Category Archives: Microsoft

WWPC Day 2

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You could have guessed what I’ve been up to from yesterdays live pictures and social events. Of course, there is far more than meets the eye when it comes to business meetings – while its perfectly fine to grab someone … Continue reading

Who OWNS this SMB segment? (Party Pics)

Events, IT Business, Microsoft, Vladville
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Alright world, and particularly UK and Florida…. who OWNS your segment? I wrote at length about why WWPC matters, who the big players are and how you can learn from the people at the top of your game. No Susan Bradley, … Continue reading

EvolveTech: Losing ‘s not an option

Friends, Microsoft
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Dave Sobel of Evolve Technologies wins the regional Partner of the Year in Customer Service. Click here to watch Dave Sobel win Customer Service Award Video, along with appropriate music.

WWPC PreDay Recap

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Preday is in the books and I have to say it was better than I expected it would be. Compared to last year the keynotes were disappointing, but I’m not the keynote kind of a guy so you can take … Continue reading

SMB Symposium Big Announcement: PALs

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So the big WWPC SMB Symposium announcement of the year, straight from Lynnette Eastlake: We are announcing SBSC PAL: Partner Area Leader. These folks are honorary one-year term people with access to the highest executives at Microsoft, representing the SBSC … Continue reading

Keynote Q&A

IT Business, Microsoft
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Here is some Q&A that followed the keynote: Partner: For the fifth year in a row I have asked this question: Customers go to Microsoft.com, they go to Partner Search but you ask for a zip code. Thats not good. … Continue reading

Microsoft WWPC Starts

IT Business, Microsoft
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First day in Denver went quite well, got a few meetings out of the way as well as a nice party and dinner. Got to meet Vijay, catch up with Karl, Eric, Erick, Susan, Anne, Dean, Mark, Matt and… whats her name.. … Continue reading

Ready for WWPC?

Microsoft, Vladville
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Really looking forward to the WWPC. While the main reason for attending is the business aspect, there is also an interesting social aspect of partying that virtually everyone has had to sign an NDA on and take to their grave: … Continue reading

SBS 2008

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Microsoft has been really busy over the last few days. First the rumor (or rather, published announcement by Dell) that SBS 2008 will launch in Fall of 2008, then the RTM of Centro CTP  midmarket solution as well as a refresh … Continue reading

Thinking Big in SMB (re: WWPC)

IT Business, Microsoft
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My more eloquent half from UK sent me IM today asking if I had read Chris’s blog. Haven’t, so I asked what’s up? Apparently, Chris isn’t coming to WWPC because his business isn’t coming to WWPC because (paraphrasing quite a … Continue reading