Posted by: guygregory on: March 31, 2010
** UPDATE 01/04/10 - New speaker for the April Meeting – Leigh Odell from Accredit UK – More details on the Events Page ** Regrettably, Karl has been forced to pull out of the April AMITPRO meeting due to problems with his daughter’s passport. I’m sure many of you were looking forward to meeting up with Karl next week and [...]
Posted by: guygregory on: March 30, 2010
** UPDATE 31/03/10: Karl has had to pull out of the April Meeting – more info here. The special pricing below is not affected by this. ** Time-limited offer for attendees of the April 6th AMITPRO meeting! Karl has offered a massive saving of $120 (£80) off the cost of buying his latest book ‘The Network Migration Workbook’. If [...]
Posted by: guygregory on: March 24, 2010
Microsoft have opened registration for the Partner Briefing Session at Maple House in Birmingham. The MPN Partner Business Briefing is a regional event run by Microsoft to promote the upcoming changes to the Microsoft Partner Network, showcase the current wave of Microsoft products and facilitate inter-partner collaboration. You can call to register now, or use the link to [...]
Posted by: guygregory on: March 19, 2010
Lots of Midlands-based SharePoint 2010 training coming up, heavily subsidised for Microsoft Partners. Courtesy of the UK SBSC Blog. SharePoint 2010 Developer Bootcamp – Midlands 6th April Thorough education is key to working with SharePoint 2010 productively. This Combined Knowledge (MVP) course guides you through essential 2010 elements, from pre‐requisites to system integration, giving you [...]
Posted by: guygregory on: March 19, 2010
**UPDATE 16/04/10: Official SBSC details released from Microsoft. Download the full information about the MPN changes here. ** Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 6 months, you’ll be aware that the Microsoft Partner Program is currently undergoing a massive transformation into the new ‘Microsoft Partner Network’. One area where Microsoft hasn’t been [...]
Posted by: guygregory on: February 6, 2010
Microsoft have just published a document outlining some of the proposed changes to the Microsoft Partner Programme (now call the Microsoft Partner Network). The document, entitled “The Value of Earning a Microsoft Competency - Summary” gives Partners an hint at the future of the SBSC designation, as well as new information on the Advanced Competencies. Many of [...]
Posted by: guygregory on: January 14, 2010
Despite some fairly sketchy roads, we had a great turnout at the January AMITPRO meeting. The evening was somewhat of a security doubleheader, and it was great to see a few new faces turning out. The first presentation was given by Paul Maloney from Technology Management and Consultancy (TMC). Paul discussed the importance of compliance, [...]
Posted by: guygregory on: December 11, 2009
Arriving in force on their way north this week were Tracey, Mark and James from Trend Micro. An initial straw-poll revealed that the AMITPRO audience comprised roughly a 40/40/20 mixture of existing Trend resellers, Sophos Parntners and ‘other’ AV vendors respectively. James began by discussing the new ‘threat landscape’ and showing how Trend are adapting [...]
Posted by: guygregory on: November 11, 2009
We’ve just found out that Julie Simpson (Resource iT) will be running some free Microsoft sales workshops thoughout the country in the next month. One of the venues is The Studio in Birmingham, which makes it ideal for many AMITPRO members. Make sure you book now, as spaces are limited. More information from Julie about the event is included [...]