Why Microsoft Partners should embrace S+S and still deliver on premise solutions - David Overton's Blog
Last night I attended the Thames Valley SBSC User group in which Vijay Riyait, one of the UK's SBSC PAL's gave a presentation to the group. Vijay talked about his company, the PAL programme, his role as a PAL and also gave an update on the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference which took place earlier this year. In relation to this, Vijay talked about Software Plus Services and highlighted an article David Overton has written on his blog. Whilst David's works for Microsoft, his blog is a personal site and does not have any official affiliation with Microsoft. That said, his post is an interesting read and Vijay was keen to let other SBSC partners know about it to make their own decisions. So here are his opening sentences - you can click here to access the article...
I was at the Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference when Microsoft announced their S+S (Software plus Services) and some partners decided to throw their toys out the pram and start a whole bunch of scare mongering around the partner opportunity. I’ve decided I will cover both off here, so here are some thoughts – please note, this is not an official communication, but simply my view and response having spoken to partners and Microsoft people alike...