HP Software Licensing and Management Solutions

Adobe Creative Suite 6 delivers a new experience for digital media creation. It will enable you to work fast and reach audiences wherever they may be. Adobe’s Creative Suite 6 is available to order through HP SLMS from May 7. CS6 has 4 new suite editions and 14 new point products.
CS6 suite editions
Creative Suite 6 Design Standard: Produce high-impact print and digital designs. Enable fast creativity thanks to boosts in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Edit videos in Photoshop and design for iPads & other tablets in Adobe InDesign®.
Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Premium: The ultimate toolkit. Craft compelling graphics and images, lay out pages, build HTML5/CSS3 websites, and create for tablets and smart phones.
Creative Suite 6 Production Premium: fresh editing tools in Adobe Premiere Pro; 3D tracking in Adobe After Effects; new Content-Aware tools in Adobe Photoshop Extended; & fast editing in Adobe Audition. New additions: Adobe Prelude for logging and Adobe SpeedGrade for color grading and finishing.
Creative Suite 6 Master Collection: delivers unprecedented performance with fast 64-bit native support and GPU acceleration with groundbreaking tools to design latest devices.
CS6 point products
After Effects CS6: get cinematic visual effects faster with new Global Performance Cache
Audition CS6: for audio editing, mixing, restoration, and effects.
Dreamweaver CS6: an intuitive interface for making and editing HTML sites and mobile apps.
Encore CS6: create DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and web DVDs.
Fireworks CS6: design for web and mobile apps without coding
Flash Professional CS6: tools for animation and multimedia
Illustrator CS6: powered by the new Adobe Mercury Performance System so you can work easily on large files.
InCopy CS6: write and edit content that integrates with Adobe InDesign® CS6 enabling collaboration in design and editorial teams
InDesign CS6: offers pixel-perfect control over design and typography
Photoshop CS6: delivers imaging magic, and Adobe Mercury Graphics Engine for fast performance
Photoshop CS6 Extended: new creative options, and Adobe Mercury Graphics Engine
Prelude CS6: Ingest nearly any file format, with markers that flow to post-production
Premier Pro CS6: a revamped interface with new Warp Stabilizer
SpeedGrade CS: includes Lumetri Deep Color Engine
For more information contact the HP SLMS Team.

Save more than 70 percent on the industry standard in desktop virtualization.

Citrix will continue to offer three permanent Trade-up to XenDesktop programs that give XenApp customers the ability to add desktop virtualization to XenApp and expand their desktop virtualization footprint.

These programs include:
• Trade-up: Customers can choose to trade-up a subset or their XenApp licenses to receive one XenDesktop license for each XenApp license, or Trade-up all of their XenApp licenses to receive two XenDesktop licenses for each XenApp license. This program allows customers to save more than 70% on XenDesktop.
• Trade-up PLUS: Customers who trade-up all of their XenApp licenses can also expand to reach MORE users with XenDesktop for 10% off the standard product SRP.
• Trade-up MAX: Customers who trade-up all of their XenApp licenses can also expand to reach ALL of their users with XenDesktop for 35% off the standard product SRP.

Program Overview
or the Trade-up to XenDesktop Frequently Asked Questions

For more information contact SLMS

This July 2012 Microsoft will unify its Volume Licensing pricing policy across the European Union/European Free Trade Association region.
Some countries will see changes to non-Euro pricing as Microsoft establishes greater price consistency across the EU/EFTA region.

Due to sustained currency divergence between countries that use the Euro and those that do not, the British Pound, Swiss Franc and Euro, Microsoft is establishing price alignment for volume licensing customers in the region.
Whereas most EU/EFTA countries currencies are already closely aligned to the Euro, we anticipate expected Price Changes as follows:
*Increase in prices in the UK
*Decrease in prices in Switzerland
Microsoft’s plan is to continue to offer volume licensing in local and Euro denominations, to periodically assess the impact of their pricing policies & make changes if necessary to maintain price consistency across the EU/EFTA Region. This way they can continue to provide clear & equitable pricing.

Please contact your HP SLMS Account Manager to discuss how this change may impact you.

Private Cloud Collaboration brings the necessary data sovereignty, isolation, and security boundary between systems that serve multiple clients, along with strict compliance and privacy policies. Another great advantage to using a private cloud is that private clouds are optimized for business application. They give you more flexibility to customize your applications. HP private cloud brings this support by leveraging templates & pre-built toolsets.

But the differentiation is not all about the features you bring with your services.

Deciding to work with a cloud service provider to manage your collaboration applications as a hosted offering is one thing, choosing the right service provider is another. Most service providers take on the responsibility to support the platform that’s running the client’s applications and are accountable for the operation and performance of the service. Yet, the best service providers actually become a valued partner of the client’s organization and work on an overall solution that meets the client’s goals and they are equally as committed as the client to the success of the program.

