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Making Virtualization A Part Of Your VAR Business
2:12 PM EST Tue. Nov. 06, 2007
Date: November 15, 2007
Time: 12 pm ET/9 am PT
Title: Making Virtualization a Part of Your VAR Business Virtually everybody's talking about server virtualization and about how it will help companies with critical business continuity and disaster recovery solutions, all while maximizing server utilization and minimizing costs
Virtually everybody's talking about server virtualization and about how it will help companies with critical business continuity and disaster recovery solutions, all while maximizing server utilization and minimizing costs. But is virtualization the right solution for your customers? Is virtualization right for your solution portfolio?
Well, Joe Kovar, senior editor at CMP Channel, believes it is important to step into a new market with both eyes wide open: one fixed on the attractions of the hottest part of the IT market, the other on the pitfalls that often get forgotten in the rush to embrace a new technology. Kovar is going to discuss how to build a successful virtualization business with guest Steve Houck, VP of Worldwide Partner Sales at VMware. Join him on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT, and find out if virtualization is right for you and your customers.
