Specials
Below are the May Special Promotions available through Alternative Technology. As your total solutions distribution source, you can count on us to keep you up-to-date on the latest promotions and value-add offers from our vendor partners.
Contact your Account Manager at Alternative Technology for more detailed information regarding a specific promotion and how you can take advantage of these discounts.
(All prices are in US dollars).
Current Promotions: Citrix, LeftHand Networks, MX Logic, Packeteer, Secure Computing, SonicWALL, ThinPrint, Vizioncore
- Citrix Appliance Buy-Back & Trade-In Promotion
Citrix Appliance Buy-Back & Trade-In Promotion
We are pleased to announce the ANG/AAG TradeIn/BuyBack promotion. This promotion is available through 6/30/2008. It provides a 10% discount off list price on any Citrix ANG/AAG solution that has reached an End of Sale status or on a list of competitive hardware models. Note, BuyBacks of CAG 2000s provide a $1,000 flat rate discount.
You can find out more information by logging into My Citrix.
Make money with Citrix
Hurry! Offer ends June 30, 2008.
Expires: June, 30, 2008
- WANScaler Promo Pricing
WANScaler Promotional Offer
- From April 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008 promotional pricing is being offered on five WANScaler product models
- Standard discount program pricing still applies on top of the new promotional SRP
- No High Availability (HA) Pair models are being offered with promotional pricing. Customers requiring an HA solution should order two identical promotional models.
- Promotional pricing is also being offered on the 1-year Maintenance options (Gold, Silver and Bronze) for the 5 models covered under the promotion
- The promotional 1-year Maintenance prices are only valid when ordered along with a product being sold under the promotion
- Multi-year Maintenance purchases and Maintenance renewals are not covered under this promotion
Citrix WANScaler 8320 - CALL FOR PRICING!
Citrix WANScaler 8520 - CALL FOR PRICING!
Citrix WANScaler 8540 - CALL FOR PRICING!
Citrix WANScaler 8820 - CALL FOR PRICING!
Citrix WANScaler 8820 500 Mbps High Speed Upgrade - CALL FOR PRICING!- Citrix Price List reflects the WANScaler promotional prices
- This promotion is available through Citrix EASY, OPEN, FLEX, and GELA discount programs
Please Remember…
- New WANScaler PND (Partner Notification Document) is available for download from partner site
- All WANScaler appliances require a NIC option to complete the order. Orders w/out NIC options will be placed on hold and the partner will be notified of this status
- Orders that contain multiple shipping destinations require a purchase order for each destination
- Orders for WANScaler Maintenance renewal must use the specific renewal SKUs rather than the SKUs provided for 1-Yr, 2-Yr, and 3-Yr Maintenance on new appliance orders
Who Can Sell WANScaler?
- Partner must be a qualified Citrix Solution Advisor (CSA)
- Complete and pass the CTX-1623AW Citrix WANScaler: Selling and Positioning course
- Complete and pass the Citrix WANScaler temporary technical authorization test – CTX-00014A or formal technical exam 1Y0-740 Citrix WANScaler 4.2: Administration and the recommended preparatory training course CTX-1740AI Citrix WANScaler 4.2: Administration
- Contact Danielle Jennings 954-267-8203, or danielle.jennings@citrix.com for more education information
Expires: December, 31, 2008
- NSM 2060 Limited Time Promotion
Special Promotion on NSM 2060 1.8TB and 3.0TB Products during the Month of May
Effective May 1st through May 31st, LeftHand is offering a special price reduction on the 1.8TB and 3.0TB NSM 2060 platforms. This is an excellent opportunity to have a conversation with your NSM 160 and iSCSI SAN powered by HP ProLiant DL380 and SAN/iQ installed base customers. Please contact your Alternative Technology account manager at 1-800-544-7674 for exact pricing.
Expires: May, 31, 2008
- Try MX Logic - Risk Free - For 30 Days!
