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dave.laban wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 3:11 am Just wondering what the general opinion of TriMech as a VAR is - they've just acquired my current VAR (SolidSolutions). Lot's of talk in the announcement email about carrying on as-is but that generally only lasts for so long in these situations, just wondering if this is likely to be generally positive or not?

Alin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 6:14 am I started my work as an AE with Javelin Technologies in Canada. Like SolidSolutions, two years ago we were acquired by TriMech, soon to change our name to TriMech.

So far, only positives for our clients - get access to 13 hours of tech support daily (soon to be expanded to 19 hours, considering the time zones covered by UK and Canada), hundreds of technicians that are subject matter experts in specific fields (for example mine is Large Assemblies and Drawings + working with complex shapes (Surfacing, Advanced Part Modeling)), a ton of complimentary free consulting and training events (Customer Care Visits for all subscription clients) and more.

I know SolidSolutions well, after all our web designer was loaned to them for a while to update their website to the Javelin standards. We will work well together.

AlexLachance wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:55 am How long have you been working for Javelin? Do they cover the province of Quebec, if we were ever to desire switching VAR's..? I think I've asked you before so my apologies if I did and forgot.

Tahhhd wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:33 am I responded by sending them this picture -
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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 1:43 pm Wait....I want Jon Hirschtick to sign my copy of the 98plus CD.

Tahhhd wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:33 am VARs acquiring other VARs has been the trend for a number of years now.
After I left my job as an AE in 2010, the VAR that I worked for was purchased TWICE.
We are now part of the GoEngineer network - I've known a lot of the people on their team for a very long time, so it has been good.

The "funny" part is that there are new people contacting me that don't know me as well as the team at the local office.
The best example of this came from exploring their website, and then being contacted with an email stating "I see you have interest in SolidWorks, but I don't see that you are currently using it, would you like to find out more?"
The email address that I used on their website is the same one that I use for the SolidWorks customer support portal (Siebel)
It identifies me as the SolidWorks Admin for the 11 seats at our company.

I responded by sending them this picture -
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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 9:34 am Jeebus Todd! Where have you been! Glad to see you around buddy, that story made me laugh out loud

Tahhhd wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 8:03 am Doing a presentation with him makes it a little easier to get things signed . . .
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