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Symantec Partner Engage: Where’s Julie Parrish?

  • Written by The VAR Guy 1
  • September 28, 2008
The VAR Guy intends to keep a close eye on Symantec Partner Engage -- a channel event scheduled for Oct. 15 to 17 in Washington, D.C. The conference is an ideal setting for Symantec to break bread with any partners that are worried about the company's channel commitment.

Symantec’s Julie ParrishThe VAR Guy intends to keep a close eye on Symantec Partner Engage — a channel event scheduled for Oct. 15 to 17 in Washington, D.C. The conference is an ideal setting for Symantec to break bread with any partners that are worried about the company’s channel commitment. However, here’s something curious: Julie Parrish, VP of Symantec’s Global Channel Office, is not listed as a guest speaker on the agenda.

Of course, this could be nothing more than Parrish having a scheduling conflict or The VAR Guy not having all of his facts straight. Our resident blogger has reached out to Symantec to see whether Parrish plans to attend the conference.

To be sure, Parrish has had her share of channel stress in recent months. Back in July 2008, comments attributed to Symantec COO Enrique Salem appeared to conflict with Parrish’s earlier statements to channel partners.

Parrish spent hours on the phone speaking to reporters, clarifying Symantec’s channel commitment and assuring the media that Symantec was not trying to steal business from its channel partners.

In the Spotlight

For the record, Salem is on the agenda for Partner Engage — as are:

  • Randy Cochran, VP, channel sales, the Americas
  • Bill Robbins, senior VP, The Americas
  • Deepak Mohan, senior VP, data protection group
  • Rohit Ghai, VP, storage foundation product group
  • Brian Foster, VP, product management
  • John Magee, VP, enterprise product and services marketing
  • Sheri Atwood, senior director of strategic product marketing

That’s an impressive line-up of Symantec’s executive, channel and product-focused folks. But The VAR Guy has to concede: He’s scratching his head, wondering why Parrish isn’t on the agenda.

The last time our resident blogger spotted Parrish, she was quoted in a mid-September press release that described ongoing work between Symantec and VMware. As soon as he hears from Symantec regarding Parrish’s status for Partner Engage, The VAR Guy will post an update here.

The Bigger Message

Of course, Symantec Partner Engage doesn’t focus on a single person. Rather, it’s an opportune time for Symantec to meet closely with solutions providers — especially as those partners are developing their business strategies and priorities for 2009.

In particular, The VAR Guy hopes to hear more about Symantec’s software as a service (SaaS) strategy — including the Symantec Protection Network (SPN). Launced in early 2008, SPN initially supports on-demand storage services. SPN recently gained remote access capabilities, and on-demand security services are expected to arrive in 2009 or so, The VAR Guy hears.

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7 comments

  1. Avatar Joe Panettieri September 30, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
    Reply

    Update: Parrish will indeed attend Partner Engage. Details here.

  2. Avatar Curious September 30, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
    Reply

    Joe, could you confirm…
    1) Is Parrish merely “attending” the event (which leaves questions) or will she present at Partner Engage?
    2) Will she be attending as an employee of Symantec or of some other company?

  3. Avatar Joe Panettieri September 30, 2008 @ 6:44 pm
    Reply

    I can confirm that she will be present and “engaged” at Partner Engage. Yes, she’s an employee of Symantec, and she will be hosting a few meetings at the conference as well.

    According to a spokeswoman for Symantec, Parrish has not been on the Partner Engage agenda speaking lineup because it’s a packed schedule focused on North America — rather than global.

    I still think it’s strange not to have Parrish on stage with a clear speaking opportunity. But on the other hand, Symantec’s PR team made it clear that this year’s event holds true to previous Engage events — where Parrish attended and hosted meetings, but wasn’t listed on the agenda.

  4. Avatar Ex Sym October 6, 2008 @ 9:11 pm
    Reply

    Ah, no she wont – be there or presenting…someone who works there told me she has accepted a new role outside of symantic.

  5. Avatar Joe Panettieri October 7, 2008 @ 12:55 pm
    Reply

    Ex Sym: that’s a pretty strong statement to be posting in an online forum. Symantec PR told me last week that she’s still with the company. But I will check for more info during the show.

  6. Avatar Anon October 10, 2008 @ 2:22 pm
    Reply

    Julie Parrish resigned yesterday to go to NetApp

  7. Avatar Joe Panettieri October 10, 2008 @ 4:10 pm
    Reply

    confirmed. Smart move by Parrish following COO statements that put SYMC’s partner program in difficult spot. After assuring me Parrish would attend partner summit, Symantec PR finally concedes she is leaving company.

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