MX Logic is a proven Managed Service Provider of Email Security, Web
Security and Message Archiving services. That means Malware protection, Anti-spam, Antivirus, anti-phishing and Disaster Recovery Services that are truly superior, wrapped in a partner program that is as easy as 1,2,3.Try MX Logic, RISK FREE, for 30 days!
This Q2 promotion is as easy as 1, 2, 3:
- Easy for YOU
- Easy for your customers
- Easy to Sell
Click Here to download promo details!
Expires: December, 31, 2008
- The Future is Clear Packeteer Visibility Promo!
For each purchase of one unit of Packeteer Product (can be any of the following: PacketShaper 3500, 7500 or 10,000, or iShared or iShared Software-Only or iShaper) one of the below Monitor-Only units (any combination) up to a total of 4 units per end-user can be purchased.
Available Configurations:
PROMO SKU PRODUCT RECEIVED PS1400-L000M-PROMO PS1400-L000M PS1700-L000M-PROMO PS1700-L000M PS3500-L000M-PROMO PS3500-L000M 20% DISCOUNT OFF LIST PRICE!!!!
Contact your Distribution Account Report for exact pricing.Promotion Details:
- An approved NPR must be in place for the end-user.
- A PacketCare™ agreement must be purchased for each product purchased – including all special priced SKU units.
- All current partner level discounts will apply.
- Partner promotion materials & useful sales tools available through our Partner Portal
Terms and Conditions
- In Order to qualify for this special offer, purchases must be made through a Packeteer Authorized Distributor only.
- Special priced Monitor-Only Unit SKUs must be ordered on the same purchase order of the qualifying regularly priced units.
- “The Future Is Clear” Promotion only available on orders placed and accepted by Packeteer between February 14 – June 30, 2008
- Must not exceed 4 special-priced SKUs per end-user order.
- You must have a Packeteer approved NPR for the end-user.
- A PacketCare™ agreement must accompany each unit purchased.
- Only Packeteer Authorized, Solutions, and Service & Solutions partners in good standing in the Packeteer partner program in the Americas, EMEA and APAC regions are eligible to participate in the program. Partners in Japan are not eligible for this promotion.
- All current partner level discounts will apply.
- Should reseller wish to upgrade license keys for any purchased promo SKUs they will need to submit a separate
purchase order at standard NPR pricing.
Expires: June, 30, 2008
- SafeWord 2008 - 90% off Starter Packs
SafeWord 2008 - 90% off Starter Packs
Secure Computing is now offering SafeWord 2008 Starter Packs at 90% off! These Starter Packs are a powerful tool to introduce strong authentication to your customers and drive incremental business. More than 50% of customers that deploy these Starter Packs result in subsequent SafeWord orders of $7,000 or more within the first year.
The list price is $75 on each Starter Pack and the promotional SKUs are as follows:
SafeWord 2008 – SEC36072A02
SafeWord 2008, Cisco – SEC36073A02
SafeWord 2008, Check Point – SEC36074A02
SafeWord 2008, Nortel – SEC36075A02
SafeWord 2008, Citrix – SEC36076A02PLUS Silver through Platinum partners can now purchase SafeWord 2008!
Click HERE for more information.
Expires: June, 30, 2008
- SonicWALL Q208 Promotions!!!
Q1 Promotions Extended!
CDP site to site 50% off second unit of equal or lesser value!
Special Pricing Request Required - CDP 50% off PROMO EXTENDED – Reseller Offer: Buy any CDP appliance + a Site to Site license and take 50% off the 2nd CDP appliance. Discount on the second CDP appliance for product of equal or lesser value. Must be a single deal on a special pricing request.
SSL VPN Virtual Assist 50% off!
Special Pricing Request Required - SonicWALL SSL-VPN Virtual Assist Offer EXTENDED – 50% off when purchased with an appliance through June 30th, 2008. Must be on a single deal on a special pricing request.
PRO OS Enhanced FREE Upgrade!
Product must be registered on mysonicwall.com by June 30th to receive free enhanced OS.
Expires: June, 30, 2008
- ThinPrint Announces Lower Prices!
Increase Your ThinPrint Sales with Lower Prices and Win a Wii or iPod Touch!
