The VAR Guy

Today’s forecast on Long Island’s Gold Coast calls for blizzard conditions and 10 to 16 inches of snow. So how does The VAR Guy (allegedly a Long Island resident) plan to stay warm and stay online — especially during today’s MSPmentor 100 webcast? The simple answer: Hide in a local Network Operation Center (NOC), maintained by one of the fastest-growing solutions providers in North America. Here are the details.

When Avnet released disappointing earnings today, the distributor blamed weak server sales in the US and Europe. But don’t blame Avnet, and don’t blame the economy. Instead, The VAR Guy thinks virtualization is to blame. Here’s why.

The VAR Guy couldn’t make it to Hawaii for Cisco’s recent partner summit. But now he hears that Cisco demonstrated Apple’s iPhone working on a unified communications network. Sweet. Some of the details about the demonstration surface in this April 24 Podcast on MSPmentor.net, The VAR Guy’s sister site.