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About 80 percent of businesses are expected to be using SharePoint by 2010, according to Gartner. That means for the Microsoft channel community, SharePoint is a potential goldmine, a repeat revenue generator, and customer relationship builder if you get it right.
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Building innovative and market-worthy solutions is what successful IT channel partners have been doing for years. Letting customers know they exist is a different story. Luckily, theres a plethora of resources to help channel partners launch a successful marketing strategy.
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Independent software vendors are unveiling products that extend Microsoft Office SharePoint Server's capabilities in security and archiving.
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Microsoft's CEO was guardedly optimistic about a 'buoyant' IT economy -- and the prospects for improving Windows and taking on Google, VMware and Apple.
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As more customers turn to their technology solution providers for IT expertise and business savvy, channel partners are revving up their businesses. Theyre also running classified ads, searching job boards, or tapping into headhunter services looking for talented and trained staff to grow their business.
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Whether its growing your customer base, expanding your practice areas, or expanding into hosted or managed services, if youre not moving forward you may be starving your business or even starving for business.
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Be the expert and win customer trust in the process. The Virtualization Solution Accelerator suite of tools and guides can help you deliver an end-to-end virtualization strategy and create efficient, flexible, and cost-effective solutions for your customers
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It's like YouTube for Microsoft Partners.
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Get involved nowand let your voice be heard. Leverage these partner communities to connect with other partners whose solutions and services complement your own. Talk with peers and experts to get answers to your most perplexing questions. And share ideas and best practices.
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Watch 11 engaging breakout sessions, now available on demand, to inspire and reveal opportunities to help expand your business. From Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus to Microsoft executives Steve Ballmer, Kevin Turner, and Allison Watson, learn how individuals, partner organizations, and technologies are improving our world.
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Partner Sales Resources enable you to find and use sales resources easily, according to the customer segment you are calling,, where you are in the sales process, and Microsoft technologies aligned to the Infrastructure Optimization (IO) model. You will find Sales Resources such as Assessments, Value Tools, Demos, Evidence, and Implementation Resources. They are accessible from one location for your use, and will help accelerate your customer engagement cycles.
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A truly integrated marketing program gives you the opportunity to track your results in every channel, using the information from one to strengthen the others. Then you can prepare your budget and marketing plan. Download this online marketing planner, which includes guidelines and a checklist, to help you improve your success.
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Software-plus-services is an industry shift that combines Internet services with client and server software to deliver new levels of customer valueand new revenue opportunities for you. The Microsoft approach unites multiple industry phenomenaincluding software-as-a-service, service-oriented development, and Web 2.0under a common umbrella. Offer your customers the power of choice and the flexibility to blend on-premises, partner-hosted, and Microsoft-hosted solutions on virtually any device to meet their unique business requirements
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This in-depth video and presentation can help you better understand what’s driving the business model and the benefits. Evaluate how software-plus-services opportunities map to your business goals and strategies. If you’re ready to take the next step, you’ll find information about how you can become an early adopter and gain a competitive edge. Choose the video or presentation.
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Video: See how IDV Solutions, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner helped BP implement an effective solution for their crisis response process.
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Providing the right Web solutions means understanding industry best practices and making the most of resources available to you. Use these case studies to gain insight into other Microsoft partners' successes, help you expand your opportunities, and better meet your customers' technology needs.
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Altima developed Web solutions on the J2EE platform. But its management team decided it could increase developer efficiency by creating solutions using Microsoft .NET connection software. Learn how joining the Microsoft Partner Program helped the company increase sales and reduce product-development costs by 25 percent. Read the case study or watch the video.
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The Microsoft Partner Program delivers the tools and resources to help your business become profitable regardless of its size or focus. Members can leverage their membership to help expand their skills, increase their opportunities, close more sales, and support their customers.
Internet.com spoke with James Beck, co-founder of Synergy Corporate Technologies, and Neil Rosenberg and Christine Bongard of Quality Technology Solutions, about their businesses and Microsoft's Partner Program. Watch the videos to see how these Microsoft Gold Certified Partners build successful practices by providing IT services to clients across a range of industries. »
