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Queensland .NET Cluster Event
Yesterday, I presented after Peter Grant, the Queensland State Director, on partnering best practice...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 02/05/2008
Empower Changes
If you are an Empower member (which is a great resource if you want a relationship with Microsoft...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 01/25/2008
SQL Server 2008 Training
Greg & Andrew both beat me to blogging this. The Australian Partner Readiness site has three...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 01/16/2008
14 days left to claim marketing research
Further to my earlier post, there are just two weeks left to claim your membership to...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 01/16/2008
Enabling People Through Technology
New research has been released which demonstrates the business benefit of enabling people through...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 01/16/2008
New Office 2008 for the new Mac
At the Macworld Conference & Expo we announced the availability of Office 2008 for the Mac....
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 01/16/2008
Innovation Day Feedback
We are starting to plan our next set of Innovation Days, which is our ISV road show across...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 01/15/2008
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to you! On my first day back to the office, much to everyone's delight, I thought I'd...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 01/14/2008
FAQ
This is a FAQ, work in progress
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 01/06/2008
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Have a great Christmas holidays and Happy New Year! I'm signing off now until the New Year... see...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 12/21/2007
Innovation Day Slides Available
As promised, further to my Innovation Days posting the slides have been posted here.
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 12/20/2007
My New Delicate Genius T-Shirt
I was privileged to receive a Delicate Genius T-shirt from the Delicate Genius himself last week. As...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 12/18/2007
MarketingSherpa Offer Now Available to all Certified and Gold Certified Partners
This is a great resource and covers some great articles including: Special Report: Viral Marketing...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 12/17/2007
How to become a new Microsoft Partner
If you are interested in becoming a new Microsoft Partner, this posting may help. If you are an...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 12/17/2007
10 Coolest Features in Windows Server 2008
Good article on the top 10 features in the new Windows Server... almost all of which are directly...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 12/13/2007
Innovate On Windows Mobile Site Launched
Innovate On Windows Mobile provides targeted tools, support, and training to help ISVs develop and...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 12/13/2007
ISV from Mars, Hosters from Venus: if you liked to book, you might like the movie
If you read Gianpaolo Carraro's "ISVs are from Mars, Hosters from Venus" whitepaper, Eugenio in his...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 12/12/2007
SharePoint the Facebook for Business?
I was looking up the link of Lawrence Liu's blog for a partner I met yesterday and noticed this...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 12/12/2007
What is RSS again?
Are you struggling articulating what RSS is and how to use it? Despite the several easy videos and...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 12/12/2007
Architecture Journal Reader
Anna blogged that the new Architecture Journal Reader has been released at the Strategic Architect...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 12/12/2007
Happy Applications
Our very own RIA Evangelist, Scott Barnes, talks about some of his ideas on how UX could be...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 12/03/2007
Innovation Days: Brisbane and Sydney
We're in Sydney today for our Innovation Day at the MLC Centre, home of the NSW .NET Cluster. Perth...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 12/02/2007
Australia ISV Newsletter
At various events this week, a few partners asked how to: unsubscribe to the global/US newsletters...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/27/2007
Voices for Innovation
Voices for innovation is a global online community of Microsoft partners; technology professionals,...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/23/2007
Popfly for Business
John's post on Popfly seems to have popped up a lot in the Microsoft blogsphere recently. There's a...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/23/2007
When, How and Why Move to Silverlight?
I enjoyed reading Denny's post on the "Question of When, How and Why to Move to Silverlight". 3 of...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/23/2007
Expression Silverlight Designer Training
Our User eXperience "bloke", Shane Morris (who is part of our Evangelist team) is promoting...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/23/2007
New Facebook Group
I created a Microsoft Aussie ISV Facebook group which you are more than welcome to join, contribute...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/22/2007
Windows Embedded Seminar
What? Take the opportunity to explore the benefits of Windows Embedded for Point of Service (WEPOS)....
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/21/2007
Brisbane Innovation Day
We had a good turnout at our first Innovation Day in Brisbane. There was some good feedback about...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/20/2007
Back from Seattle
I'm back from a great week in Seattle learning about the latest efforts from the ISV community. I...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/19/2007
Health Care ISV Partner Briefings
Just a reminder about these Partner Briefings on the Health Industry for Microsoft Australia ISV's...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/13/2007
Becoming a New Microsoft Partner
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Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/09/2007
ISV Partner Technology Briefings
I hope the invitation for our ISV Innovation Days, will be making it's way to your inbox. Please...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/08/2007
ISVs are from Mars, and Hosters are from Venus
Reading Gianpaolo's blog, I noticed they have published a white paper which covers the the sometime...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/08/2007
Complimentary Market Research for ISV's
MarketingSherpa Offer has been Extended If you are a Certified or a Gold Certified Partner with the...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/08/2007
Andy Lees Videos
I have just posted the third Andrew Lees video to Partner-TV Australia. Andy visited Australia last...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/08/2007
Defy All Challenges
Hat tip to my boss, Kathryn, who sent me the link to this flash site, www.DefyAllChallenges.com...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/08/2007
Messenger IM Control and Presence API Beta
Today Angus Logan announced the availability of Windows Live Messenger IM Control & Presence...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/07/2007
Partner to Partner Networking Nights
How would you like to expand your customer base by six million people? Education in Australia...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/06/2007
Microsoft Fastlane: Fast track your success
Microsoft Fastlane is a series of events designed to provide regular updates throughout the year on...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/06/2007
Happy Birthday Blue Monster
Reading Steve's blog, I can't believe it's a been year since I met the Blue Monster. Steve's blog...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/01/2007
Alpha Computer Consultants Expression Training
If you are interested in Microsoft Expression, Alpha Computer Consultants are one of the first...
Author: Christian Longstaff Date: 11/01/2007