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We want to know how you make your customers’ time and money count more with VMware vSphere. Here are two new programs for your small and midsized customers with fewer than 1000 employees and/or less than 100 servers before virtualization!

Tell Us Your Story
Encourage your customers to share how you and VMware have helped their business succeed and you could win up to three passes to Partner Exchange 2010 and get a one-page joint-customer success story published on vmware.com. Just be sure to have your customers include your company name in the Partner section of the contest entry form.  In addition, your customers could win an iPod Touch for participating!

Send your customers to www.vmware.com/go/tellusyourstory today.

Time to Save with VMware Video Contest
Get your customers to create a video that demonstrates why VMware is the right choice for small and midsize businesses and they could win big! Prizes include $5,000 cash, Apple MacBook Pro laptops with VMware Fusion®, 5th-generation iPod nanos, and t-shirts. Be sure to have them mention your company that helped them achieve it all!

See all the details at www.vmware.com/go/timetosave/contest.

VMware has just announced quarter-end guidelines and cut-off times for Q3 2009, ending on September 30, 2009.

Please be advised that our distribution partners recently received notification from VMware regarding quarter-end order processing. We suggest you take note of the dates and guidelines and submit your orders to Distribution early so they can meet VMware timelines for guaranteed order processing. Our intent is to book every order possible, but we can only guarantee booking up to the dates specified.

Get the critical dates and times for Q3 close

Visit Partner Central and get the response to the flawed benchmark test conducted by Virtualization Review magazine.

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When choosing a virtualization platform, it is important to ensure that you realize all the promised benefits of virtualization, and maximize your return on investment. A large number of providers now claim to offer virtualization solutions, but in actuality only offer a hypervisor. How do you cut through the noise and determine who can actually deliver a complete shared services delivery platform versus just a hypervisor? Are all virtualization offerings basically the same? Should you just choose based on upfront software license costs?

From working with analysts, customers, and partners, it is apparent that companies need a solution that meets all of the following requirements:

1. Is built on a robust, proven foundation.
2. Delivers a platform for shared IT services.
3. Provides a complete solution for virtualization management.
4. Supports your entire IT infrastructure.
5. Is proven across tens of thousands of customer deployments.

As you will see, it quickly becomes clear that only VMware delivers on all of these important requirements. And best of all, VMware delivers while providing low total cost of ownership (TCO).

Read why VMware Infrastructure 3 is the only solution that delivers on all the key requirements of a virtualization platform.

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Are you selling VMware Infrastructure 3 in a competitive deal? Has your customer asked how to differentiate VMware Infrastructure 3 from other solutions? Logon to Partner Cental to watch our presentation and learn the framework to position VMware Infrastructure 3 and present a comprehensive overview of its advantages over other solutions.

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How does VMware Infrastructure 3 differentiate from Citrix XenServer 5? What are the key benefits that VMware Infrastructure 3 offers and why a customer should choose VMware Infrastructure 3 instead of Citrix XenServer 5?

Logon to Partner Central and learn about the key advantages of VMware Infrastructure 3 over Citrix XenServer 5.

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How does VMware ESXi differentiate from Microsoft Hyper-V Server? What are the key benefits that VMware ESXi offers and why should a customer choose VMware ESXi instead of Microsoft Hyper-V Server?

Logon to Partner Central and learn about the top reasons to select VMware ESXi over Microsoft Hyper-V Server.

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Symantec is now offering US and Canadian partners double points on all sales of eligible Symantec Backup Exec products. Earn a 10% rebate, or 15% if you are an SMB Specialist.

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With a global economic recession forecasted for 2009 and 71% of CIOs anticipating flat or decreasing IT budgets, virtualization is the top priority in today's tough economic environment. VMware provides the highest ROI and continues to be the #1 sotware investment for CIOs in a tough economy . Log onto Partner Central and learn how VMware decreases operating costs, reduces energy consumption and beats the competition.

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