kiltedsplendour

You can always demand a level playing field from the manufacturers end-user Account Manager. The down side of this is that no one gets the 15% discount. Best play with HP for networking is always to play them off against Cisco, but a decent reseller would always do this for you.

Hello Smarties11 I thought I'd tell you a trick of the trade. HP have a programme called Partners For Growth. If your switch requirement comes to over $10k list price and HP don't know that you are considering a purchase, you will qualify. What it means for the reseller is that they can get an extra 15% discount on top of the standard 5% Public Sector discount and it will be exclusive to that reseller. They should, in theory, be passing this discount on to you.