Resources from BPOS Partner Day - Monday 9th FEB

SmallCountry — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:47:56 GMT

Thanks to all who attended the Business Productivity Online Services session on Monday. We hope you found it an informative introduction and are now considering how the Online services opportunity.

The slides and resources from the day are downloadable here.

In addition, there is further 1 day "hands on" training event scheduled in Microsoft Edinburgh. Course 44CO107 - Implementing Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) is free to partners, and is bookable through the UK Partner site.

Thanks to Peter King, Adam Khan for their hard work on the day. Thanks in particular to Ted Shultz who has posted a list of answers to questions raised on the day at the link above - I have included a picture of Ted in dynamic pose off duty enjoying the surf of his native California.

Microsoft opens a new Windows in the 'cloud'

SmallCountry — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:15:30 GMT

This was the headline which the FT reported Ray Ozzie's announcement of the Azure Services Platform at the Los Angeles PDC earlier in the week. More on why partners should mug up on BPOS and Azure over on the TRUMPET.

Also I notice that the Economist this month ran an article on the behemoth buildings that are housing these cloud computing innovations - "Where the Cloud Meets the Ground". Michael Manos, head of Microsoft Datacenter Group and an enthusiastic supporter of Scotland's nascent mega-datacenter industry, is quoted following the opening of Microsoft's Northlake, Chicago containerised datacenter.

FT.com / Home UK / UK - Microsoft opens a new Windows in the 'cloud'

Tartan Tech: Microsoft Scotland Insight : Azure

Resources from BPOS Partner Day - Monday 9th FEB

Microsoft opens a new Windows in the 'cloud'