By Wes Yanaga on
12/11/2008 1:04 PM
Microsoft has taken a significant step forward in the Software plus Services stategy with the announcment of the Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform. One of the fundamental assumptions in this strategy is the availability of core infrastructure services. I thought I would point you to a very interesting blog entry by Michael Manos about Gen 4 Datacenters. I hope this provide you some insight.

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By Jim Glass on
12/11/2008 12:27 PM
It's the holiday season and I'm checking out some of the CRM communities, adding a video here and a pointer to a great article there. Our group on Linked In continues to grow, driven I think by the need of our partners and customers to be associated with a great product.
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By Wes Yanaga on
11/24/2008 4:36 PM
ProDev Partner Briefing | Cloud Computing w/ Azure and Live Services
EVENT SUMMARY
Business Update - Microsoft's Partner Evangelism organization focuses primarily on early adoption of Microsoft’s emerging platform technologies with the responsibility for driving broad platform adoption and cultivating a vibrant ecosyste ...
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By Wes Yanaga on
11/21/2008 2:58 PM
If you are a Microsoft Partner and located near Los Angeles or San Francisco, you are invited to a 2-day, technical in-depth training we are offering on Microsoft Live Platform. Live Platform is a cutting-edge, Web platform designed to enable you to build compelling consumer applications that attract new users and drive deeper engagement in your applications.
You can learn more about the event and pre-register at www.lpjumpstart.com. I've also included information on the event below. Note attendance is limited to maintain a setting that fosters dialogue among all participants ...
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By Wes Yanaga on
11/20/2008 11:12 PM
The Partner Evangelism team is part of the Developer and Platform Evangelism organization. The team is focused on the needs of the CDS/Application development partner community. Our team is field based across the US. I am responsible for the West Region. John McClelland and Josh Holmes cover the East and Central Regions respectively. We each host in person events and also reach out to the broader community through online communities.
Our online communities help communicate relevant information and events to application development partners. If you are interested in joining us, please visit these sites on Facebook and LinkedIn. We look forward to hearing you in the future!
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By Jim Glass on
11/20/2008 11:23 AM
The Sprint Now dashboard is amazing. "Blinking not recommended." I have heard a lot of people talking about adopting mobile broadband as their service provider. Take a look:

This dashboard is meant to overload the user with information, which I believe is the goal (Sprint users are connected to everything they could possibly ...
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By Jim Glass on
10/28/2008 4:53 PM
Check out the new Microsoft Videos site. Now you can find all Microsoft Ad Campaign Videos at one location.
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By Jim Glass on
10/23/2008 4:59 PM
We put together this handout for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference and it is something that people are finding really valuable so I thought I'd post a copy here.
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By Rich Langford on
10/21/2008 11:01 AM
I am looking forward to sharing some thoughts about education technology in this space and especially in response to questions from Microsoft partners regarding the education market. This subject of becoming a "trusted advisor" comes up fairly often in my conversations and I hope it will be a good kickoff for this blog.
I was recently asked by one of our partners, “If you were a small company like ours, how would you market our product if you only had $100?” I didn’t have to hesitate in answering the question. I said I would pay the carfare for the CIO from my best account to visit the colleague in another school district with whom they were closest so that they could have a nice lunch and talk about how great I am to work with.
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By Rich Langford on
10/20/2008 10:01 AM
This guest blog will be Authored by Rich Langford, a member of the Microsoft Public Sector Education Team. A quick Bio is included in the full details of this post... Let's all welcome Rich!
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