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Where Cisco’s Heading Next

Where Cisco’s Heading Next

So, Cisco is interested in Social Networks … as well as virtual conversations. The company will make at least one announcement in those areas later today. In the meantime, check out the Virtual Trade Show video clip in this New York Times article. It gives you a hint where Cisco is heading next.

Cisco Finally Open to Open Source; Mulls Deeper Microsoft Relationship

Cisco Finally Open to Open Source; Mulls Deeper Microsoft Relationship

The VAR Guy is shocked and impressed. During several meetings with Cisco over the past year, the company made little — if any — mention of open source. But the company is finally waking up to the open source community, or at least the software community. During a chat with reporters that’s occurring right now […]

Cisco Tracking 50 Key Trends

Cisco Tracking 50 Key Trends

During an ongoing press meeting in Dublin, Ireland, Edison Peres, VP for advanced and core technologies at Cisco Systems, said the company is tracking 50 key trends that may empower solutions providers. Peres pointed to MySpace, Facebook and other social networks that are forcing businesses to rethink collaboration and communications. (In fact, Cisco is using […]

Cisco Set to Announce Industry Solutions Partner Network

Cisco Set to Announce Industry Solutions Partner Network

During a chat with press here in Dublin, Ireland, Cisco’s Edison Peres indicated that the company would announce the Cisco Industry Solutions Partner Network later today. Sounds a bit like a social network where Cisco partners will be able to work with one another. Still, that’s only a guess from The VAR Guy. Stay tuned […]

Symantec’s Thompson: “Our Job is to Out-Innovate Microsoft”

Symantec’s Thompson: “Our Job is to Out-Innovate Microsoft”

In a private conversation with a small group of journalists at the Partner Engage conference here at the Del Coronado Hotel near San Diego, Symantec CEO John Thompson responded to a range of questions about the company’s services plans and competition. He talked extensively about the former, but dodged questions about the latter–with one exception. […]

The VAR Guy: Live From Dublin… And San Diego

The VAR Guy: Live From Dublin… And San Diego

The VAR Guy just watched the big opening event at Symantec’s partner conference in San Diego, Calif. Impressive. Now it’s time to catch a cab to the Guinness brewery in Dublin, Ireland, for a Cisco partner reception. Hmmm. Blogging live from two continents on the same day? Sounds like The VAR Guy has already sipped […]

September to Remember for Asterisk

September to Remember for Asterisk

Sure, true fanatics are familiar with Asterisk — the open source IP telephony platform. But there are some clear signs that Asterisk is pushing beyond the open source crowd and gaining momentum within small and midsize businesses. Here are several announcements and events The VAR Guy is tracking. He thinks it’s time for solutions providers […]

Connecting the Dots: Symantec Partner Engage Kickoff

Connecting the Dots: Symantec Partner Engage Kickoff

Over 300 Symantec partners filed into the Grand Ballroom of the Del Coronado Hotel near San Diego, to the sound of “California Dreaming” piped over the sound system. (The VAR Guy would only date himself if he said he remembered when the song was first released. At least he outlived most of that band.) Nice […]

Get to Know Parallels

Get to Know Parallels

You might recall that I’ve got both a MacBook Pro (running Mac OS) and a Dell PC (running Ubuntu). I’m in the market for another PC, and just received a friendly reminder from the PR folks at Parallels — the company that makes virtualization software for Mac hardware. One of my PR sources at Parallels […]

Symantec 3.0 Starts Today…

Symantec 3.0 Starts Today…

While everyone keeps hyping Web 2.0 technologies, The VAR Guy thinks Symantec 3.0 will debut today at a partner conference in San Diego. But don’t go looking for an official “3.0” announcement from the storage and security company. The VAR Guy — rather than Symantec itself — is using the 3.0 moniker to describe the […]

Parallels for Mac Tops 650,000 Licenses

Parallels for Mac Tops 650,000 Licenses

As you may have read, The VAR Guy is mulling another PC purchase. He’s trying to decide between an iMac and a Dell PC running Ubuntu. Yes, he knows about Parallels — the virtualization software that allows Macs to run Mac OS, Windows and Linux on the same system. But he had no idea how […]

Easy Way to Install Ubuntu

Easy Way to Install Ubuntu

Here’s an interesting post from PCMechanic, describing how to easily install Ubuntu. But I’ve got to be honest: Ease-of-install isn’t going to make-or-break Ubuntu. We need to see Dell and other PC vendors start to put a few marketing dollars behind Ubuntu, promoting the fact that you can get systems with Ubuntu pre-installed. Dell’s decision […]

More Money Flows Into Autotask

More Money Flows Into Autotask

It will be at least another year or two before some MSP platform providers attempt to launch initial public offerings, The VAR Guy predicts. But private investors continue to show strong faith in the MSP model. One prime example: Autotask has quietly received another round of funding, our resident blogger hears. The VAR Guy doesn’t […]

Synnex Prepping VAR Community?

Synnex Prepping VAR Community?

The VAR Guy loves a good rumor, and constantly listens to the grape vine. Most of the best pieces of info tend to hit his New York inbox around midnight. One of the latest involves Synnex bolstering its VAR marketing programs and potentially launching a VAR partner community. Hmmm. Sounds like the perfect place for […]

Ubuntu Webcast on September 6

Ubuntu Webcast on September 6

This is a bit of a shameless plug, but I wanted to spread the word: I’m hosting a Webcast on Thursday, September 6, that will feature guest speakers from a range of technology backgrounds. One of the speakers is Gerry Carr, a marketing manager from Canonical. Instead of giving a sales pitch, Gerry will describe […]

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