14 DAY TRIAL // The Big Easy Offer 2011 has gone live today, May 2nd, 2011, a special deal which will last for the next couple of months.
The Big Easy Offer 2011 is addressed at members of the Microsoft Partner Network that are located in the United States, according to Microsoft’s Kevin Machayya.
The Microsoft Partner Network portal is the destination to visit for members that want additional details on the software giant’s offer, but access requires them to have a valid account.
Of course, some company partners can already guess the benefits provided, especially if they took advantage of similar deals in the past.
“The Big Easy Offer 2011 allows US customers who make a qualifying purchase to earn a partner subsidy,” Machayya explained.
“Similar to previous Big Easy Offers, you can benefit from subsequent purchases of software solutions, hardware and / or services by customers cashing in their subsidy checks.”
As I’ve said, Microsoft partners can already start benefiting from the Big Easy Offer for 2011.
According to information provided by the Redmond company, the special deal will last through June 30, 2011.
Of course, Microsoft has also worked to enhance the Big Easy Offer compared to previous “versions.”
Here are some details offered by Machayya:
“1. A simplified payout structure – a single payout percentage to be applied on a per product basis, regardless of the number of product groups included in the agreement;
2. At least 2x payout on Open annuity – helping our partners drive the annuity focus through Open Value and Open Value Subscription licensing programs
3. Relatively higher payouts on growth and emerging solutions – enabling you to catalyze small and mid-sized business adoption of Virtualization and server management, and Security and Identity solutions,” he revealed.
The software giant even made available the following email address bigeasy at microsoft.com for the partners that have questions related to Big Easy Offer 2011.