Powers Unfiltered

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

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Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference — Digipede Press Coverage

July 18th, 2006 · No Comments

OK, I promise to stop posting about the WWPC soon, but it was a very productive event for us. In addition to the many sessions I’ve already described, I had a chance to sit down with Darryl Taft of eWeek.  While he was in Boston covering the Microsoft event, he took the time to interview […]

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Tags: Compute Cluster Server · Events · Grid applications · Partnering with Microsoft

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference — US Partner Party

July 12th, 2006 · No Comments

Thank you, Margo Day! Margo is moving on, from VP of US Partners to Western Region VP of Sales.  She’ll be missed by the US Partner community, but as a Western Region partner, we’ll continue to work with her.  Last night, she (and the Microsoft US Partner team) threw an awesome party.  I hope this tradition of good […]

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Tags: Events · Partnering with Microsoft

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference — Steve Ballmer’s Keynote

July 12th, 2006 · No Comments

(Composed Tuesday, 7/11/2006 at Microsoft WWPC) I always enjoy Steve Ballmer’s presentations – he’s enthusiastic and loud, insightful and funny, and that works well with a big, supportive crowd.  He did well today, but I’ve seen him before, and I have to say he was not fully on his game today.  He hit on the […]

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Tags: Events · Partnering with Microsoft · Presentations