Partner TV Australia

Michael Kordhai and Finula Crowe both talk about why you should attend REMIX08 in Sydney on 20 May and in Melbourne on 22 May in this video.

REMIX08 is your opportunity to experience all that is new in Silverlight 2, Expression 2, IE8, Live and a host of other great Web technologies coming fast and furious from Microsoft. Click here to view the sessions.

There's plenty of Partner content this year, so if you are interested in providing Web solutions to your customers, check out this page.  In a nutshell, if you are not a partner and need some software & tools from Microsoft, subscribe to the Action Pack and if you are currently a Partner, take a look at the Custom Development Solutions competency with the Web Development specialisation.

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Norbert Haehnel, Microsoft Australia's Director of our Developer Platform Evangelism Group, speaks about the possible future with this "Crystal Ball presentation" at a NSW.NET Cluster event. 

NSW.Net is an ICT industry cluster which brings together local software companies to engage in co-operative activities, to achieve collective competitiveness and develop new opportunities for Australia's software industry.

If you are interested in joining, please visit http://www.nswdotnet.com.au.

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Today, Microsoft Australia is pleased to announce Paul Voges as the newly appointed Small and Midmarket Sales & Partner Director (SMS&P). Paul comes to the business having a wealth of sales and services experience. In his five years with Microsoft, Paul has been in customer & partner facing roles including sales, sales management and more recently as the Services Director. 

Pip Marlow has moved into the position of Public Sector Director and the transition of SMS&P to Paul’s leadership will commence immediately.

In this short video, Paul talks about his background before Microsoft and why he is excited in joining the Team.  Welcome Paul.

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Briony Haslam from Networking Plus (a Gold Certified Partner based in Brisbane) talks about Telephone-Based Pre-Sales Technical Support (TPTS) which is a benefit designed for our Gold Certified and Certified Partners.

For further details on TPTS, visit https://partner.microsoft.com/Australia/40012211.

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Ross Dewar and Cameron McFie from emantra (a Gold Certified Partner based in Brisbane) talk about their hosting offerings including a special Offer for Hosted IIS7 (based on Windows Server 2008, to help partners and customers test the performance and functionality on IIS7.0).

For further details on these areas and other new and existing offerings, visit the emantra web site.

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Pip Marlow, Microsoft Australia's Director of Small Midmarket Solutions & Partners, talks about the importance of our Global Relationship Survey to measure Partner and Customer satisfaction and what we do with the feedback from our Customers and Partners.

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Sarah Arnold, Microsoft Australia's Partner Program Manager, talks about the Microsoft Action Pack Subscription, it's contents and how to enrol. 

As a Registered Member of the Microsoft Partner Program, you may enrol into the annual subscription (which we call MAPS), where you'll receive one Welcome Kit and three Quarterly Update Kits. Each kit contains new software releases, as well as updated sales and marketing materials that help you stay competitive, meet your sales goals and grow your business.

For more information and to enrol, visit https://partner.microsoft.com/Australia/40016455.

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I met with Richard White, the CEO of CargoWise again a couple of months ago to film two videos.  The first video above describes their supply chain software & solutions based on Microsoft technology providing full integration across departments to more than 1,150 customers with 33,000 users from all over the world.  Richard also talks about the Microsoft Partner Program benefits of most use to his business.

The second video below explains the benefits of being an early adopter of Windows Server 2008; SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 and how this creates new opportunities for his business.

 
Video: Partner-TV: Cargowise on the 2008 Launch Wave

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Brad Rappell from Networking Plus talks about his company; their growth success; the power of the Microsoft Partner community and how their hosting solution resonates with their customer's.

Networking Plus are based in Brisbane in an old bank which has some security features they use to store their data centre.

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Each year Microsoft recognises partners who have delivered exemplary solutions built on Microsoft technologies at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.  This year the Conference will be held in Houston during 7-11 July 2008.  Nominations for the Partner Awards will only be accepted from those solutions that appear in the Partner Solution Profiler Tool and for those Partners who have earned the relevant Microsoft Partner Program Competency and Specialisation.

Sarah Arnold, Microsoft Australia's Partner Program Manager, talks about the awards; the benefits and how to nominate a solution.

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Wendy Smith, our Channel Development Manager, talks to Ryan Spillane from Correct Solutions and Alexandra Day from Phrixus Technologies about Small Business.  If  you wish to contact Wendy, please do so via her blog.  Watch this video to hear Wendy's response to questions like:

• Is Small Business important to Microsoft?
• What do you you see as the key challenges for Small Businesses?
• What advice do you have for other woman working in IT

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