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        <title>Microsoft Independent Software (ISVs)</title>
        <description>On this website, ISVs can find the technical, sales, and marketing tools that ISVs need to be first to market with their Microsoft-based solution(s).</description>
        <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv</link>
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            New Event on Sun Homepage
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          <description>Sun JavaOne Conference June 2nd - 5th</description>
          <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/sun</link>
          <pubDate>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            Updated Siemens site
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          <description>Updated Silverlight Application</description>
          <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/siemens/default.aspx</link>
          <pubDate>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            New Event: Microsoft Global ISV Technical Forum:  Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence Overview
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          <description>SQL Server 2008 offers a complete platform for delivering business intelligence solutions that unlock data, deliver relevant information and drive actionable insights.  This session, presented by  Roger Doherty, Senior Technical Evangelist, Developer and Platform Evangelism, Microsoft, will provide a high-level technical overview of the SQL Server 2008 BI platform including Integration Services, Analysis Services and Reporting Services.</description>
          <link>http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032416472&amp;Culture=en-US</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Updated Home Page: Sales and Marketing</title>
          <description>New links: Reduce Marketing Costs with Live Meeting Webinars, and Get Your Windows Mobile Applications in Front of Million.</description>
          <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>New Featured News: Great Session Lineup for ISVs at WPC 2009</title>
          <description>Mark your calendars for July 16 and attend the ISV track at WPC 2009. Don’t miss your opportunity to hear firsthand from key leaders focused on the Microsoft ISV business, who will talk about business and technology strategies to help grow your business. Be sure to register for WPC 2009 today. Already registered? Schedule these sessions on your calendar using the WPC 2009 Schedule Builder</description>
          <link>http://www.digitalwpc.com/</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Updated Home Page: Build</title>
          <description>New links: XAMLFest Online June 1-5, 2009, and Download Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta.</description>
          <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Updated Sidebar: Windows 7</title>
          <description>Link to Windows 7 Resources for ISVs.</description>
          <link>https://partner.microsoft.com/global/program/competencies/40103819</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Updated Homepage: New Video</title>
          <description>
            New Video: Polymorphic Iterators, Concurrency, CRM and MetraFlow.
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          <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Updated Homepage: Partner</title>
          <description>New link: Join Partner Labs.</description>
          <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Updated CDC site</title>
          <description>Updated CDC homepage</description>
          <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/CDC/</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Updated GISV site: TOTVS news</title>
            <description>Updated TOTVS News</description>
            <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/totvs/totvs_news.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Updated GISV site: Siemens</title>
            <description>Updated News Highlights and Case Studies</description>
            <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/siemens/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Sun - Strategic Partner Page</title>
            <description>New Sun Strategic Partner page</description>
            <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/sun/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Updated GISV site: UFIDA</title>
            <description>Updated News and Video for UFIDA</description>
            <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/ufida/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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                New! Microsoft Global ISV Technical Forum: Microsoft Windows 7 Overview
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            <description>
                Yochay Kiriaty, Microsoft Windows 7 Technical Evangelist provides a technical overview of Microsoft Windows 7, exploring the different options for partners to develop ground breaking applications with new experiences, better performance and higher reliability.  Listen in and join us for a tour across the changes and enhancements that will be found in Windows 7.
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            <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/static/videos/win7.wvx</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2009 12:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>ISV Royalty distribution updates</title>
          <description></description>
          <link>
            http://www.microsoft.com/isv/licensing/gettingstarted.aspx
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          <pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2009 12:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Updated GISV site: Oracle</title>
          <description>Peoplesoft support platforms</description>
          <link>
            http://www.microsoft.com/isv/oracle/PeopleSoft_supplatforms.aspx
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          <pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2009 12:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Updated GISV site: Pitney Bowes</title>
          <description></description>
          <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/pitneybowes/</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2009 12:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Updated GISV site: Epicor</title>
          <description></description>
          <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/Epicor/</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2009 12:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Updated GISV site: EMC</title>
          <description></description>
          <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/EMC/</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2009 12:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Updated GISV site: Kronos</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/kronos/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2009 12:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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                Technical Resources: Additional Resources for Help
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            <description>
                Includes Windows 7 developer code samples, forums, and events.
