The VAR Guy

Here’s an interesting tidbit out of Redmond: Microsoft is looking for “Road Warriors” to work with their New Zealand branch. The deal? Up to $43,000, but you’ll have to hustle around for four months touting the awesomeness of Office 2010 Suite. Think you’re up for the task?

Of course it isn’t VAR related, but who can’t stop wondering about the mythical tablet from Cupertino. Early on January 14th, 2010, Valleywag.org offered $100,000 to anyone willing to let them play with a prototype for just an hour, and $10,000 for mere photographs. Needless to say, Apple was not amused. Here’s the scoop:

Wiresoft is reportedly launching quite an intriguing program. “Hack us if you can” starts November 16th 2009. Just sign up for the contest and Wiresoft will fork over $24,000 if you can breach their security in 24 hours. A bold statement indeed. The taunting gesture comes at the launch of their new Unified Threat Management device, “Firegate.” Here’s the deal on Firegate and the SMB implications.

The next time somebody tells you Ubuntu Linux is just for the desktop, check out Egressive Limited, a solutions provider in New Zealand that’s gaining traction in the Ubuntu Server market. In fact, all of Egressive’s support customers now have Ubuntu servers at the center of their networks, and Egressive uses Ubuntu exclusively as the company’s hosting system. Is this part of a bigger “hidden” trend? The VAR Guy sure seems to think so. Here’s why.