VMware has recently announced two great promotions that will run from February 1, 2011 – June 15, 2011.  Save 40 percent when you upgrade to the VMware <a href="http://www.vmware.com/solutions/smb/how-to-buy.html">vSphere Standard Acceleration Kit</a> or purchase <a href="http://www.vmware.com/products/site-recovery-manager/">VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager</a>.
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The First promotion is for any VMware customers who currently has vSphere Essentials or Essentials Plus licensed on or before January 31, 2011 can now upgrade to the new vSphere Standard Acceleration Kit for 40% off the normal list price.  The vSphere Standard Acceleration Kit includes VMware vCenter Server Standard and 8 CPU of vSPhere Standard Edition to provide business continuity with VMware vMotion, VMware High Availability, and VMware Data Recovery features.

The Second Promotion is for any customer looking to jumpstart their disaster recovery process by deploying VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager.  Purchase Site Recovery Manager at 40 percent off the normal list price for the first 25 virtual machine licenses purchased.  VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager automates the entire disaster recovery process to simplify and improve the reliability of DR implementations. Jumpstart your initial Site Recovery Manager deployment and experience the benefit of fully automated, reliable disaster recovery for your key applications.