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            <link>http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windev/</link>
            <pubDate>Tues, 28 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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                Technical Resources: Microsoft Windows API Code Pack
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                If you are developing on managed code using C# or Visual Basic, get the Windows API Code Pack for the .NET Library. You'll find sample code there to help you get started for Visual Basic, C#, and C++.
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            <link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack</link>
            <pubDate>Tues, 28 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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                Technical Resources: Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1: BETA
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            <description>
                Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1: BETA. You can get the SDK now to get an idea of what it takes to implement the features you're considering.
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            <link>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A91DC12A-FC94-4027-B67E-46BAB7C5226C&amp;displaylang=en</link>
            <pubDate>Tues, 28 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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                Dates Updated for Windows 7 Application Compatibility Labs
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            <description>
                Work with Microsoft Technology Architects at a Microsoft Technology Center to understand how to manage and optimize your product for Windows 7. The purpose of these labs is to assist ISVs verify that your applications will run on Windows 7 and to provide feedback to the Windows product group as issues arise.
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            <link>http://www.msregistration.com/content/eventsearch.asp?CcpSubsiteID=85&amp;vdid=609&amp;hdnPrivateEventID=win7usa&amp;SelectedCcpSubsiteID=85&amp;ProductID=3226&amp;SelectedProductID=3226&amp;MSCategoryID=&amp;ProductTypeID=&amp;CityID=&amp;StateID=&amp;FromDate=2009-04-27&amp;ToDate=2009-06-26&amp;hdnSearchField=0&amp;hdnIsPrivateEvent=1&amp;hdnIsCourseAbstractNeeded=0&amp;hdnProcessAction=FromCourseAbstract&amp;EventID=win7usa</link>
            <pubDate>Tues, 28 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>
                Understanding Windows 7 Libraries
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            <link>http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/developers/archive/2009/04/06/windows-7-libraries-net-sample-library-an-overview.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>Tues, 28 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>
                Windows 7 Application Compatibility Guide
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            <description>
            </description>
            <link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ProjectName=Windows7AppQuality&amp;ReleaseId=1734</link>
            <pubDate>Tues, 28 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>
                GISV News: EMC Enhances Sharepoint Security and Availability
            </title>
            <description>
                EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), and its security division, RSA, today announced new solutions that help customers simplify management and ensure the utmost security for Microsoft® SharePoint® environments.
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            <link>http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2009/20090421-05.htm</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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                SAP: Whitepaper - Best Practices for SAP on Hyper-V
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            <description>
                This paper describes the best practices for implementing a Hyper-V™ virtualized solution for SAP applications on a Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 platform. It introduces the technologies and architecture used, describes the available options for Hyper-V infrastructure planning, and discusses possible performance optimizations. This paper also contains information about lifecycle management and using the System Center Virtual Machine Manager to manage the Hyper-V infrastructure. It is written for developers, technical consultants, and solution architects. Readers are expected to have administrator level SAP knowledge, and a basic knowledge of Hyper-V and SQL Server.
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            <link>http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/E/D/BEDBDE39-1233-476C-AB24-D78DC0CD8059/Best_Practice_for_SAP_on_Hyper-V_White_Paper.docx</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>
                New Video: Intelligent Light: Computational Fluid Dynamics and High Performance Computing
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            <description>
                Intelligent Light, with its Fortran and Python writing programmers, represents a typical ISV in the Microsoft HPC partner community with their flagship application having long been available on UNIX and Linux HPC clusters.  Intelligent Light provides an application called FieldView that takes massive data from Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications  and visualizes that data for engineers who design F16 fighters and Formula One cars.  Because of the long compute times required, FieldView is often run in parallel on High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters to return quicker results.  In this video, Intelligent Light founder Steve Legensky demonstrates the complex mathematics used by CFD engineers and talks about how HPC has evolved in his industry over the past 20 years.
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            <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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                New GISV site: NetApp
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            <description>
                Our mutual commitment to your success is at the heart of our partnership. When you deploy Microsoft® technologies on NetApp®, you can rest assured that you’re getting a highly available and reliable end-to-end solution. Together, we provide the value, expertise, and experience that will bring you success and help you go further, faster.
