Archive for the ‘SBSC’ Category
Monday, May 19th, 2008
FYI to anybody within reach of Atlanta or with SBSer friends in Atlanta. Rick Butler has pulled together a great event on Response Point including bringing in one of the new VoIP providors that Microsoft will be utilizing for SIP trunking in SP1. Here is the announcement:
Our next meeting is ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
As we (the International team of SBSC PALs) plan for Microsoft's FY08-9 and how to help Microsoft navigate the diverse community under the SBSC banner, some of us (like me) will stay on for another year to finish what we have started and some new blood will be injected in ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
So what does the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 mean to those of us selling IT products and services? A lot! By getting a customer to move forward on a large capital investment now utilizing financing they can realize a nice little tax savings. This can be tied right ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
For our SBSC friends to the North, you now have a new community resource with checking out. This site is for Canadian Small Business IT Professionals that are looking for material that impacts them. There is also good info for worldwide partners. Thanks Stuart!
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
If I had a "Quote of the Week" blog this would take it. Read what a fellow SBSC Partner (I would tell you his/her name but the Live Space tell me) wrote about the 11th hour pulling of XP SP3.
"Nearly 3 years in development, 1 year in testing and they find out ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
They call it "dog food", I call it common sense. You should really try something in-house before you sell it as a trusted advisor. I tried Office Live (Beta) about a year ago and it was not ready for prime-time. I inquired if they still have a free subscription for ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
...if you don't do the right thing for your customers. In reading a dear friend's blog today about being sticky, Andy mentioned repeatedly that the key to success in small business is actually about putting the client's interest first. Check out this wisdom where Andy writes:
Well you don’t become a ...
Posted in Microsoft, Rants, MS Partners, SBSC | 6 Comments »
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Microsoft has announced a special NASCAR sponsorship opportunity for SBSC Partners that wish to slap their own company logo on BAM Racing No. 49's car (Sprint Cup car). While I may not pony up the $4K to put my already famous logo in harms way, I do appreciate Microsoft continuing ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
So a kewl new thing MS is doing this year is allowing you to stream the Small Business Summit from your own partner website. Watch out for Scott's face on my site!
The process to add the java script snippet to a page is fairly easy and the fun of seeing ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
With all the hub-bub surrounding the recent announcement by Microsoft to offer hosted Exchange and SharePoint services directly to end users I've remained quiet. In waiting for the dust to settle I've heard a voice from down under offer some VERY wise advise to Microsoft and I want to parrot ...
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