The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is coming this July 13-16, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana! This post will summarize everything you need to know as a Canadian SBSC if you haven’t ramped up on WPC just yet. WPC is a forum for accessing...

If you haven’t been enrolled in Microsoft FUEL for VARs , you’ve been missing out on serious sales rewards! FUEL is a Canadian sales incentive program that allows you to earn rewards for every license agreement per customer sold on selected Microsoft...

Jeff Loucks, SBSC in Ontario, contacted me with information on the new global Essential Business Server (EBS) User Group that he is helping to lead. In addition to the regional IT Professional user groups we have in Canada ( see directory ), this global...

We have yesterday’s SBSC exclusive “Selling Microsoft Response Point to Canadian SMBs” webcast now available for you to watch on-demand or the PowerPoint notes for download. We reviewed the small business phone system’s Canadian opportunity, sales strategies...

Microsoft’s Solution Profiler is a tool that allows you create detailed descriptions of your company’s customer solutions that use Microsoft technology, with the purpose of increasing the visibility of those capabilities to potential new customers. Your...

With Windows 7 approaching, there are more early readiness events taking place to help you prepare for the major rel ease. With improved security, reliability, productivity, and performance, you can take advantage advantage of new growth opportunities...

In February Microsoft Canada’s SMB team brought together industry experts and business owners for a forward-looking discussion on the Canadian economy. The goal was to identify strategies to help Canadian small businesses thrive now and once the economy...

The Canadian Partner Learning Centre (PLC) setup a series of technical webcasts and virtual labs for those of you that didn’t attend the in-person deep-dive training on SBS 2008 or EBS 2008. The complete set of links are below for your reference. Take...

Please join us for this March’s exclusive SBSC webcast. We will explore sales strategies and cases for making Microsoft Response Point a profitable addition to your SMB-focused business. You’ll see why this small business phone system won the 2009 Technology...

Written by Elisabeth Vanderveldt , SBSC PAL for Eastern Canada If you haven’t been to New Orleans then what exactly have you been waiting for? Admittedly I had not attended a WPC until Boston in 2006 when our firm just happened to be up for a WPC award...

  Written by Elisabeth Vanderveldt , SBSC PAL for Eastern Canada In 1995 and 1998 I attended conferences (CA World and Microsoft Fusion/Tech Ed) in New Orleans. I had ample time to sample the sights and sounds of good old Bourbon Street, a few restaurants...

Photo by jasoneppink . Written by Elisabeth Vanderveldt , SBSC PAL for Eastern Canada Both the National Post and now ITWorld have confirmed that the taxable benefit concerning IT hardware purchases is in effect and, given the economic conditions facing...