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            <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/netapp</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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                Oracle: Whitepaper - SQL Server 2008 with Siebel CRM Applications
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            <description>
                Microsoft SQL Server 2008 offers best-of breed performance for Siebel.  This paper describes the capabilities of SQL Server 2008, how to maximize database performance for Siebel, and how to resolve common issues encountered by customers.
            </description>
            <link>http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/7/1/871AB973-56AA-4A43-A8FB-2BFF5F2FF8D2/SQL_Server_2008_for_Siebel_CRM_Applications.docx</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>
                Featured News: New Microsoft Windows Licensing Aids Desktop Virtualization
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            <description>
                New Microsoft licensing plan makes it easier and cheaper for enterprises to delve into desktop virtualization initiatives for contractors, outsourcers and employees who use their own PCs.
            </description>
            <link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/New-Microsoft-Windows-Licensing-Aids-Desktop-Virtualization-Report-140409/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>
                Featured News: Hyper-V Security Guide
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            <description>
                Download the latest guide which reviews methods and best practices that will help to secure a Hyper-V environment.
            </description>
            <link>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2220624b-a562-4e79-aa69-a7b3dffdd090&amp;displaylang=en</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>
                Event: Microsoft Global ISV Technical Forum:  Microsoft Windows 7 Overview
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            <description>
                In this session we will provide a high level technical overview of Microsoft Windows 7, exploring the different options for partners to develop ground breaking applications with new experiences, better performance and higher reliability. A new operating system always raises questions such as “How can I take advantage of the new features?”  Join us as we discuss such questions and provide a tour across the changes and enhancements that will be found in Windows 7.
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            <link>http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032414164&amp;EventCategory=2&amp;culture=en-US&amp;CountryCode=US</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>New GISV site: TOTVS</title>
            <description>
                TOTVS is Latin America's largest developer of application software, the world's 9th biggest ERP developer and the leader in emerging markets.TOTVS and Microsoft have a lengthy history based on a mutual desire to grow and drive success for both companies.  As the largest ERP company in Latin America, TOTVS is actively engaged with Microsoft in several key areas:  technology collaboration, marketing enablement and partnership  management.  Together, TOTVS and Microsoft effectively balance business and technology to deliver value to our mutual customers.
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            <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/totvs/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Oracle: Whitepaper - SQL Server 2008 with Siebel, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards Applications</title>
            <description>
                This white paper describes why Microsoft&#174; SQL Server&#174; is the optimal data platform to use with JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and Siebel applications that run on the Microsoft&#174; platform. The paper describes the new and enhanced features of SQL Server 2008 that enable Oracle application customers to reduce cost, optimize performance, improve availability and reliability, and simplify data management and security. It is assumed that the reader has a working knowledge of these Oracle applications and Microsoft SQL Server concepts and features.
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            <link>http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/F/4/9F4B4F2B-3853-4AE6-BD80-DF2D37F5C59F/SQL_Server_2008_with_Oracle_Applications.docx</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Event: Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 - July 13 – 17, 2009 – New Orleans, LA</title>
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                The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is an annual gathering that provides the partner community with a forum to learn about the latest Microsoft programs, strategies, and cutting-edge technologies. Connect with thousands of decision-making partners and Microsoft executives—and prepare to take advantage of new business opportunities, innovative solutions, and overall new business development strategies. Everything you need to succeed in an ever-changing economy.
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            <link>https://partner.microsoft.com/global/trainingevents/wwpartnerconference</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Event: EMC World 2009 - May 18 – 21, 2009 – Orlando, FL</title>
            <description>
                Microsoft will be an elite sponsor at EMC World 2009.
                Learn innovative ways to save money, maximize resources, achieve new IT service-delivery models, and better align IT with your business at the ultimate information exchange.
                Whether you're a novice or guru, customer or partner, you will benefit from a total immersion in this world of information.
