GroupLink to be Gold Sponsor at GWAVACon San Diego/Del Mar 2008.

GWAVACon is The GroupWise Conference. GWAVACon attracts attendees and developers from around the world.

"GWAVACon is a tremendous opportunity to meet with hundreds of Novell GroupWise users. There really isn't a better place to showcase our technology" said David Turner, President of GroupLink.

According to Richard Bliss, Chief Marketing Officer for GWAVA, "GroupLink brings tremendous value to GroupWise customers. Having them be a sponsor at GWAVACon San Diego/Del Mar, shows the wide range of opportunities customers have to learn about all things GroupWise."

At 1am in the morning Cleve Wright and Richard Bliss discuss a wacky business idea for cowboys in Japan and also discuss the relationship between marketing and sales.

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Since the beginning of time as we know it, (ie. the invention of software) there has been a great battle called "Competing With The Channel."

The Vendor/Channel relationship seems to logically be a benefit for both the Vendor and the Channel patner. A "Win-Win" as scholars would call it.

HOWEVER, as those who have been involved in Vendor-Channel relations, you know that logical doesn't always pan out. Often times it seems that the channel is competing with the vendor for deals.

Let me take a look at the issue from both the Channels side and the Vendors side. I'll discuss some of the Good, the Bad and a little of the Ugly from both sides. Perhaps giving some insight that may reduce the "channel conflict."

News-Journal has two stories about Ernestine Manuel who filed a complaint against Texas State Technical College Marshall on July 1, 2004, alleging that she was subjected to a "racially hostile environment" while she was employed as an accountant in the school's business office. The judge who is handling her case instructed defense lawyers to bring someone "with knowledge of e-mailing systems" at the local college, because he complained that e-mail correspondence he had requested was supplied in such a form as to make it useless.

He also instructed TSTC to conduct an e-mail search that not only includes "original terms" mentioned in his order for discovery before Manuel's trial, but also new keywords, including work force commission, human rights and audit.

By Willem Bagchus

In early June, Tay Kratzer, lead developer of GWAVA Reload, visited several clients in four Canadian cities: Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa and Toronto.

After showing Tay the sights in Montreal we visited major local accounts, showing off Reload. It quickly became apparent that Reload's prime function - quick restore - was being eclipsed in importance by its "other" function, disaster recovery. The ability of Reload to run a GroupWise Post Office Agent against the backup set also gives it the ability to serve as a substitute post office when the main one becomes unavailable for any reason.

Channel, Resellers, VARs, Consultants, ISVs. It doesn't matter what you call them, they form the core of men and women dedicated to solving problems, helping business, and being on the front lines of today's biggest technology challenges. GWAVA believes that it has one of the most extensive partner programs, enlisting the help and talents of many of the most well-known companies in GroupWise.

Viable Solutions, Inc.

Viable Solutions has been a part of GWAVA's Channel Partner Program for three years and has not only been an integral part in the success of GWAVA in the southeastern United States, but has also experienced a great deal of success from partnering with GWAVA and selling its products. At GWAVACon in January 2006, Viable Solutions was awarded the "GWAVA Partner of the Year" for North America.