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Core IO Technology Partner Tour for Pre-Sales Solution Specialists IT Architects and Technical Specialists

It’s official! The launch of Windows® 7 operating system, Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating system and Exchange 2010 has happened and the market buzz couldn’t be better. For technology partners that engaged early, dug in and discovered how truly amazing these releases are, the projects are piling up.

Our last round of Core IO presentations was very well received and attendance was strong. We took your feedback and we’re coming back with an improved agenda that incorporates many of your requests. So, here’s what we’ve got for you.

Afternoon session – Target audience pre-sales solution specialists, IT architects and technical specialists

Led by Saleem Kanji, our enterprise technical specialist on virtualization, the afternoon session will focus on how you, as a technology partner, can build an internal lab and demo environment, so that you can show your customers how well the solution works.

  • Understand Microsoft’s approach to virtualization, a 360 view of Microsoft virtualization, from the desktop to the datacenter and how to determine the right solution for the right scenario
  • Review of Hyper-V architecture and learn about the new features of Hyper-V R2 showcased with live demos
  • Understand the editions of Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V and Hyper-V Server
  • Overview of Microsoft System Center Management Tools and how System Center is a great suite of tools to manage your entire IT infrastructure: physical, virtual, and application environment
  • Understand how Operations Manager can integrate with Virtual Machine Manager to perform dynamic datacenter management such as dynamic resource scheduling

Dates: Montreal – Dec 2, Mississauga – Dec 3, Richmond – Dec 8, Calgary – Dec 10

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Core IO Technology Partner Tour for Sales and Pre-Sales Technical Professionals

It’s official! The launch of Windows® 7 operating system, Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating system and Exchange 2010 has happened and the market buzz couldn’t be better. For technology partners that engaged early, dug in and discovered how truly amazing these releases are, the projects are piling up.

Our last round of Core IO presentations was very well received and attendance was strong. We took your feedback and we’re coming back with an improved agenda that incorporates many of your requests. So, here’s what we’ve got for you.

Morning session - Target audience sales and pre-sales focused professionals

  • What’s really happening in the market? This section will focus on a review of actual deployments of Microsoft virtualization and management solutions. What drove the customer to evaluate and deploy? What was the buying process? What tipped the scales and made it compelling and what are the benefits that the customer is seeing post-deployment?
  • Performance. It’s all about evidence. Get the facts to take to your customers and show them that Microsoft has great best price/performance/value combination.
  • What about Citrix? The relationship with Citrix is an essential part of the go-to-market strategy around the virtual desktop. We’ve met with the Canadian Citrix teams; we’ve synchronized our messaging and clarified the customer value proposition. Come and find out how to deliver a combined Microsoft / Citrix solution to your customers for an effective virtual desktop solutions available in the market today.
  • Licensing. You’ve sold your customer the vision. You’ve architected a solution. Now, how does your customer license it most effectively? This session will show you how, using some great new offerings.

Click here to register: Montreal – Dec 2, Mississauga – Dec 3, Richmond – Dec 8, Calgary – Dec 10

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BI70PAL: Using Business Intelligence to get ahead in a challenging economy - deep dive Live Meeting

In today’s challenging economic climate, companies must maximize individual and team productivity and effectiveness, reduce wasted time, and eliminate inefficient business processes. They need to find new customers and new opportunities with existing customers while running lean. This means it is critical for them to keep business information accessible and integrated into familiar tools so it can easily be aligned to organizational goals, while proactively managing cash flow and reducing IT-related incidents that would disrupt their focus and negatively affect their bottom line.

For many companies, overall budgets are constrained, and they have to make tradeoffs, do more with less employees, and find new ways to be competitive. Any technology investments need to have clear ROI and tie directly back to their business challenges.

As businesses face these challenges, and as the organization grows over time, the need for data to be more accessible and actionable increases, and reporting, scorecard, and dashboard solutions become critical to gaining business insight. Some business decision makers may not view their data management and reporting solutions as strategic to their ability to operate with maximum efficiency and retain competitive advantage in the market. Those looking to partners for guidance in developing business intelligence solutions want to see clear reasons for choosing specific technologies, including speed of deployment and low cost. Here’s where you as a partner can become the true strategic advisor to the customer! The Microsoft Improve Business Insight Campaign is geared to helping small and mid-sized organizations explore and adopt business intelligence solutions that give them insight to make better-informed decisions that drive profitability. A BI solution built on familiar Microsoft technology will enable workers across the organization to easily access reports and scorecards in the tools they use every day to make better-informed, timely decisions that improve business performance and help drive competitive advantage. The solution is comprehensive and cost-effective, using built-in capabilities of the familiar Microsoft Office system to expose and analyze data from other business systems in rich, actionable ways using SQL Server 2008.

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For additional training resources on Business Intelligence click here

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How to Create a Lead Generation Campaign that Gets Results Live Meeting on November 4, 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST

Lead generation is expensive and often unproductive. Your objective is qualified, interested prospects, but in today’s tough economy your challenge is significantly multiplied. You can’t rely on your sellers’ cold calling efforts to drive the number of leads your company requires.
You need a demand generation approach that can reach your target contacts exactly when they’re looking for the services you offer, draw them in, and fill your pipeline. Such a plan sounds complex, resource intensive and cost prohibitive but it doesn’t have to be. You can use the resources already available to you to create lead generation campaigns that gets results.
In this session with Kendra Lee, prospect attraction expert and author of the award-winning book Selling Against the Goal, you’ll discover:

  • Why most lead generation efforts fail and how to avoid it
  • Your objective with a campaign
  • The golden rule of successful prospect attraction
  • What a successful lead generation campaign looks like
  • The 4 components every campaign must include
  • How your definition of a lead changes your campaign
  • 10 Tips for writing a successful email campaign
  • Actual results you can expect
  • Resource requirements to be sure to plan for
  • Strategies to secure vendor funding

Click here to register for the web seminar

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Windows 7 Application Compatibility Drop-in Clinics – new sessions added

This Drop-in Clinic is designed for ISVs to get help from a consultant to remediate your application compatibility issues with Windows 7. If you wish to certify for the “Compatible with Windows 7” Logo program, please bring a laptop with Windows 7 (64-bit version required) and your application’s setup files. Please have development tools installed in case you want to debug your application with help of the Microsoft expert.