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            <link>http://www.emcworld.com/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Event: Microsoft TechEd 2009 - May 11 – 15, 2009 – Los Angeles, CA</title>
            <description>
                Expect a lot. You'll go back to your office with knowledge and expertise that only five days at Tech•Ed can offer. You can learn about today’s cutting edge trends, helping you make life easier for you (and everyone else) at work. But the most important benefit just might be the networking: you can build personal connections with Microsoft experts and peers that will last far beyond.
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            <link>http://www.microsoft.com/events/TechEd2009/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Event: Partners The Teradata User Group Conference - October 18 – 22, 2009, at the Gaylord National Resort, Washington, DC</title>
            <description>
                The Teradata PARTNERS User Group Conference &amp; Expo is the premier business intelligence educational event designed to provide the very best opportunities to learn, grow, and increase data warehousing expertise. Learn from Teradata customers about how they have used Teradata Data Warehouses to unlock the value of their data, and transform it into actionable information for strategic decision making.
            </description>
            <link>http://www.teradata.com/teradata-partners/conference</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Event: Citrix Synergy 2009 - May 3 – 7, 2009 – Las Vegas, NV</title>
            <description>
                Microsoft will be a platinum sponsor at Citrix Synergy 2009.  Synergy 2009 has been completely reconceived as the industry’s premier thought leadership event where virtualization, networking and application delivery meet. While other conferences provide broad topics of general interest to attract as many attendees as possible, Synergy remains tightly focused on virtualization, networking and application delivery, and will provide you with the steps you can take today to enable a simpler and more cost efficient computing environment for your company.  Synergy will enable you to break away from the cost and complexity of distributed computing. By making application delivery a strategic priority, you can lower TCO, improve business processes and respond to market forces with greater agility. You’ll increase your skills and bring back new ideas and solutions that will enhance IT’s strategic importance to your organization.
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            <link>http://www.citrixsynergy.com/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Event: Microsoft Management Summit 2009 - April 27 – May 1, 2009 – Las Vegas, NV</title>
            <description>
                Come join us at the Microsoft Management Summit 2009 and learn about the latest IT Management Solutions from Microsoft.
                The Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) is the premier event of the year for IT Professionals looking for deep technical information and training on the latest IT Management solutions from Microsoft. In this tenth-anniversary year, MMS 2009 will be bigger and better than ever. In addition to executive keynotes, Microsoft experts and industry leaders will present more than 130 technical sessions, all packed with important updates and demos. MMS 2009 will feature more than 9,000 Hands-on Lab places during the week, most led by experts providing a guided tour of the latest management technologies.
            </description>
            <link>http://www.mms-2009.com/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Event: RSA Conference 2009 - April 20 – 24, 2009 – San Francisco, CA</title>
            <description>
                Microsoft will be diamond sponsor at the RSA Conference 2009. Then RSA&#174; Conference 2009 is your information security event! As the information security field continues to grow in importance and influence, RSA&#174; Conference plays an integral role in educating and connecting security professionals across the globe.  RSA&#174; Conference 2009 offers enterprise and technical professionals one-stop learning. With targeted classroom sessions, innovative and interactive programs, provocative keynotes and a solutions-filled expo hall, RSA&#174; Conference 2009 is the unbiased third party resource information security professionals rely upon.
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            <link>http://www.rsaconference.com/2009/us/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Event: Cegid Retail Forum - Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 – Hôtel Idou ANFA, Casablanca, Morocco; Friday, May 23rd, 2008 – Convention Center, Marrakech, Morocco.</title>
            <description>
                Cegid Group and its partners Advansys &amp; Microsoft invite you to participate to Retail Forum Morocco on the Thursday, May 22nd in Casablanca and the Friday, May 23rd in Marrakech.
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            <link>mailto:marketing_ww@cegid.fr</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Event: A Developer's First Look at Windows 7 On Demand Web Seminar Series</title>
            <description>
                Available On Demand Starting on April 13th!  This series introduces Windows 7 with an emphasis on those new features that will be of most interest and use to developers. It consists of: two introductory sessions, one focusing on the new user interface, and one on behind-the-scenes features, two hour-long sessions that cover compatibility and security issues, and six shorter sessions which focus on coding for a single new feature.  Register today!
