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January 2009 - Posts

Women in Leadership & Technology ‘Meet & Mingle’ in Toronto

The IAMCP’s Women in Leadership & Technology are hosting an exciting new ‘Meet and Mingle’ event in Toronto at our Microsoft campus. It will take place in the evening on March 9, 2009. There will be lots of opportunity to network with other women Read More...
Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 10:43 AM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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Download notes or watch on-demand the Microsoft Dynamics CRM exclusive webcast

  Yesterday we hosted the SBSC exclusive ‘Take control with Microsoft Dynamics CRM in SMB’ webcast with Kim Harrison, Solutions Channel Development Manager for CRM (and a familiar face to the SBSC community), and Laura Robinson, Technical Specialist Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:14 PM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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“Tech spending helps cut costs” – Financial Post

There’s an article from a week back in the Financial Post written by Mary Teresa Bitti, outlining how small businesses should be using technology to succeed today. A large portion of the article comes from discussion with Eric Gales , our VP of SMS&P Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 27, 2009 10:21 AM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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Big Easy? Yes it is.

Written by Elisabeth Vanderveldt , SBSC PAL for Eastern Canada I was sitting at a client’s office yesterday madly installing and configuring some new stations when I received my Microsoft newsletter. Taking a quick break I quickly scanned it and was hit Read More...
Posted Monday, January 26, 2009 9:49 AM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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HTG Canada meeting underway in Vancouver

Written by Stuart Crawford , SBSC Community in Alberta Heartland Technology Groups formed in 2001 out of a need to share business processes and purchasing power, and to create a community where knowledge, information and friendships could be shared. HTG10 Read More...
Posted Friday, January 23, 2009 9:15 AM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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Register for your exclusive ‘Microsoft Dynamics CRM in SMB’ webcast on January 27

Microsoft Dynamics CRM is an area that you might otherwise be quick to throw off your list of ‘ways to make money in 2009’. If you do, you’re missing out big time. At the least, you need to understand how this could fit into your model – easily and profitably. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 11:52 AM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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Watch the Presidential Inauguration live in Silverlight

  Are you thinking about watching the Barack Obama presidential inauguration today? Don’t worry about escaping from the client, skipping a healthy lunch, or taking an ‘Obama day’. You can actually catch the entire ceremony live today (January 20) Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:14 AM by SBSC Canada | 1 Comments
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Updates on Response Point in Canada – events, news, and more

We haven’t had an update on Response Point for some time, but the partner community has been no less ablaze with the exciting movement on the product. There have been success stories of strong Response Point sales with Canadian SMBs, as well as cases Read More...
Posted Monday, January 19, 2009 9:49 AM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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Insights on the Canadian economy from Microsoft Canada’s President

The “recession” is a hot topic in the global economy and is on every Canadian’s mind. You can set yourself up for success by staying focused on reaching your full potential, and working on the right partnerships that will help guide you through these Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 11:28 AM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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Meet the SBSC Advisory Panel in Canada

The SBSC Advisory Panel is a dedicated group of your peers that represent different sizes, types, and focuses of Microsoft partners across Canada. They provide us with simply invaluable feedback, perspective, and ideas. In fact, it’s rare that we plan Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:11 AM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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Register for February’s MDOP technical training

Here is a great opportunity for you to learn how to take advantage of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) with your medium-sized customers.. There is 2-day technical training being offered to teach IT professionals how to install, configure, Read More...
Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 9:25 AM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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Watch the Steve Ballmer keynote today live from CES 2009

Interested in what Microsoft has in store for 2009? Then catch Steve Ballmer’s keynote live today at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) taking place in Las Vegas this week. The Microsoft PressPass website will host the live webcast this Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:09 AM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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It’s easy to get free event/tradeshow materials from Microsoft as a SBSC

This is a question I get from time to time – one that I would love to get asked more often actually: “ Does Microsoft have anything I can use at my event / a tradeshow I’m participating in? ” The answer is, YES ! There is an entire professional event-in-a-box Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:21 AM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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Conducting business and technology assessments for new customers

Business and technology assessments (or ‘needs assessments’) are a very effective way to jumpstart the conversation with a SMB customer. Whether you’ve already adopted this practice or not, there is an equally effective way for you to deliver them with Read More...
Posted Monday, January 05, 2009 7:41 PM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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How to use the Windows Vista Small Business Assurance offer this year

We launched the Windows Vista Small Business Assurance offer in Canada in November last year with a lot of fanfare given its focus on the small business space in Canada, integration of the SBSC solution finder, and prior success in the US market. Not Read More...
Posted Friday, January 02, 2009 4:02 PM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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What are your resolutions for 2009?

Happy New Year! With 2009 here, I want to take a moment to share some of my resolutions for 2009 with you. Sharing resolutions is the most important part of making resolutions in the first place. When you make goals public – professional or personal – Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 01, 2009 12:01 AM by SBSC Canada | 0 Comments
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