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Microsoft UK: opening the partner kimono

Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 10:38 AM by stevecla01

Last Friday along with Claire and Mike , I hosted a Partnering for the Future roundtable at Microsoft Research in Cambridge. We invited 11 organizations along to meet with our Director of Partner Group (Scott Dodds) and our UK Managing Director, Gordon Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft UK, Microsoft Partners, Web 2.0, PFTF

The web is all about sex & shopping

Posted Friday, March 30, 2007 6:41 PM by stevecla01

That was the quote that stuck in my mind today from our Partnering for the Future roundtable in Cambridge. I'll not attribute it here but I suspect the owner may own up anyway :) We had a great day of listening and learning from 11 partners who had strong Read More...

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SaaS is no longer the lunatic fringe

Posted Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:44 PM by stevecla01

Gartner says so which means it must be true. David over at Business Two Zero noticed this in a press release from Gartner at their Outsourcing Summit . They also stated that the worldwide SaaS market reached $6.3 billion in 2006 and is forecast to grow Read More...

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5 ways businesses can benefit from Web 2.0

Posted Thursday, March 01, 2007 5:13 AM by stevecla01

I love the reach of the blogosphere. No sooner has a posted about our Partnering for the Future initiative than a UK partner, True Clarity , replied to let me know they're already motoring along on this stuff. In fact they've written a lovely whitepaper Read More...

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Microsoft unveils Partnering for the Future initiative

Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 11:27 PM by stevecla01

More PFTF coverage - this time from CRN - who I think captured the essence of this project very well. Hats off to Mr Flinders I presume. Backed up by Karl's quote: Karl Noakes, director of channel development at Microsoft, told CRN: “We’ve realised that Read More...

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Microsoft UK: Partnering For The Future

Posted Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:54 AM by stevecla01

A project we've called Partnering for the Future (PFTF) has been bubbling under at our Reading offices for about 6 months now and finally we lifted the lid on it this week resulting in lots of press coverage after Claire and Karl hosted a press roundtable. Read More...