Partner TV Australia : 2008 Launch Wave

Partner-TV: emantra

chlong — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:56:00 GMT

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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Partner-TV: CargoWise

chlong — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:59:00 GMT

Video: Partner-TV: Cargowise

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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Partner-TV: 2008 Launch Wave Partner Briefing with Andy Lees

chlong — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:16:00 GMT

In this partner briefing held at Microsoft Sydney in October 2007 during Andy Lees's visit to Australia, Andy talks about the partner opportunity around the 2008 wave launch; key strategies and messaging we will bring into the market to drive customer adoption of these products.

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Partner-TV: Andy Lees on the 2008 launch wave

chlong — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:17:00 GMT

Andrew Lees is the corporate vice president of the Microsoft Sever & Tools Marketing and Solutions Group. Andy visited Australia in October 2007 and in our interview on Bondi Beach, Andy talks about virtualisation, the partner opportunity and the February launch being the largest outreach for IT Pro's and Developers for Microsoft.

On a lighter note, Andy also reveals what his first job was; what his favourite gadget is and whether he can surf...

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Partner-TV: 60 Seconds on the 2008 Launch Wave

chlong — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:19:00 GMT

Andrew Lees in this 60 second video describes, "what is the 2008 launch wave" and how the products work together to deliver four things:

secure & trusted platform
virtualisation
web experience
business intelligence

3 calls to action

Subscribe to the 2008 wave launch blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/ridethe2008wave
Deploy and test the products internally
Monitor our training schedule: https://partner.microsoft.com/Australia/trainingevents/training

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Partner-TV: Martin Gregory on the 2008 launch wave

chlong — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:22:00 GMT

Martin Gregory, the Director of our Server, Tools and Platform Group, talks about the partner opportunity around the 2008 launch wave of products (including Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008). Martin also describes about what a successful partner looks like in his mind and what he would do if were to setup his own company.

Martin recommends looking at the Infrastructure Optimisation and Optimise and Secure your Infrastructure (OSCI) campaigns.

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Partner-TV: Nick Mayhew on the 2008 launch wave

chlong — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:16:00 GMT

Nick Mayhew, the Partner Program Strategy Lead, has responsibilities that cover breadth partners, partner readiness, partner recruitment, partner marketing, partner events, the partner portal and a small team of tele-based account managers.

Nick's top priorities for the forthcoming year includes:

the partner organisation working closely with our marketing group around the 2008 launch wave (including SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008)
creating a "Next Generation" ecosystem around the Web, Web 2.0 and how we help business succeed with Silverlight and Expression

Nick also talks about what he would do if he were to run his own Microsoft Partner again and about why he blogs.

Nick's "Go Do's" are:

Profile yourself in Solution Finder
Use Channel Builder to find complimentary partners, be it an ISV, SI or Reseller
Look at the technical, sales & marketing training available around the 2008 launch wave in the Partner Learning Centre

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