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July 10 Connections...Doug Miller - CDW
I first of all want to apologize for not posting anything yesterday - it was a crazy day for me and I was just totally overwhelmed.
Today I want to talk a little bit about relationships. Throughout the week I have had the opportunity to meet a ton of great people at Microsoft in my space. I would definitely have to say that the connections I have made within Microsoft this week are going to allow me to grow our business at a greatly accelerated pace. Every person I have met with has been genuinely interested in my story and how they can help me drive more business. The amount of excitment and the relationships I have made at this WPC are more valuable than any training or marketing material I coudl ask for...
I have found that WPC is about more than just Microsoft, it is about partners as well. Today I dedicated to talking with other partners and ISV's, educating them on CDW and having them educate me about their products. The synergies that have come from these interactions is amazing! It is really exciting to be workign with people that are moving in the same direction we are and have the same goals and customer focus that we do.
July 09 Live From WPC 2008With this year's conference in full swing, check out what partners are saying on-site in Houston:
July 08 Designed For Big!!Designed for Big!!
Doug Miller, Practice Architect - CDW
Ok, So I am shamelessly stealing the System Center Ad Campaign, but I have to tell you that it describes WPC to a T. As this is my first WPC I was totally taken aback this morning seeing a keynote with 11,999 of my peers. It was definitely an experience!! Having experienced several MMS's and Tech Ed's they don't even compare to the size and scope of this event.
The keynote was pretty unbelieveable! I thought I saw Smoke coming out of Brad's ears a couple times as he was talking abotu how Microsoft is abotu to go on the offensive combatting all the mis-information abotu Windows Vista out there. It was refreshing to see and certainly got me fired up and excited abotu talking vista with our customers.
Big things to look forward to are the new Windows Comaptibility site at www.windows.com/compatibility... Finally a one stop shop for all your app compat information. Also look out for the Small Business Assurance program at www.windows.com/assurance where small businesses will get free support and help with their Vista deployments. Finally - the thing I am most looking forward to is the $300 Million ad campaign to counter all the Vista mis-information and pre-conceived notions! What a great thing for us as partners to leverage to grow our businesses!!
I can't wait to see what else this week has to offer!!
Everything Windows at WPC 2008Paras Malhotra, Senior Partner Manager, Windows Client Group
Greetings from this year’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, Texas. I spent some time blogging last year during WPC 2007 but for those of you who don’t know me, I am Paras Malhotra, a Senior Partner Manager in the Windows Client group. This is my third year in a row attending WPC and for our attending partners, I want to let you in on a quick preview of what you can expect from the Microsoft Windows team over the next four days.
Taking place today in the Toyota Center and Grand Ballroom B, will be three separate keynotes presented by Brad Brooks, Corporate VP of Windows Consumer Product Marketing. Throughout the week, be sure to plan your schedule around the numerous Windows Vista related sessions along with our two hands-on labs being offered in Exhibit Hall B3.
This year, Windows has the third largest booth that includes the Windows Vista Experience Lounge. Stop by to participate in the on-going presentations and get your chance to demo Windows Vista on the latest laptop computers.
While visiting our booth, attending our Windows Vista featured keynotes, sessions, and hands-on labs be sure to have the barcode scanned from your Windows Partner Readiness USB Kit for a chance to win instant prizes and automatically be entered into the grand prize drawing for US$50,000 co-marketing funds. For more information on the location, times and dates of the Windows Vista featured keynotes and sessions, please visit https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40073492. July 07 Planning Your Track SessionsDon't miss the full slate of 150+ afternoon track sessions starting on Tuesday, July 8, and continuing through Thursday, July 10. Check out the tracks below and start mapping your afternoon schedules to get the most out of the sessions available.
1. Business Leadership: Gain insight into industry trends and how you can leverage them to grow your business. 2. Windows Vista: Learn about opportunities with Windows Partner Solutions, available customer campaigns and sales tools, deployment, the Springboard Series program, the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, and the Internet Explorer 8 beta. 3. Microsoft Dynamic: Features the Microsoft line of integrated, adaptable business management solutions. 4. Mobility Solutions: Microsoft's vision and strategy for mobility—and how you can capitalize! 5. Security Solutions: Microsoft security products and services are evolving to deliver more comprehensive, simplified, and integrated security solutions to address the myriad security issues your customers face today. 6. Application Platform: Extend and unlock the value in your existing applications, and rapidly develop new applications that differentiate you from your competition, you can make significant gains in time to value, productivity, and total cost of ownership. 7. Business Productivity Solutions: Streamline how your customers communicate, share, gain business insight, and find information. 8. Core Infrastructure: Help customers optimize and secure their IT foundations with integrated management, security, and virtualization. 9. Small and Midsize Business Solutions: Microsoft and Partner SMB experts walk you through solution scenarios, including protecting your data, improving business productivity, managing your sales pipeline, and improving business performance. 10. Sales and Marketing: Remove clutter in your sales funnel, differentiate yourself and accelerate sales with digital marketing. 11. Software-plus-Services: Evolve your business to include hosted and cloud services.
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