As we head into Memorial Day, I wanted to share some important updates from Channel Marketing.

Sympoints Rewards Program
    SEP 12.1 Beta - Earn 100 Sympoints by being one of the first 500 partners to download the Sympoints 12.1 beta and provide your feedback. You can earn an additional 50 points by inviting your customers to participate in the beta trial. This is a limited time offer, get started today! www.sympoints.com

    The Backup, Security and Recovery Promotion runs through July 1, 2011
The Sympoints Rewards Program is always working to help you earn more rewards and expand your awards selections. Don’t forget about the current Backup, Security and Recovery program running through July 1, 2011. Find out more about how this popular promotion can help send your Sympoints totals through the roof!

NetBackup Appliance Promotion – runs through June 30, 2011 - If you are a Symantec platinum, gold, or silver level partner holding a current Data Protection specialization, you may be eligible to participate in the current NBU Appliance promotion. Eligible partners may earn $500 in Amex gift checks for selling qualifying NetBackup appliance SKUs with a limit of 5 appliance deals per reseller sales rep. Valid Appliance SKUs: 21030874, 21153294, and 21157721. Contact your Symantec account manager for complete details.

Take advantage of 3 for 2 Promotion SKUs Effective May 2, 2011 - July 4, 2011 – Customer Promotion - There are new promotion SKUs for Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition, Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Symantec Protection Suite Advanced Business Edition and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition. This promotion is available in Express, Academic and Government Programs. Full details are at: http://go.symantec.com/3for2-protection-promo

Help Optimize & Direct the Future of Your Marketing Investments - The Marketing Assisted Opportunity and Associated Marketing Activity fields are now incorporated into the purchasing section of the PartnerNet Opportunity Registration page. For opportunities influenced by an event or activity funded by Symantec channel marketing funds, please update these new fields. This involves two easy steps: 1) select "Yes" in the "Marketing Assisted Opportunity?" field, and 2), provide a brief description of the activity in the "Associated Marketing Activity" field. Contact your account manager for more details.

SEP 12 Tech Nights Coming to a Location Near You. Register now to secure your seat. To ensure you are ready for the upcoming release of Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 and Symantec Endpoint Protection SBE, we’ve scheduled a series of tech nights in a number of U.S. cities. Our product experts will walk you through several upgrade and configuration scenarios to better help you prepare for your customers’ transition to SEP 12 and SEP 12 SBE. Plus, all attendees will have a chance to win an AMERICAN EXPRESS® GIFT CARD. https://symantecevents.verite.com/sep