The VAR Guy will be in four places at once the week of Nov. 2. The reason: ConnectWise Partner Summit, the HTG Peer Group meeting and Symantec Partner Engage all are in Orlando, Fla., that week. Three events — right down the road from Walt Disney World. The VAR Guy couldn’t have planned the schedule better himself. Oh, except for one nagging problem…
… The Magic Kingdom’s Space Mountain is closed for renovations until roughly November 21. How completely depressing. It’s sort of like ordering a Happy Meal and having McDonald’s say they’re out of fries. Bad Mickey.
Still, the conversations should be lively in Orlando. Around Nov. 2, scores of VARs will converge at the HTG Peer Group meetings to compare and contrast their business performance. Memo to attendees: Please don’t ask The VAR Guy for his company’s financial statement; he’s never seen it. But the pay checks seem to be clearing…
Also, roughly 900 MSPs will gather for the ConnectWise Partner Summit (Nov. 4-6). The event is sold out — but The VAR Guy managed to get a golden ticket for entry. (Don’t ask how.)
On the same days, Symantec plans to hold Symantec Partner Engage. The VAR Guy awaits more details, but the event typically attracts many of Symantec’s top channel partners. Our resident blogger hopes Symantec comes prepared to talk more about the company’s SaaS strategy.
Fast Talk And Disney Fast Passes
The VAR Guy plans to listen closely to multiple briefings that week — assuming the crowd noise at Walt Disney World doesn’t drown out the conversations.
Oh, and how’s this for a closing thought: The VAR Guy needs to go to Paris on business the week of Nov. 9. Imagine that: Visiting Walt Disney World and DisneyLand Paris in back-to-back weeks.
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Hey, what are doing in Paris, there’s no MSP over here. In fact, I may be the only french msp in the whole country (ok, I’m kidding but it’s not far from the truth). Don’t hesitate to drop a mail if you need advice or anything. Going to Disney is quite easy, just take the A metro line direction “Marne La Vallée – EuroDisney”. Oh and people don’t work on the 11th november here.
I finally get the chance to say “Say it ain’t so, Joe!”. Really? Euro-Disney? The Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame just don’t have the appeal
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Seriously, though, my wife is from that area so if this is your first trip and you’re looking for things to visit/avoid, let me know
Thomas: The VAR Guy will be attending a marketing event for networking VARs. I’ll share more details in the weeks ahead. If you have time to meet while he’s in town you can email him: TheVARguy [at] NineLivesMediaInc.com.
Rich: The VAR Guy suspects he won’t make it to Disneyland Paris (the former Euro Disney). But he has been known to multi-task…
-TVG
Ohh – and lets not forget that it is also the last week of the Epcot Food and Wine Festival.
See everyone at the Connectwise Summit!
Here is the official Disney link for the festival:
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/epcot/special-events/epcot-international-food-and-wine-festival/
-Doug