Astaro Journal

Now held three times a year, in New York, Prague, and Silicon Valley, the organizing principle of each International Virtualization Conference & Expo remains the same: our aim is to ensure, through an intense and carefully chosen program of technical and strategic breakout sessions, that attending delegates leave each Conference with abundant resources, ideas and examples they can apply immediately to leveraging Virtualization, helping them to maximize performance, minimize cost and improve the efficiency and flexibility of their Enterprise IT endeavors. The Call for Papers for the 7th International Virtualization Conference & Expo, which will be held in Santa Clara, CA, on November 2- 4, 2009, is currently still open. The submissions URL is here, and the deadline for submissions is June 30, 2009. Topics welcomed include every aspect of virtualization. For example: ... (more)

Astaro Makes Attractive Offer to Woo Symantec Resellers

In response to Symantec’s recent announcement regarding its direct sales and automated renewal policies, Astaro announced a new promotion aimed at Symantec resellers. Astaro, a 100 percent channel-focused company, is offering a 20 percent discount on Astaro products through its “Symantec Switch” promotion to help alleviate the strain these partners may feel in the wake of Symantec’s new policies. Symantec’s COO Enrique Salem announced the following: “Symantec over the last 25 years has been very focused on a two-tier distribution strategy, but ... (more)

Everything Channel Announces the 2010 Partner Program Guide and Five-Star Rating

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Everything Channel, a UBM company, today announced the 2010 Partner Program Guide and Five-Star rating. The 16th annual Partner Program guide recognizes North America's top information technology (IT) vendors for their partner programs for reseller partners, which includes IT integrators, technology solution providers and consultants. The Five-Star rating recognizes the elite subset of Partner Program Guide vendors who give Solution Providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-... (more)

InformationWeek Analytics and Interop Las Vegas 2010 Announce Best of Interop Finalists

SAN FRANCISCO, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- InformationWeek Analytics, the leading service for peer-based IT research and analysis, and Interop, the leading global business technology event series, today announced the finalists for Best of Interop Las Vegas 2010. Best of Interop Award winners will be announced on Wednesday, April 28 during Interop Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. For more information on Best of Interop visit: www.bestofinterop.com. Best of Interop recognizes some of the world's most innovative technologies across nine major categories. The panel... (more)

Novell Energizes Open Source Application Ecosystem

SALT LAKE CITY, BrainShare(R) 2005, March 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Novell today announced Market Start, a new initiative to provide open source software companies access to Novell's worldwide distribution channels and global support infrastructure. The program will open Novell's go-to-market capabilities to Linux and open source application partners, dramatically expanding their market reach. As a result, customers can benefit from a broader selection of innovative, open source solutions, backed by enterprise-class support from Novell. "Software vendors like us can benefit immensely f... (more)