            </description>
            <link>http://www.isvinnovation.com/Directory/SeriesDescription.aspx?CourseId=104</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Event: Register Now for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Incubation Week!</title>
            <description>
                The 2nd CRM Incubation Week will be held April 20 – 24th at the Microsoft Technology Center, Boston, MA.  The current economic downturn is putting many entrepreneurs under increasing pressure, making it critical to find new resources and ways to reduce costs and inefficiencies.  Microsoft Dynamics CRM Incubation Week is designed to offer assistance to entrepreneurs.  You'll receive coaching from a panel of industry experts (academic and angel investors), learn how to build next generation business solutions on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Platform and much more!
            </description>
            <link>http://blogs.msdn.com/sanjayjain/archive/2009/02/25/startups-announcing-2nd-microsoft-dynamics-crm-incubation-week.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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                UFIDA: Updated Whitepaper: UFIDA with SQL Server 2008
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            <description>
                This white paper describes how UFIDA uses Microsoft&#174; SQL Server&#174; 2008 to provide an enterprise-ready, highly scalable data platform for ERP-U9 applications.
            </description>
            <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/ufida/default.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>GISV Technical Forum Webcast: The Microsoft Client Continuum Overview</title>
            <description>
                Jaime Rodriguez, Microsoft Presentation Foundation Technical Evangelist talks about today's need to reach out to customers on different platforms (Windows, web) and form factors (Mobile, Surface, desktop).  With Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight, Microsoft is building a unified platform to address the needs of these multi-channel, multi-platform applications.  Listen to this session to get an overview of the Microsoft Client Continuum:  how we see each technology fitting and how we see the technologies converging over time.
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            <link>http://www.microsoft.com/isv/static/videos/GISV_Tech_Forum_Mar_2009_The_Client_Continuum.wvx</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>
                Micro Focus: New Customer Evidence from Guernsey Electricity
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            <description>
                Guernsey Electricity improves system performance and cuts application operating costs by 70% with move to flexible Windows platform.
            </description>
            <link>http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/C/3/BC326AEB-BA16-48FE-A0D0-4010DF21854C/CS-GuernseyElectricity.pdf</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>
                Microsoft and Autodesk - Re-engineering Design
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            <description>
                Watch how Microsoft and Autodesk are creating tools that change the way 2D and 3D designers interact with their work. This video showcases Autodesk's innovative Mudbox 2009 and Microsoft Windows 7 touch technologies and how together they removing traditional layers of interference by providing more natural and intuitive design UIs.
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                KronosWorks 2009
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                New USA Licensing Distributors
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                Innovating for War with Microsoft Surface
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                What is Software + Services?
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                Watch the new highlighted video.
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                ISV Royalty Videos
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                Azure Demo by Infosys
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                New Event: VS2010
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                New Global ISV Event: Insights 09 - Orlando, Florida
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                New SAP Whitepaper: UI Strategies - OBAs and MOSS for SAP
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                This document provides an overview about various methodologies that can be leveraged for providing an end user interface using Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Microsoft Office Suite).
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                Open Text Deployment Guidance
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                GISV Technical Forum: Internet Explorer 8 Application Compatibility
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                Join Margaret Chen, Product Manager, Internet Explorer and Muni Pulipalyam, Principal Consultant, Microsoft Consulting Services as they talk about how Internet Explorer 8 is bringing ISVs closer to the ideal of writing code once, to run on all platforms. Learn how you can prepare your sites and applications to work with the upcoming Release Candidate of Internet Explorer 8.
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                The Azure Services Platform
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                Eric Morse, Director, Emerging Ecosystems, Developer and Platform Evangelism at Microsoft talks about how partners can take advantage of the Azure Services Platform to deliver software as a service without having to maintain data centers or build new capabilities on existing investments in on-premises applications. Learn more about what Azure is and how it can fit into your business and development plans.
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                Save $300 by registering for MIX by February 27.
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                Blue Spring success story
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                Bluespring enters large SMB market with help from ISV Royalty Program.
