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Our friends at TCC have posted video footage from day four of SMB Summit 2008. My hats off to Pat, Raymond, Al and the team at TCC for their commitment to the channel and the community of partners that gathered at Summit. Check out what happened on day four.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy6xnqfM5wA&feature=user&fmt=18See you at Summit 2009!... Continue reading

Pat Dolan and his team from TCC sent this link of video from day three. Check it out. Make sure you tell Pat and Al and others from TCC thank you for their dedication to capturing the magic of SMB Summit. And Aaron Booker - you were the guy who really drove this - so thank you too!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzvgmSyIXcw&feature=user&fmt=18Make it an awesome day!... Continue reading

We had a great day at the Summit yesterday. Over 350 people in the audience at the start and a strong crowd all day. Microsoft shared about SBS2008, and there were lots of aha's and applauses throughout the day. This event is made possible by our vendor sponsors like Microsoft and HP, who have not only helped provide great products and content, but have provided financial support, equipment, people and a host of other things. Make sure you remember to thank our vendors for what they do. They don't "owe" us anything. They make choices to invest where it makes a difference in their success. So let's show appreciation to 35 or so vendors who are supporting SMB Summit, first by selling th... Continue reading

I was privileged to talk with Stuart Crawford today on his SMB radio show which can be downloaded at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/smb. With me on the call was Karl Palachuk, Erick Simpson, Dana Epp and Brad Schow. We talked all things SMB Summit. Not only are all these guys rock stars in the IT industry, they are all speakers for the upcoming Summit. Most have books that are featured on the www.smbsummit.com website as well. Karl is doing a pre-conference event with Matt Makowicz which you want to consider. Make sure to hear Dana's presentation on security at the Summit, and if you haven't checked out Auth Anvil lately, it is time to take a look. More and more security is becoming a p... Continue reading