Category: Executive Insights
With an extensive partner ecosystem around the world, Microsoft strives to be the best organization to help its partners create new opportunities, grow revenue and increase profitability. Dedicating our efforts to help this ecosystem grow and thrive is at the core of our mission, and we’re honored to partner with so many amazing companies that have the same shared vision….
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We’re just 8 weeks away from Microsoft Inspire, which is July 14-18 in Las Vegas. Attending Inspire is my favorite week of the year, because it’s so valuable to set the tone for what’s ahead as we learn and celebrate our partner community together. Las Vegas is a world-class city full of great food and entertainment which are perfect for….
Microsoft’s largest partner event is just around the corner. Repeat – eight weeks until we hit the road for Microsoft Inspire! If you still haven’t registered, I highly encourage you to do so! And to make it easier there is a $100 off promotion for an All-Access Pass to this amazing event. The promotion is live now through Wednesday May….
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Sherlaender (Lani) Phillips, Vice President of Microsoft’s US OCP Channel Sales Lani Phillips is a 20-year veteran of Microsoft and the Vice President of Microsoft’s US OCP Channel Sales. Lani and her team of Enterprise and Territory Channel Managers co-sell with partners to drive cloud sales and consumption across all four solution areas: Modern Workplace, Business Applications, Apps & Infrastructure….
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the Women in Cloud Summit, the goal of which is to connect with, mentor, and advocate for women in technology. With more than 1,000 people in attendance, it was a unique opportunity for me to listen and learn. I heard from Microsoft leaders Gavriella Schuster, CVP of Worldwide Partner Group, and Gretchen O’Hara,….
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On March 8th, women around the globe rally together for International Women’s Day under the theme #BalanceforBetter with the goal of creating a more gender-balanced world. For me and many of the women I work with in the tech industry, achieving balance and empowerment has come one step at a time. It’s the small daily actions we take that create….
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You may have heard about the $1.7 trillion total US market opportunity open to Microsoft and our partners through digital transformation driven by Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge. We’re proud of the fact that for every $1 of revenue Microsoft earns, our partner community earns between $8 and $12. That means roughly $1.5 trillion of that is our partner’s opportunity!….
CONTINUE READING "What to know about updates to the Microsoft P-Seller Community"
Network attacks are on the rise, and as with all things security, it’s always best to get ahead. This summer, the Wall Street Journal ran a story about Russian hackers infiltrating “air-gapped” networks of US utility companies with “relative ease” as just one part of a tale that’s becoming all too common. The NY Times described another scenario where a….
Gretchen O’Hara, Vice President, Go-To-Market Strategy, One Commercial Partner Last week, I had the honor to speak at the Annual Ideagen Empowering Women & Girls 2030 Summit, hosted at the United Nations. The theme of the day was Closing the Gender Gap, based on the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Women & Girls. I talked about some of the unique challenges….
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In this final post on overcoming the major challenges to becoming a great AI partner, we’ll address how the condition of a customers’ data estate can be a serious blocker to AI, and why you should always modernize your customer’s data estate when migrating to cloud. If you haven’t already, read the first two posts in the series here. Is….