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                Download the whitepaper on Office Communication Server
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                OCS makes staying connected a whole lot easier. Quest Software has tools to help you manage these essential connections -- Check out our white paper below to learn more about Quest's solutions for OCS. The paper was written by Russ Kirk, OCS MVP
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            <title>Assureon: Delivering Secure, Cost Effective Windows Based Storage</title>
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                This webcast is for IT professionals who want to know what they need to consider when planning an upgrade from Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008. Learn about the tools best suited for preparing and implementing the upgrade to SQL Server 2008, find out why and when to use each of the upgrade tools, and determine whether an in-place upgrade or a side-by-side upgrade strategy is better for your situation.
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                Successful ISVs recognize that two of the primary business success factors, revenue growth and customer satisfaction, are interconnected, with the latter often underpinning the former. Yet for both young and established businesses, identifying new ways to improve customer satisfaction and increase revenue can be elusive. The results of recent Microsoft-commissioned research conducted by IDC depict the Microsoft ISV Royalty Licensing Program as an opportunity for Microsoft ISV partners to boost customer satisfaction and increase revenue.
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                Windows 7 represents a significant opportunity to grow revenue for your solution services as you help customers reduce costs and increase IT business value. Download the Windows 7 Beta today. Take a close look at the Beta release to find a manageable, secure, and high-performance client operating system, with an extensive set of compatible applications and drivers.
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                Shortly after its introduction to Azure, Epicor decided to migrate Epicor Enterprise Search, an Internet search experience application included with its ERP suite. The application implements search functionality using indexes and data uploaded to an Internet-based storage service. The existing solution uses Microsoft SQL Server&#174; data management software and the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, and includes Web capabilities. To migrate the search application to Azure, Epicor replaced the SQL Server portion of the application with Azure data services. Epicor then was able to fully host the application using Azure after making a few additional tweaks.
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                Infor and Microsoft have been working together to deliver complete customer business solutions. Many Infor solutions are built upon Microsoft operating systems and software, ensuring the highest level of functionality for our mutual customers. Check out the new Infor site today!
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                Powered by the latest Windows Server 2008 technology, Windows Essential Business Server (EBS) 2008 is an enterprise-class server solution designed and priced for midsize businesses. EBS provides a unified Administration Console to manage an integrated IT infrastructure with the latest versions of management, messaging, and security server technologies. This session will provide an overview of Essential Business Server and ways to extend your existing Server 08 codebase using the EBS SDK to simplify the deployment and management of other applications in a mid-market IT environment.
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            <title>Captaris TIFF iFilter offerings for Microsoft </title>
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                Microsoft Virtual Earth is now available through ESRI annual subscription services that give you instant access to street, topographic, and shaded relief maps in high resolution.
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                Information Governance: CA/Microsoft Solutions for Compliance, Legal and Governance Responsibilities
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                Worldwide Partner Conference Wrap-up
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            <description>Join Redmond Channel Partner editors Scott Bekker and Lee Pender for this video Webcast roundup of all the news from the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston.  Register Today.</description>
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                Autodesk Discusses and Demonstrates GeoSpatial Technology on Channel 9 - Watch it here!
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            <title>New ISV Royalty Program Demo: How it Works </title>
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            <description>TR Control Solutions’ ecoDriver Schools software was selected from amongst 6 winning solutions since the introduction of the contest in July 2007.</description>
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            <title>Congratulations to Ingenuity Point Grand Prize Winner - TR Control Solutions!  </title>
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            <title>CIO Magazine Highlights ISVs that Help Customers Make the Most of What They’ve Got.</title>
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            <description>This relationship is of a unique kind as both Microsoft and Exact Software firmly believe that customers can greatly boost their productivity by working with user friendly integrated solutions.  </description>
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            <description>Secure products increase software reliability and reduce maintenance costs by minimizing security vulnerabilities. Microsoft will host a Security Forum to address these challenges. </description>
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            <description>Dan Lohmeyer outlines how Microsoft selects partners to engage with and how you can get involved.  </description>
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            <description>Check out the latest blog by Stig Panduro on Oracle's offerings to Microsoft partners.</description>
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            <description>Welcome to Windows Server 2008! Now is a very exciting time to be a server developer. And with such a plethora of online resources coming from Microsoft, you should have no problem getting up to speed with this great platform. </description>
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                Solutions for Public Health by The SIMI Group.  Check out Health Care in the Featured ISV Solutions section.
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