HP has proven over 40+ years history that it is a trusted partner and has been an ally for our clients as they pursue leadership in their selected business and markets.

HP Enterprise Cloud Services–Messaging offers a highly secure, flexible alternative to on-premises email management. This email and personal information management service utilizes the Enterprise Cloud Services infrastructure, delivering core business applications and processes in a flexible, scalable, and globally consistent private cloud environment.
With HP Enterprise Cloud Services—Messaging, you can take advantage of the efficiencies of rapid on-boarding and pooled resources, along with high-availability servers, network, and storage to meet your performance needs. HP delivers this as a dedicated, private cloud model with the necessary isolation and security boundaries between systems that serve multiple clients.
The service is hosted from HP data centers located around the world, with the option to be paired for data replication and redundancy. All data is kept on a dedicated infrastructure, and software is regularly updated without additional service fees.

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For over 20 years, HP and Symantec have delivered joint technology solutions and services that enable organizations to secure and manage their most critical information. HP sells the entire range of Symantec products, integrates Symantec into storage, server, and client solutions, and delivers enterprise services based on market-leading Symantec solutions. Symantec is an HP Agility Alliance partner which enables the two companies to develop technology-based IT Outsourcing services in the following categories; data protection and backup, endpoint security and compliance, data loss prevention, data storage and availability, email cloud services, email content monitoring, and IT systems management.
To find out more about how HP and Symantec can help you to protect your information visit Symantec page or contact your local HP SLMS representative.

Microsoft® Lync™ Server 2010 now delivers complete presence, instant messaging, conferencing and enterprise voice capabilities through a single, easy-to-use interface that is consistent across PC, browser, and mobile device. Administrators benefit from a single, consistent management infrastructure, new capabilities to increase availability, and interoperability with existing systems.
New Features and Functionality
Unified Experience
• Get easy access to presence, instant messaging, voice, and audio, video, and Web conferencing—all from the new Microsoft Lync 2010 client.
• Use one set of contacts across Lync 2010 and Office applications.
• Communicate with context from within the applications you use most, including Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft SharePoint.
• Deliver access to presence, instant messaging, and other capabilities for workers on the go via PCs, browsers, and mobile phones.
To learn more contact us.

Microsoft recently announced a major new release of the world’s most widely deployed database platform: Microsoft SQL Server 2012. This release represents significant enhancements and innovations helping our customers take advantage of big data, cloud computing and mission critical features with favourable TCO.
As part of the SQL Server 2012 release, Microsoft have simplified the product line-up down to three main editions:
• SQL Server 2012 Enterprise
• SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence – NEW!
• SQL Server 2012 Standard
In addition Microsoft is updating the licensing model for SQL Server. The updates to the licensing model reflect trends in the database industry and technology shifts – such as virtualisation, private cloud and public cloud computing. Microsoft is also changing SQL Server pricing to reflect the significant new features and capabilities in SQL Server 2012.
“To learn more contact us.

Microsoft has also announced that System Center 2012 will launch mid-2012 (expected release date April). This is an important part of the Microsoft cloud strategy. Together with Windows Server, System Center 2012 anchors the private cloud environment, making it possible to build and manage the world of hybrid IT and positioning Microsoft for future success in the cloud. With the coming release of System Center 2012, Microsoft has evolved how we license our server platform and systems management solutions with fewer versions and a simpler licensing construct. The change makes it easier for some parties to choose Microsoft’s integrated private cloud solution.
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HP SLMS is an Adobe approved Worldwide Platinum Reseller.

Platinum Resellers represent the highest accreditation available to resellers of Adobe products.

What does this mean for you?

HP as a Platinum Reseller will be authorised to purchase directly from Adobe and resell to you, software products under the Adobe Licensing Programs – Cumulative Licensing Program (CLP) & Transactional Licensing Program (TLP) together with any other desktop software license products supplied via Adobe’s volume license programs.

HP are now Adobe Certified which means our SLMS team are up to date with the latest Adobe Licensing and Product Knowledge.
Our Certifications are as follows:
• Adobe Certified Sales Professionals in Volume Licensing,
• Adobe Certified Sales Professionals, Master for Acrobat & Creative Suite,
• Adobe Certified Advanced Sales Professionals,

HP as a Platinum Reseller also have achieved the following specialisation certification for specific
disciplines or vertical markets. Our specialisation is attained by meeting a set of requirements that
demonstrate a high level of competence in the discipline.

• Software Asset Management (SAM) Services helps organisations optimize their valuable software assets and protect their
technology infrastructure. Our SAM expertise will assist end user customers to implement comprehensive software asset management strategies.

For more information on Adobe please contact our HP SLMS Team.