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Microsoft Info - Where do you go??

2008-08-26T11:52:00Z

2008 has been a year of launches for Microsoft and they are continuing to roll with the recent release of SQL Server 2008 (volume licensing) and the forthcoming release of the new Windows Small Business Server 2008 later this year. With so many large announcements it is easy for some significant details to get lost in the wash! Our challenge is to make sure we get the kind of information to you that you need and to balance the marketing messages that are pushed out to you. We can’t do it alone and...(read more)

Symantec License Keys on Certificates and Software Version Upgrade Notifications

2008-08-12T10:12:00Z

Symantec is pleased to announce that in their ongoing efforts to improve their customers’ licensing experience, we are reducing the number of steps required to activate a product. For products where they supply keys with the certificate or Software Version Upgrade notification, the customer is no longer required to visit the Symantec Licensing Portal to claim a key. For new license purchases and Software Version Upgrades of these products, keys will be delivered with the certificate or notification...(read more)

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Update

2008-08-07T14:49:00Z

Info on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V is only available for x64 editions of Windows Server 2008 RTM. If you are using a version of Windows Server 2008 that is pre-RTM, you will need to perform a clean install of Windows Server 2008 RTM x64 edition on your host system. Hyper-V cannot be enabled on systems running inside virtual machines or on x86 versions of Windows Server 2008. The RTM update of Hyper-V is available for Windows Server 2008 x64 editions. Hyper-V requires...(read more)

CA Goes Green

2008-08-06T09:51:00Z

CA Goes Green In an effort to go "green," effective July 1, 2008 CA has decided to eliminate the physical mailing of certain documentation, if an alternative is available. As part of this effort, CA will no longer be shipping tangible Open License Program Certificates to end users for orders that do not require media, but instead emailing them. To ensure your order is processed correctly, when submitting information, please provide us with confirmed, accurate email addresses for two contacts...(read more)

White Paper from Panda

2008-07-24T11:28:00Z

Is Traditional Antivirus Software Now Defunct? The increasing occurrence of malware, and the rising popularity of working from home offices combine to present new challenges for IT security management. This white paper evaluates the future of traditional antivirus software versus 'security as a service', and asks if hosting security solutions is the answer to the demand for lower operating and ownership costs. White paper download: http://www.pandasoftware.co.uk/marketing/PMOP-%20White%20Paper...(read more)

Adobe -> How to get your FREE upgrade

2008-07-24T08:20:00Z

When your customers purchase Acrobat Standard 8.0 and Acrobat Professional 8.0 or the suites including these products between the 2nd June 2008 and the 31st August 2008 they can claim a free of charge upgrade to version 9.0 (or CS 3.3). Your customers should contact Adobe customer services on 020 7365 0733 providing a proof of purchase (P&P may apply). All claims MUST be made by the 15th September 2008....(read more)

News from the Microsoft World Partner Conference

2008-07-09T14:41:00Z

**HOT OFF THE PRESS** I'm currently sitting watching the key notes live streaming from the Microsoft WPC and have heard the release dates for the long awaited Microsoft Small Business Server 2008, Microsoft Essential Business Server 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 - November 12th 2008 Microsoft Essential Business Server 2008 - November 12th 2008 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 - August 2008 We will keep you posted with any further updates or if you have any questions...(read more)

Open Licensing Physical Media EOL

2008-06-24T14:27:00Z

**Announcement** As from July 1st 2008, physical media for Microsoft Open orders will become obsolete. Going forward, media will be available to download via the eOpen website on https://eopen.microsoft.com Please see below for instructions on how to do so: How to download media from eOpen Sign-in to your Windows Live ID account. When first accessing the VLSC (Volume License Service Centre) you will need to fill out all the fields and then click "Continue" All products available for download...(read more)

Last Chance - Trend Micro Worry-Free Webex

2008-06-23T14:45:00Z

Webex Reminder For those of you who were unable to attend last week’s webex, Trend Micro will be re-hosting this again tomorrow morning, Tuesday 24 th June at 11am. The purpose of the webex is to introduce the new Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security products. I’d strongly recommend you attend as it will be extremely informative. P lease see the details below on how to register: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Worry-Free Business...(read more)

HP Notebook Special Offers

2008-06-19T15:29:00Z

Hi Guys We've got a bunch of special offers this week on HP Notebooks. Please visit our new HP Hardware portal to view these and other offers we currently have http://www.bluesolutions.co.uk/hardware/hp.asp If there is any other HP Hardware that we could source for you, please do comment or reply to me directly on the following email address. Many thanks Kind Regards Nicola Boswell (MCP, MLSE) Product Manager DDI: 0118 9898 219 Fax: 0118 9898 001 MSN: nicolaboswell@bluesolutions.co.uk...(read more)

And another chance - Trend Micro Worry-Free Webex!

2008-06-16T11:52:00Z

Webex Reminder For those of you who were unable to attend last week’s webex, Trend Micro will be re-hosting this again tomorrow morning, Tuesday 10 th June at 11am. The purpose of the webex is to introduce the new Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security products. I’d strongly recommend you attend as it will be extremely informative. Please see the details below on how to register: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Worry-Free Business...(read more)

2nd Chance - Trend Micro Worry-Free Webex

2008-06-09T08:25:00Z

Office Ultimate OEM

2008-06-06T14:03:00Z

Hi guys The long awaited release of Office Ultimate OEM is finally here! The MLK's are available to order from our website at the following link: http://www.bluesolutions.co.uk/software/Microsoft_Office_2007_Ultimate_MLK_(Media-LESS_Licence_Kit)_V2_-_OEM_1_Pack/ Office Ultimate 2007 OEM is currently only available as a 1 Pack. Please Note: This product can ONLY be installed with the latest version of the Office 2007 OPK kit, available via the Microsoft System Builder portal: http://oem.microsoft...(read more)

Worry-Free Remote Manager Upgrade Info

2008-06-06T11:56:00Z

Upgrade Information about Worry-Free Remote Manager As part of Trend Micro's Worry-Free 5.0 launch, they will be upgrading Worry-Free Remote Manager from version 1.5 to 1.6 on their datacentres. After the upgrade, Worry-Free Remote Manager will automatically update the WFRM agents code at your customers to support Worry-Free Business Security 5.0 making the migration to WF5.0 even more worry-free for you, their partners and customers . This requires no effort by you and the new agent will support...(read more)

Free upgrade to Adobe Acrobat 9 and Creative Suite 3.3!

2008-06-03T15:23:00Z

You can now pre-order the new Adobe Acrobat 9 and Creative Suite 3.3 range from Blue Solutions. This is due to ship around the end of June.

The new version's being touted as a significant upgrade, partially on strength of new-found native support for Adobe Flash - including video and application files - within PDF documents, which can be read using Adobe Reader 9. Acrobat 9 also offers an Overprint Preview feature which allows designers to view interactions between overlapping objects. Print professionals can reliably convert colours between colour spaces, switch RGB and CMYK blacks to solid black, and map one colour to another colour, including mapping colours to Pantone spot colours. A Compare Documents feature identifies differences including changes to text, text formatting, images, line weights and backgrounds between versions of documents. Acrobat 9 also includes the ability to combine a range of content - documents, video, audio, 3D objects - into a single document within the new concept of PDF Portfolios. Users can select of create layouts for their Portfolios.

Customers buying Acrobat 8 and certain Creative Suite 3 products will be entitled to claim an upgrade to the new version via Adobe Customer Services on 0207 365 0733.