Locating a VAR

How does one go about locating a SW VAR?
Is there a list somewhere?
I would like to know ALL the SW VARs in the Portland, Oregon area.


Aaron

 

solidworks web site has a list:

http://www.solidworks.com/pages/company/SolidWorksOfficeWorldwide.html

 

look under training, you have 2 choices (CAE & Hawkridge) in Portland, 1
(Shounco Design Studios) in Scappoose

 

ooops, forgot the link,
http://www.solidworks.com/pages/services/Training/training.html

click on locate training center, ...

I always thought this part of sw web site could be improved upon

 

Aaron,


As others have pointed out, you have three choices. We've been very happy
with CAE Northwest. They have some very knowledgeable, helpful people on
staff. I've not been impressed by the people I've seen from Shounco at the
user's group meetings and at sales pitches. They don't seem to have the
technical mastery I see from the CAE NW people. I've only seen one person
from Hawkridge. He seems to be pretty sharp.

Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems

 

Thanks, everyone for their replies.
It comes down to the 3: Shounco, CAE Northwest, and Hawkridge.

Next questions:
Do you have to use a VAR in your area? Can I use a VAR across the
country? What would be the disadvantages of a remote VAR?

Aaron