Microsoft have also recently launched a cool Find a Partner tool which ties in Microsoft Virtual Earth with the usual MS Partner Directory. Now you can quickly find and visualise not only the local Pizza place, but your local MS SBSC, Certified Partner or Gold Certified Partner. I've noted that it also shows those people with business that operate from home as their home … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2007
Microsoft Australia Launches Partner TV
Once again, Microsoft Australia lead the pack in communicating to the partner channel. Today at the Australian MS Partner Conference, on Hamilton Island, Microsoft launched "Partner TV" a new initiative from them to communicate with us resellers. Pip Marlow, the Director of the SMS&P group at Microsoft Australia has presented one of the first blogs focusing on talking to … [Read more...]
How to diagnose a Network Port problem.
Today I was onsite with one of my clients and experienced a strange problem with one PC that was being ghosted from an image. The client runs a chain of retail outlets and when they open a new outlet they use Ghost to prepare a machine based on an image. They have a run up area down the back of their warehouse as well as two older servers. The problem was that when they went … [Read more...]
Catch up with Trend Micro CEO – Eva Chen
Trend Micro's CEO Eva Chen was here in Sydney yesterday. Her aim was to talk to partners about the directions Trend Micro is taking with their products, and the local partner program which has just be relaunched under the Affinity Partner Program title. I'll leave the specifics of the partner program to another post. What struck me when arriving at the event was Eva's … [Read more...]
Software I use
I talk a lot to people, both face to face when I'm running training or presenting, and also online via various forums. Often I'm using some cool piece of software that helps people do things better. People want to know about this stuff and in particular the cool things that I use it for. Therefore I've started a category for "Software I use" which will highlight the software … [Read more...]