Everything but cloud at Microsoft TechEd 2010
While it was hard to keep the cloud out at Microsoft TechEd 2010, there were several topics that weren’t primarily focused on the cloud, though they might have laced it in. Here’s a brief rundown: Visual Studio During the opening keynote, Muglia and co. showed a nice demo of Visual Studio getting a little dev/ops […]
Getting Cloud Crazy Microsoft TechEd 2010
This week’s Microsoft TechEd was like they swept everything else off the table and focused on that one world: cloud.
Event Report: Top 10 Questions To Ask At The Microsoft TechEd/STB Analyst Summit
Clients Now See Microsoft As The Neutral Vendor, Hence All The Questions
Just less than 3 years ago, Microsoft was still perceived as part of the “evil” empire. Business leaders worried about the complicated and expensive licensing and pricing structures. IT leaders bemoaned the lock-in and proprietary and often buggy software. But in a reversal […]
How Social is the Future of SAP?
I have spent the last few days here at SAP TechEd 2009 trying to learn about SAPs vision for the future of social in the enterprise. I have been to both TechED and SAPPHIRE before, and I usually came away with the sense the SAP isn’t thinking about social. All of that has changed now […]
Customer Intimacy wins in SAP SI’s and Channel Partners
Yesterday, several bloggers at the SAP TechEd conference in Phoenix had an opportunity to speak with Zia Yusuf, EVP, Global Ecosystem & Partner Group of SAP.
I asked Zia what characteristics typify the best SAP partners. He rattled off five qualities that the best systems integrators and channel partners possess. These qualities and my comments on […]
