TechSoup Stock New Product Alert - September 2007

This month, I would like to highlight the newest product from the Cisco donation program, the Cisco 24-Port Ethernet Switch.

Please read on to learn more about popular Cisco donations and eligibility requirements. In addition, two new server products from Microsoft are now available through TechSoup Stock: System Center Operations Manager Server 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007.

 

Go back to school with TechSoup Stock! We’ve created a list

(below) of some of our top donated products to help students be more successful - and have more fun - with their studies.

 

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FEATURED CISCO PRODUCTS

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New at TechSoup Stock this month, the Cisco 24-Port Ethernet Switch joins multiple computers or network segments together in a high-speed data network. Built-in advanced security features help protect individual devices as well as the entire network.

 

* Cisco CE500 24-Port Ethernet Switch

Admin Fee: $70 (compares to a retail value of $870) http://ga0.org/ct/C7LRaAn1QERQ/

 

The Cisco Donation Program at TechSoup Stock allows eligible organizations to select from a variety of firewalls, routers, switches, and wireless products. Four popular Cisco products

include:

 

* Cisco ASA 5505 Security Appliance - Firewall Edition Admin Fee: $136 (compares to a retail value of $1695) http://ga0.org/ct/CdLRaAn1QERP/

 

* Cisco 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Admin Fee: $264 (compares to a retail value of $3295) http://ga0.org/ct/C1LRaAn1QERp/

 

* Cisco 802.11a/b/g Access Point

Admin Fee: $56 (compares to a retail value of $699) http://ga0.org/ct/ZdLRaAn1QER8/

 

View all Cisco product donations:

http://ga0.org/ct/KdLRaAn1QERU/

 

ELIGIBILITY: U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofits with additional restrictions. Eligible nonprofit organizations may request donated products with admin fees totaling up to $1,200 per fiscal year.

 

Please note that some of the program rules have recently

changed:

* As of March 16, 2007, certain direct-service nonprofits with budgets of up to $10 million are now eligible.

* On December 15, 2006, additional nonprofits focused on basic human needs services, including affordable housing, became eligible. These nonprofits must satisfy all other participation guidelines as outlined in the Cisco eligibility requirements.

 

View complete eligibility restrictions:

http://ga0.org/ct/1dLRaAn1QERT/

 

Learn more at TechSoup: “Networks 101: What is a Network?”

http://ga0.org/ct/K1LRaAn1QERE/

 

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TWO NEW MICROSOFT SERVER PRODUCTS

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TechSoup Stock recently added two Microsoft products to help your organization monitor its IT services and communicate more

effectively:

 

* System Center Operations Manager Server 2007 See a comprehensive view of the health of your organization’s IT environment with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Server 2007, a powerful server application for monitoring IT services across an organization. The successor to Operations Management Server 2005, Operations Manager 2007 offers many new features and rebuilt components, designed for greater scalability and customizability.

 

Learn more and place your product request:

http://ga0.org/ct/VpLRaAn1QER0/

 

* Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition This new product provides instant messaging, conferencing, presence (status information such as online, busy, away, on the phone, or out to lunch), and VoIP (voice over IP) telephony in a fully integrated, unified communications solution. This offering is the standard edition, which can support up to 5,000 users.

 

Learn more and place your product request:

http://ga0.org/ct/CpLRaAn1QERR/

 

ELIGIBILITY: U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofits and Canadian charitable and nonprofit organizations. For details on eligibility requirements, visit http://ga0.org/ct/11LRaAn1QERY/

 

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BACK TO SCHOOL WITH TECHSOUP STOCK

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Does your nonprofit organization or public library work with youth?

 

We’ve selected some of our top donated products to help students be more successful in school, now available through TechSoup

Stock:

 

* Microsoft Student with Encarta 2008 (admin fee $2 vs. retail value $50)

- Nonprofits:

http://ga0.org/ct/ZpLRaAn1QERk/

- Public libraries:

http://ga0.org/ct/V7LRaAn1QERl/

 

* Microsoft Encarta 2008 (admin fee $3 vs. retail value $50)

- Nonprofits:

http://ga0.org/ct/Z7LRaAn1QERi/

- Public libraries:

http://ga0.org/ct/VdLRaAn1QERo/

 

* Microsoft Math (admin fee $2 vs. retail value $20) http://ga0.org/ct/V1LRaAn1QER9/

 

* UltraKey 5.0 typing instruction software (admin fee $15 vs.

retail value $150)

http://ga0.org/ct/Z1LRaAn1QERn/

(available for both nonprofits and public libraries)

 

* Norton 360 (admin fees of $15 to $24 vs. retail values from $70 to $240) http://ga0.org/ct/K7LRaAn1QERy/

 

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TELL A FRIEND

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As a nonprofit helping other nonprofits get the technology they need, TechSoup Stock depends on your referrals to reach organizations that might not know about our service. I encourage you to take a moment and forward this email to nonprofits and libraries you know that could benefit from access to these products and savings. Since 2002, TechSoup Stock has helped over 50,000 nonprofits and public libraries take advantage of product donations.

 

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QUESTIONS?

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If you have questions about our donation programs that were not addressed by this email or the program pages on our Web site, please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department via email at newproducts@techsoup.org or call us at 1-800-659-3579, extension 700. TechSoup Stock Customer Service is available Monday-Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time. In addition, you can get answers to your questions at our online Email and Answer Center at http://ga0.org/ct/KpLRaAn1QERh/.

 

Sincerely,

 

Rebecca Masisak

Co-CEO, CompuMentor/TechSoup

http://www.techsoup.org/stock

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