An unparalleled Windows Vista Demo environment If you're a Microsoft Partner then you will be very interested in the Windows Vista Demo Readiness Toolkit (DRT). This is the best demo environment a partner can get to show off all the new features in Vista...

Reporting Services training available - May 2007 31 May 2007, Reading: Advanced SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Learn about the advanced techniques for building reports with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services and the Microsoft Visual...

I came across this fascinating article online by Dennis Forbes about domain names. It has loads of interesting stats including: All two- and three-letter .com domain names have been taken. 80 per cent of four-letter names have gone The...

Partners have been asking for SQL BI Training so wanted to flag this TechNet event to be held on the evening of 23rd November 2006. Target Audience: Architect, Developer, IT Professional and Technology Decision Maker. Here is the Event Overview...

I’ve had a number of partners ask me about SQL User Group this week – so thought I would share the link. http://sqlserverfaq.com/ Published with BlogMailr

Our new Partner Portal is live! It has been designed to help our partners get access to the right information for their business. Last year we saw a 37% increase in usage of this site. Apparently the portal is the culmination of over two years’...

An article on Dashboard Ubiquity was recently published by TDWI. There is reference to a whitepaper written by Wayne Eckerson called “Dashboards and Scorecards“. This is an interesting read because it covers the convergence of BI and CPM. IT also...

The latest research by IDC shows Microsoft is ahead of the pack in terms of growth in the business intelligence (BI) tools market. Microsoft is leading all legacy pure-play and database vendors in BI revenue growth. In addition, ProClarity, an advanced...

Gartner have just released the 2006 Gartner Data Warehouse Database Management Systems Magic Quadrant. And Microsoft has moved position! "significant progress Microsoft has made in the Data Warehouse (DW) Database Management Systems (DBMS...

Following on from the ISV article below - Windows Vista presents a great opportunity for ISVs to get involved with Microsoft. Channel Insider - October 24, 2006 Less than 3 percent of Microsoft ISVs are driving 80 percent of revenue. Often vendor...

Great news for our ISVs!!!! ISVs participating in Microsoft's competency program are more successful than their peers, even those building on Microsoft but outside the program - according to an IDC report released in October. IDC interviewed 365...

"Microsoft Server, Database Programs, Once Derided, Boost Sales" - by Dina Bass Bloomberg News - October 26, 2006 I liked this article. It includes lots of speculative numbers but the overall message is - the perception of Microsoft SQL Server has...

The new edition of the Microsoft Sales Toolkit (Gearup) has now arrived…and it’s pink!? (What were the marketing guys thinking?) This edition runs from October 06 to March 07 and has been updated to include the EVO products and customer campaigns....

If you are interested in Microsoft's new performance-management offering, Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, and our approach to the business intelligence stack - take a look at this. This new application expands our growing line of BI...

VARBusiness recently covered the emergence of BI based on a survey conducted by the publication. Microsoft was ranked highest against the pure play vendors. This is a big win and a great example of Microsoft’s BI momentum. ...

Guess I should introduce myself! I am a Channel Development Manager in Microsoft UK, focused on the Data Management solution. This includes Microsoft SQL Server & our Business Intelligence solution. I am responsible for Channel Capacity and Channel...

An interesting article on InfoWorld. Analysts believe that Microsoft may have multicore price edge as we continue to charge per processor for software, not per core. "Microsoft Corp. could have an early advantage over competitors IBM Corp. and Oracle...