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An entrepreneur's journey into grid computing and partnering with Microsoft, by John Powers

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Well THAT was fun…

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Powersunfiltered readers know that I’m a believer in the effectiveness of marketing events — but only with sufficient planning and preparation.  (For a refresher course in the Powers School of Events, start here.)  As reported here last week, Digipede had a station in the Partner Pavillion at the Windows Server 2008 launch in LA last Wednesday.  I watched Ballmer (good), […]

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Tags: Events · Partnering with Microsoft

Digipede Rocks the Windows Server 2008 Launch

February 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Dan Ciruli, Nathan Trueblood and I will be at the Windows Server 2008 Launch in Los Angeles tomorrow. Wear our sticker at this event — you could win an XBox 360! Digipede has a station in the “Partner Pavillion” in the LA Convention Center, at which we will be demonstrating the only grid computing solution […]

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Tags: Events · Grid applications · Partnering with Microsoft

Partnering with Microsoft — the myth of a single point of contact

November 28th, 2006 · 9 Comments

I had another of my favorite type of interactions with a stranger from Microsoft (or a contractor thereof) this morning.  “Rachel from Microsoft” called me to tell me of many exciting opportuntities surrounding the launch of Vista, Office 2007, and Exchange Server 2007.  We get such calls every week or two, which is fine — […]

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Tags: Entrepreneurship · Events · Partnering with Microsoft