Nov 24th, 2009 - Edmonton – Register Here

Nov 26th, 2009 – Calgary – Register here

For additional training resources on Windows 7 click here

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Windows ®7 Application Compatibility Technical Seminars – new sessions added

Join this one-day event to learn how to make your applications compatible with Windows 7 and/or certifiable for the “Compatible With Window 7” Logo, you will also learn the common compatibility issues and remediation solutions. The training is primarily targeted at developers and application architects of software vendors with existing Windows XP and Windows Vista-based applications.

Nov 23, 2009 – Edmonton – Register here.

Nov 25, 2009 – Calgary – Register here

For additional training resources on Windows 7 click here

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Microsoft Unified Communications Sales Training Featuring Exchange Server 2010

In this 60-minute 100-level online tutorial, understand how Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, the cornerstone of the Microsoft Unified Communications platform, enables rich and productive collaboration among its users and offers partner opportunities to expand your business in growing markets. Next, learn how to effectively target and sell Exchange Server 2010 to your customers, and how to leverage key resources available to help you successfully sell and market Exchange Server 2010.

Click here to take this training

For additional training resources on Exchange Server 2010 click here

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Technical Training on BizTalk Server

This is a 1-day BizTalk technical training class delivered by Microsoft Canada’s Application Platform Technology Specialists. Modules covered include: ESB messaging, Processing Messages and Itineraries, Pipelines, Resolver and Adapter Provider Framework, Exception Handling Framework, Modifying & Extending the Toolkit

Click here to register and for more information:  Calgary - November 4, Montreal – November 10

For additional training resources on BizTalk Server click here

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Sales and Pre-sales Training on SQL Server 2008

Come out and join Stephen Giles, Microsoft Canada Partner Technology Advisor on the Application Platform as he outlines the best way to discuss and position Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 with your customers. Information presented will cover the customer and technology partner value around SQL Server 2008 and how to have effective conversations focused on how SQL Server-based solutions provide important benefits that help meet customer and technology partner needs.

Click here to register and for more information: Vancouver - November 9, Calgary – November 12, Toronto – November 17, Montreal – November 20

For additional training resources on SQL Server 2008 click here

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Consulting Best Practices, Register Today for Live Meeting on October 21, 9:00 – 10:00 am PST

The technology landscape has changed in the SMB sector over the last couple of year, and that has impacted some smaller IT Consultant operations. Even though the market has seen a number of independent IT consultants fold their operations, the One-man and small IT consutlant shops are still a viable business model in this space. Join small business consultant Eriq Neale for a look at ways that small IT shops are not only staying in business in this "new world order" but are acutally thriving.

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Accelerating SQL Server Upgrades with MAP Toolkit Assessments & SQL UnBlock, Register Today for Live Meeting on October 15, 8:00 – 9:00 am PST

SQL Server 2008 upgrade opportunities are everywhere - you just need to know where to look and how to unblock deployment blockers! Introducing the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 (MAP) that helps you discover the hard-to-find SQL Server instances that are currently running in your customers’ environments. Run the network-wide MAP scans to determine good candidates to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 and onboard them to the EAP agreement. In addition, we will present the SQL Unblock program that answers the common customer question “What do we do about our 3rd Party applications that do not support SQL Server 2008?.” The SQL Server 2008 UnBlock program is designed to identify and accelerate sales opportunities where non-compatible ISV applications (including strategic competitive apps. Oracle, MySQL, etc.,) are preventing customers from deploying Microsoft Products.

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For additional training resources on SQL Server click here

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Why Windows Server 2008 R2 should be your and your customer’s platform of choice, Register Today for Live Meeting on October 15, 8:00 am – 9:00 am PST

Would you like to know how Windows Server 2008 R2 compares to the competition, in particular, Red Hat Enterprise Linux? In this session, you will see why the Windows Server R2 platform is the most competitive offering in today's marketplace. Join us for an in-depth look at the value Microsoft provides vs. Red Hat and other Linux providers and what you can expect from this partnership with Microsoft.

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For additional training resources on Windows Server 2008 R2 click here

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Windows® 7 Professional in Small and Medium Sized Businesses, Register today for Live Meeting on October 14, 8:00 – 9:00 am PST

Here’s your chance to get the latest information on the business opportunities Windows 7 Professional may bring to you and your business. We will share how to address the right business customers and how Windows 7 Professional offers great new potential partner solutions and services helping you drive increased margins and business growth. We will also review how to position Windows 7 Professional towards customers, and how Microsoft is going to help partners go to market at time of launch and beyond.

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For additional training resources on Windows 7 click here

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Cross selling Windows Server 2008 R2, Register today for Live Meeting on October 8, 8:00 – 9:00 am PST

Windows Server business group in collaboration with various business groups have developed recommendations and prescriptive guidance on how to bring product and scenario information to life and sell a complete solution to our customers. You have unique knowledge of the needs of the sales teams, partners, and customers in your area—combine the information in this playbook with your experience to prepare your teams for success.

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