1.) 25% lower prices for .print User-Based licensing
ThinPrint .print with named user-based licensing is a great and affordable way to provide a world class print solution to:
a) Your customers with small environments
b) Environments of almost any size especially those that use print serversNew pricing advantages:
ThinPrint .print is now much more affordable especially for 64-bit environments as well as for customers with high resource demands and a lower users/server ratio.
The print server is now more affordable: Print servers are a great asset to almost any environment! If you are not sure how to sell the print server concept to your customer, contact us!
Now ThinPrint .print pricing is more competitive. You can now offer your customers the BEST print management solution with the best pricing. It’s the best deal for their dollar.
Simplified offerings: Licensing is the same regardless of environmentImportant to Note:
When using a print server:
a) All licenses are installed on the print server
b) Each print server needs 1 .print Print Server Basic Pack which includes 10 users
c) Named user-based licenses are added as needed
d) The application servers (e.g. XenApp or MSTS) printing to the print server can be load balanced
Without a print server:
a) Application servers should not be load balanced. In this case, server- based licensing is more favorable
b) Each application server needs a .print Application Server Basic Pack
c) Named users are added as neededReseller Competition:
The first VAR to exceed 500 named user licenses sold in Q2 2008 will win a Nintendo Wii!2.) .print for Virtual Desktops - up to 54% lower prices and new exciting product line up
On May 1, 2008, ThinPrint will introduce a new, simplified approach to serve virtual desktop environments. We believe that these products and prices will allow our channel partners to:
a) Price offers competitively yet still enjoy high margins
b) Offer ThinPrint .print as their solution of choice with every virtual desktop quote
c) Be a convincing trusted advisors to their customers by offering the best solution packages
d) Work with ThinPrint and use our expertise in printing with their expertise in customers needs to provide great solutions for even the most challenging environmentsThe new pricing approach will be based on these two products:
.print Desktop Engine
Entry-level solution to world-class printing in virtual desktop applications
replaces RDP Engine XP, Desktop Blade Engine and Virtual Desktop Engine
Available in packs of 1, 5, 10 and 100
Support for RDP and ICA (Summer 2008) protocols
Plug & Play Installation
Prices starting as low as $27.50 per user
.print Server Engine (Named User Licensing)
Enterprise level solution
Uses (virtual) dedicated print servers
Centralized Installation, licensing and management
Support for RDP, ICA and TCP/IP protocols
$45 per user (1 .print Print Server Basic Pack required per print server)Incentives
The ThinPrint partner who registers virtual desktop projects in Q2 2008 can use ThinPrint’s consulting resources at no cost to provide a print environment assessment to customers. (Interested but not yet a partner? It only takes minutes to sign up - click HERE!)Enter to win iPod Touch or Nintendo Wii!
Any VAR to exceed $5000 (list price) in sales of .print Desktop Engine will be entered into a drawing for an iPod Touch or Nintendo Wii!As of May 1, 2008 the following products will no longer be available:
1) .print RDP Engine XP (discontinued)
2) .print Desktop Blade Engine (discontinued)
3) .print Virtual Desktop Engine (discontinued)Please contact your AltTech account manager or visit www.Thinprint.com for more information.
Expires: June, 30, 2008
- vEssentials Accelerator Promo
Now when you sell a VMware Accelerator Kit*, you can get two free CPUs of Vizioncore's vEssentials bundle!
About vEssentials
vEssentials, which includes Vizioncore’s industry leading vRanger Pro, award winning vReplicator and vCharter, helps extend the ROI on end users’ investments in virtualization, taking them further by implementing solid disaster recovery, high availability and performance monitoring solutions. The vEssentials Promo bundles two CPUs each of vRanger Pro, vReplicator and vCharter, a US$1,800 value, FREE!*Good only for VMware Acceleration Kits: Foundation (1 VI-FND-AK-C), Mid-size (1 VI-MID-AK-C) or Enterprise (1 VI-ENT-AK-C).
Expires: September, 30, 2008