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Charlie K. Wallace - The Channel Guy
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Courtright Lake
with Skot Davis
Bark-angel Michael
Grand Canyon
Lake Tahoe
July 2010
The Summer of 2010 has been one of extremes and disasters. Everyone knows that the Gulf of Mexico will, likely, never be the same. The ecological
damages will surely be seen and felt for many years or decades to come. No one, yet, knows what the impact will be on the wildlife in the region or if we
will ever, again, feel that it is safe to eat fish and other seafood caught in the gulf waters. BP just announced that they lost $17 Billion and sent their CEO
to Siberia - and still the oil leaks.
The climate still shows signs of global warming even as the puppets of the oil and coal industries try to deny the obvious. Already, the temperatures in
the eastern USA have been called the hottest ever and rain of nearly biblical proportions have hit the Midwest. My old home around LaGrange and
Broadview were underwater - the worst rains in recorded history. And, yet, the Pailin posse says "drill baby drill". I have nearly lost hope that we'll see any
real green reforms in my lifetime.
California, however, is having a banner year. The El Nino rains have filled the reservoirs and the Summer has been mild. So far, the wildfires have been
at minimum and the golden state, although in debt and without a budget, is the best place to be.
The tech sector and Silicon Valley continues to struggle. While Symantec has been back on the acquisition track and has announced the purchase of a
big piece of Verisign, they have continue to rif existing employees to save money. Seagate continues to downsize and the rumors are flying that the
consumer business is hanging on by a thread. NetApp stock is back in the $40's and my insiders are quite optimistic - although business is flat. The
one company that seems to have money is Google. They are said to have a $3 Billion reserve and may begin to buy back stock - they seem to be
dominating the employment pages on web.
Of course, the "Cloud" and all things that are cloud related are the new buzzwords. Everyone is trying to get into the act and it is only a matter of time
before everything is in the cloud. SAAS is already becoming the de facto business model and resellers are keen to get in the game. Now the vendors
need to figure out how to help partners collaborate with each other - the "fox in the hen house" syndrome is a hard one to overcome. The first ones to
figure it out will be big winners.
damages will surely be seen and felt for many years or decades to come. No one, yet, knows what the impact will be on the wildlife in the region or if we
will ever, again, feel that it is safe to eat fish and other seafood caught in the gulf waters. BP just announced that they lost $17 Billion and sent their CEO
to Siberia - and still the oil leaks.
The climate still shows signs of global warming even as the puppets of the oil and coal industries try to deny the obvious. Already, the temperatures in
the eastern USA have been called the hottest ever and rain of nearly biblical proportions have hit the Midwest. My old home around LaGrange and
Broadview were underwater - the worst rains in recorded history. And, yet, the Pailin posse says "drill baby drill". I have nearly lost hope that we'll see any
real green reforms in my lifetime.
California, however, is having a banner year. The El Nino rains have filled the reservoirs and the Summer has been mild. So far, the wildfires have been
at minimum and the golden state, although in debt and without a budget, is the best place to be.
The tech sector and Silicon Valley continues to struggle. While Symantec has been back on the acquisition track and has announced the purchase of a
big piece of Verisign, they have continue to rif existing employees to save money. Seagate continues to downsize and the rumors are flying that the
consumer business is hanging on by a thread. NetApp stock is back in the $40's and my insiders are quite optimistic - although business is flat. The
one company that seems to have money is Google. They are said to have a $3 Billion reserve and may begin to buy back stock - they seem to be
dominating the employment pages on web.
Of course, the "Cloud" and all things that are cloud related are the new buzzwords. Everyone is trying to get into the act and it is only a matter of time
before everything is in the cloud. SAAS is already becoming the de facto business model and resellers are keen to get in the game. Now the vendors
need to figure out how to help partners collaborate with each other - the "fox in the hen house" syndrome is a hard one to overcome. The first ones to
figure it out will be big winners.
Dinky Creek