Symantec's SaaS program
I wrote yesterday on how backup and storage is seen as "essential" and is therefore immune to economic downturns; it seems Symantec had the same idea.
SAP launches a partnership for non-partners
Have you ever wished you could be a software vendor's partner, without having to officially sign up? It sounds counter-intuitive at first, but there are situations where it would make sense. Suppose for example, that you come across deals only occasionally that would involve a particular piece of software, but you don't really do enough business with that software vendor to forge an official partnership.
Symantec does damage control to soothe channel partners
Everyone's talking about Symantec's changes to its channel partner program, in which certain large deals were taken direct. Symantec downplayed the move, indicating that only a few large accounts were involved, and the SMB segment still remains channel-based.
Symantec takes deals direct, cuts channel partners out of the loop
There's a lot of speculation and commentary about Symantec's latest move, which may be good for some--and good for Symantec--but devastating to some channel partners with big contracts.
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