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Introducing the Microsoft NZ Toolshed

Posted Wednesday, April 08, 2009 10:33 AM by scottwy
Yesterday we held a roundtable discussion with industry folks to announce the Microsoft NZ Toolshed. The idea is that in these troubled economic times we need to take the initiative and reach out to the community and industry. We’ve combined some existing Read More...
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Start-Up TV

Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 4:02 PM by scottwy
The guys at Start-Up magazine have been making a TV series following the fortunes of 20 or so start-up companies over the last six months. In their words: “They've been put through the wringer for the last 6 months, had their business and personal lives Read More...
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NZ Top 10 Start-Ups for 2008

Posted Monday, February 16, 2009 2:48 AM by scottwy
Great to see two participants in last year’s 7x7 pitching session at TechEd 2008 in the top two positions on the Herald’s top start-ups of 2008 list. Read the full story here The aim of the 7x7 session was to invite seven start-ups to pitch their company/product/story Read More...
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Bizspark - Helping NZ Start-ups...get started

Posted Sunday, December 07, 2008 9:28 PM by scottwy
Last month we launched Bizspark in New Zealand. Bizspark is a Microsoft worldwide programme that makes software and support available to software start-ups to help them launch their business and be successful earlier. All the details are available here Read More...
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Tell us what you think about Microsoft...

Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 12:27 AM by scottwy
Invitation for The Microsoft New Zealand Developers Focus Groups 2008 We want to hear from you. Tell us what you love and hate about Microsoft! Every year we use your feedback to improve our products and services. This year, in addition to the annual Read More...
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From the Horse's Mouth

Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:22 AM by scottwy
The Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is coming soon. We pretty much only run PDC when we have some big things to talk about...real big things. People talk about the ".NET" PDC and the "Longhorn" PDC and this year Read More...
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An Evening with Industry

Posted Saturday, September 13, 2008 12:14 PM by scottwy
I've been invited to speak at a New Zealand Computer Society event on Thursday. They've invited all graduating students from the Wellington region to come along and learn what a career in technology might hold. There will be speakers from a number or Read More...
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Software + Services

Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 12:27 AM by scottwy
People ask me about our attitude to the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. The answer is we have different take - software plus services. Microsoft hasn't join the rush to a 100% SaaS model, instead we've talked about S+S - a combination of SaaS and Read More...
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Back into the Light

Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:54 AM by scottwy
I've just returned from a week in the US attending our annual global Microsoft briefing. It's always a great event but this year was extra special. This is of course the first year the BillG has not been directly involved. While a little sad, what this Read More...
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