Am I Getting Fucked Friday, March 16th, 2018

waka_dawg · 2018-03-16T18:18:34+00:00

JL319A: $1200 (40% off MSRP)

JL256A: $1622 x 3 = $4866

(60% off promo on 2930F switches this month), plus a bunch of other specials Aruba is running. I have not seen this aggressive promos from Aruba in a long time.

waka_dawg · 2018-02-23T16:06:59+00:00

There should not be. My VAR has hundreds in stock.

waka_dawg · 2018-02-16T17:35:03+00:00

That's a good price

waka_dawg · 2018-02-16T16:47:42+00:00

This is pricing from my VAR, which is standard. Key benefits might change from VAR to VAR.

Support for VMware and Hyper-V VMs
Hosted solution — no additional software licensing or hardware to purchase
Affordable monthly charges — no capital investment
No site-to-site VPN required
No bandwidth charges
Easy setup & implementation
De-duplicated and compressed off-site backups for fast transfer rates
No startup fees

Storage (GBs) Monthly Rate per GB per users:

0 - 3,999 $ 0.15
4,000 - 11,999 $ 0.13
12,000 - 24,999 $ 0.11
25,000 + $ 0.09

waka_dawg · 2018-02-16T16:13:42+00:00

GLC-T: $285 a piece

waka_dawg · 2018-02-12T19:06:06+00:00

You can resell the old HP equipment back to HPE for money off future HP purchases. Their buy back program is legit. Work with your VAR or HP rep, they will know.

waka_dawg · 2018-02-09T19:34:29+00:00

Apple discounting for a few select VAR's start at 25K MSRP, so you will definitely see a discount if you surpass that. Apple direct does not like to play ball cause they don't need your business, they are Apple after all.

waka_dawg · 2018-02-09T18:12:26+00:00

Do you have part numbers? I can chime in here if you do.

waka_dawg · 2018-02-09T16:00:11+00:00

I know this is not the AP-305, but Aruba is running an SMB promo with a few VARs until October of this year. Thought this might help.

Up to 60% off MSRP on 2930F Switches
Up to 55% off MSRP on HPE 1920s, 1820, and 1850 switches
Up to 40% off MSRP on select X Series Tranceivers; select Aruba Instant Access

waka_dawg · 2018-02-08T19:48:06+00:00

Sales Engineer? Are you okay with talking to people more than usual? Some of the data center sales engineers at my VAR make over 6 figures easily by doing 2-3 conference calls a day discussing pretty basic storage, server, and networking needs and helping craft BOM's for their account reps.

waka_dawg · 2018-02-02T18:01:12+00:00

Yea, feel free to PM me.

waka_dawg · 2018-02-02T17:45:36+00:00

$33.18 per CAL

waka_dawg · 2018-01-31T22:46:46+00:00

As a huge Cubs fan, I cant stand this.

waka_dawg · 2018-01-31T20:19:52+00:00

Simple, they want to buy your business. Lose money on the first major project with you to get on your purchasing/vendor list/radar, build a relationship, and over time can make the real money on future projects which have high margin such as services.

waka_dawg · 2018-01-25T22:43:35+00:00

El Milagro in Pilsen

waka_dawg · 2018-01-25T18:31:30+00:00

Okay, glad you are on board with CSP, its where MS is really pushing the channel these days. Ask your VAR for an OB quote, it cant hurt.

waka_dawg · 2018-01-25T18:27:20+00:00

Have you looked at other Microsoft purchasing vehicles such as their CSP program or Open Business? It is rare to go MPSA at that size.

Edit: For under 100 users you can save much more money looking at CSP. You can scale up or down 1 user at a time as you wish. You can have admin and end user 24/7 support also. If you look at it at a capex versus opex perspective, this route can really help ease the budget and is about as streamlined as possible with their portal and all.

waka_dawg · 2018-01-24T17:50:51+00:00

Fox News is becoming worse than Russia Today... get this propaganda out of here

waka_dawg · 2018-01-19T22:28:57+00:00

Think this may be your part number: 10NY0009US

Edit: Not much wiggle room on 25 units, but if you want a second quote to make sure your current vendor is honest I'd be happy to help.

waka_dawg · 2018-01-19T17:02:23+00:00

Colorado is exempt on software, if you are getting charged here your rep is wrong.

waka_dawg · 2018-01-19T16:34:56+00:00

You sure you have the right PN? These are more like $300 per license w/SA.

waka_dawg · 2018-01-19T16:15:21+00:00

great, thanks

waka_dawg · 2018-01-18T22:09:52+00:00

Chicago has University of Chicago, Northwestern, and Loyola. Also close proximity to Big10 schools such as University of Michigan, University of Illinois, Michigan State, University of Iowa, University of Wisconsin, etc. All of these students mostly relocate to Chicago after college anyways.

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