Author Archives: Vlad

WWPC Day 2

Posted: 11:55 am
July 11, 2007
Events, Friends, Microsoft
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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)

Posted: 3:30 am
July 11, 2007
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

Posted: 3:23 am
July 11, 2007
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 Day 1

Posted: 7:21 pm
July 10, 2007
Events
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What an awesome day. I am going back to do the parties in a few minutes but here are a few shots to let you feel like you were here. Welcome! Forefont chokes aliens with some white text on the … Continue reading →

WWPC PreDay Recap

Posted: 9:49 am
July 10, 2007
Events, Microsoft
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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

Posted: 9:19 pm
July 9, 2007
Microsoft
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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 →

Shockey Monkey Popup Error

Posted: 11:39 am
July 9, 2007
Shockey Monkey
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I fixed a slight issue with Shockey Monkey this morning that affected customers using Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 and below. One of the AJAX libraries apparently was making references to HTTP objects and customers with older browsers got the following … Continue reading →

Keynote Q&A

Posted: 11:27 am
July 9, 2007
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 →

MAPS Training Requirement for MAPS

Posted: 11:18 am
July 9, 2007
IT Business
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Live from the SMB Symposium stage: We know that people are registering just to get MAPS. Launching this fall, training requirements to obtain MAPS! Apparently there will be a training requirement to make sure only legitimate partners can buy MAPS. … Continue reading →

WWPC Cougar

Posted: 11:13 am
July 9, 2007
Events
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Presenter is discussing the current SMB roadmap: “I encurage you to stay with that SBS product as we move along” stressing that you can still do business over the next 18 months as the (above) releases come through. According to internal … Continue reading →