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Sun Swap Out Offer

Are your customers worried about the future viability and support of Sun identity and access management products? Novell is offering you and your customers an unprecedented deal—a one-for-one license swap for Sun identity and access management products to Novell Identity solutions with a like-for-like swap for perpetual and subscription licenses.

Many of Sun’s customers are highly concerned about Oracle's commitment to Sun's identity and access management product line—and they should be. The importance of solid identity and access management solutions can not be understated, and you have an excellent opportunity to deliver value and piece of mind to your customers—for years to come.

The services revenue opportunity for you is excellent and now is a great time to switch your Sun customers to Novell, where we've built our rock-solid identity management solutions from the ground up.

Not Yet a Novell Partner?

If you're a System Integrator, Consultant or a Value Added Reseller with an identity management practice interested in this offer, we're interested in helping you and your customers move to the award-winning, industry-leading Novell Identity Management solutions.

You may be eligible for incentives such as automatic Gold Partner status, unlimited technical support, enablement training and programs for migration to Novell solutions. Just send an e-mail to PartnerNet@novell.com and ask about the Sun Swap Out offer to get started!

Novell Partners -- Register Your Customers for the Sun Swap Out Offer to Get Started Today!

Register your customers with a perpetual license on their Sun products to swap for equivalent Novell products and they'll get the Novell product licenses for free—all your customers pay is maintenance. The swap out is as follows:

• The Sun Identity Manager swap gives customers Novell Identity Manager, Novell Roles Based Provisioning Module and Novell Enterprise Integration Module.
• The Sun Role Manager swap gives customers Novell Access Governance Suite.
• The Sun OpenSSO swap gives customers Novell Access Manager.
• The Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition swap gives customers Novell eDirectory.

Sun subscription customers can opt in for equivalent Novell product subscriptions and will be considered for additional incentives on a case-by-case basis. Send an e-mail to ism_pm@novell.com and our product management team will review your specific customer situation and explore the best options for structuring pricing and licensing.

Partner Resources

• Sun Swap Out Offer -- customer-facing flyer
• Sun Swap Out Offer FAQ 
• Identity Manager 4 Presentation (pricing, discounts, Sun Swap Out offer) 
• Oracle Competitive Brief 
• Competitive Guide – Oracle Identity Manager 

Start your customers' migrations from Sun to Novell today!

Have your customers register now!