoft support as needed. The company plans to take advantage of virtualization capabilities in Windows Server 2008 to reduce capital and operational costs.

HP/Microsoft Virtualization webcasts available for
on-demand viewing
Two recent webcasts on virtualization in HP Microsoft environments are available as great sales tools for you.  Invite your customers to view them on-demand, to learn about the capital and operational cost saving benefits of virtualization. Invite them to register today for the server and client virtualization webcasts.

Need promotional goodies with your logo?
Visit the FLP Store!
If your marketing campaign includes an event, you can use any subsidy coupon code (or your own credit card) upon checkout to purchase promotional materials with the HP, Microsoft and your company logos on items such as pens, pads, coffee mugs, shirts or lighted lanyards from the new FLP Store. Visit the FLP Store today to explore!

Upcoming joint HP/MS campaign on SharePoint
Our new SharePoint campaign is targeted to launch in June! As workloads increase, your customers are finding it increasingly difficult to excel. In particular, mobile workers are often stranded because they can’t access the up-to-the-minute information they need to do their jobs. Help your customers reverse this trend by implementing Microsoft SharePoint and Office 2007 on HP servers and clients to share mission-critical information and manage documents more efficiently than ever, even if they’re on the road.

Big Easy and VAR rebate update
More than three quarters of all Value Added Resellers (VAR) in the United States already leveraging the Microsoft Big Easy Offer are Frontline partners. This is really phenomenal, and a clear demonstration of the business appeal. It is all the more so good news as the Big Easy just got bigger! Plus, Big Easy can also be combined with the VAR rebate (Now through June 27, 2008, VARs can earn up to 30 percent in rebates on new Open Value purchases.). To learn more about the Big Easy opportunity for Frontline partners, click here (10 min. video).

HP Total Care now includes theft protection
According to the FBI, 1 out of every 10 notebook computers will be stolen within the first 12 months of purchase; and 90 percent of them will never be recovered (Attrition Data Loss, July 2005). HP recently partnered with Absolute Software to provide a service that brings peace-of-mind to your theft worries by helping with computer theft recovery, data protection and secure asset tracking. Computrace Professional tracks and recovers stolen computers with assistance from the Computrace recovery team, and provides up to $1000 in recovery reimbursement if a computer cannot be recovered within 60 days. Sell as part of certain HP Care Pack Services with every HP Business notebook PC.

Exclusive webcast for YOU, our Frontline partners
On June 30 at 1 p.m. PST, the FLP team will provide you an update on the program, benefits and direction of the HP/MS Frontline partnership. Don’t miss out and mark your calendar to attend this webcast!

June webcast: Exchange 2007 and HP servers
Unique opportunity to enable your mid-sized customers to learn the benefits of additional system memory in the HP ProLiant BL480c Blade Server, and the performance considerations when working with large Exchange 2007 memory configurations. Register your customers using this link.