Dear Sir / Madam,

Welcome to the August issue of the 2X Software Virtualization News – Partner Edition! A selection of our recent activities is shown below, as we discuss such activities as recent membership in the FileMaker Business Alliance, as well as highlighting Kern County Mental Health's success in using 2X products. We also include tips for using the 2X Web Access Portal, and list our upcoming training sessions, recent promotions and 2X Partner program details. Enjoy, and thanks for your continued interest in 2X!

Sincerely,

Ryan Pope
Product Manager,
2X Software

Have you ever tried to access the Web Access Portal and had to wait for a few seconds until the first page loaded? Did you notice that this happens the first time you access the portal or after no one had accessed the portal for some time? Why does this happen and how can this delay be eliminated?

The reason why this happens is that Windows/IIS swaps the application information from memory to hard disk when it has not been used for a while to keep the memory free for other processes. Although this is a good thing for standard applications like a word processor it is irritating for the unlucky user who accesses the portal and has to wait for a few extra seconds until it loads.

Since we want the portal to always be available all we need to do is to stop the service we are running from going into sleep mode. This can be achieved by triggering a call to the web portal every few minutes.

Obviously we need to do this automatically. Simply install ‘2X Web Portal booster’ service by downloading the following file; ‘http://www.2x.com/downloads/vds/2XHttpRequestor.zip’, unzip the contents to a folder on the machine where the web portal is installed and run the following command line ‘2XHttpRequestor.exe –i’.

2X has joined the FileMaker Business Alliance, an association of FileMaker-affiliated members enjoying promotions, sales-related resources and exclusive marketing opportunities. The Alliance reaches over 200,000 FileMaker customers, with comprehensive support directly from FileMaker, allowing 2X Software products to powerfully support Filemaker customers, regardless of location. To read the full release, please visit our blog.

Kern County Mental Health has deployed the 2X ApplicationServer to publish Anasazi electronic medical software to remote locations, enjoying seamless application delivery. Since implementation, the organization has enjoyed increased application delivery efficiency and improved tech support. For more information please read the full case study.

The 2X regional offices will be holding training sessions for 2X Partners once again in August:

US Partner Training
Sales Training: Wednesday, Aug. 11 – 2 PM CST (Webinar)
Technical Training: Friday, Aug. 13 – 2 PM CST (Webinar)
Technical Training: Friday, Aug. 20 – 9 AM CST (On-Site)

UK Partner Training
Sales Training: Wednesday, Aug. 24 – 2 PM GMT (Webinar)

Additional training sessions are offered by our worldwide distributor partners. More information about reseller training sessions is available in our Partner section.

Other 2X offices will have training sessions throughout the month; to find a specific office’s training schedule, or to register for a specific training session, please email partners@2x.com with your request, or contact the US, UK, Central Europe or Australian offices directly (sales.us@2x.com, sales.uk@2x.com, sales.de@2x.com or sales.au@2x.com, respectively).

Have a great success story in assisting customers with a 2X deployment? Please contact Ryan Pope at rp@2x.com today for immediate case study placement in prominent media outlets!

Until Aug. 31st, 2010, 2X Partners having customers crossing over to 2X licenses from our competitors are eligible for special 2X ApplicationServer and 2X VirtualDesktopServer license and software maintenance savings. For more information, please contact sales@2x.com to participate!

Special prices are available for our 2X Partners with customers upgrading to the 2X VirtualDesktopServer; please contact a sales representative at an address below to learn more!

For more information, please contact US, UK, Central Europe or Australian sales representatives directly (sales.us@2x.com, sales.uk@2x.com, sales.de@2x.com or sales.au@2x.com, respectively).

All promotional offers valid until Aug. 31st, 2010.

2X Software offers various partnership levels, based upon companies’ business models and goals:

• 2X Partner - basic partnership level
• 2X Advanced Partner - for regular resellers
• 2X Premium Partner - for highly active resellers
• 2X Distribution Partner - for distributors exclusively promoting 2X software to resellers

Existing partners may contact partners@2x.com to receive exclusive benefits, including:

• Not For Resale (NFR) free license keys
• Free upgrade to 2X VirtualDesktopServer Version 8
• Sales leads
• Free 2Xpert Certification program
• Personal PRM Account

Note the new and improved 2X PRM system, viewable at: 2X PRM.

For additional benefits, please view the 2X Partner benefit list. To join the 2X Partner program, please apply online.

• 2X Web Access Portal Booster
  
  
• FileMaker Business Alliance Assists 2X in Providing Seamless Application Delivery
  
  
• Kern County Case Study
  
  
• Partner Training Sessions
  
  
• Case Study Opportunity
  
  
• Promotions
  
  
• 2X Partner Program