The VAR Guy

The news isn’t all bad at Symantec this week. The company has been working overtime to address controversial channel comments from COO Enrique Salem. But on the other hand, there’s some promising developments involving Symantec Protection Network, the company’s software as a service platform. Here’s the scoop from our sister site, MSPmentor.

Better late than never. Symantec, nearly three years after acquiring Veritas, appears to be hitting its stride. At least that’s the spin Symantec gave after announcing surprisingly strong earnings on April 30.

When Symantec announces quarterly results on April 30, The VAR Guy will be listening closely. Our resident blogger was a big advocate of the 2005 Symantec-Veritas business combo. But so far, that merger has yielded mixed results. Here is one key piece of info The VAR Guy will be digging for as he looks through Symantec’s financial results.