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Liam Eagle
March 4, 2009
The sessions kicked off Wednesday with a “welcoming remarks” presentation by Martha Bejar, corporate vice president, communications sector.
She started out by describing Microsoft’s current vision to “create experiences that combine the magic of software with the power of internet services across a world of devices.”
She described the company’s communications sector strategy: “partner with service providers [that, just so we’re clear, includes hosting service providers] to leverage our respective assets and collective strengths to deliver rich user experiences across a world of devices”
Bejar spent a lot of the presentation describing what the communications sector piece of Microsoft does, and how that relates to partners. A lot of that had to do with introducing the teams involved in operating that sector.
It’s events and presentations like these that really give you a taste of the size of the company and the scope of work (and strategizing) going on at Microsoft.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t offer up a whole lot of strategy on which to report.
She did describe the crowd – more than 350 attendees from 38 countries. The objectives for the event are to share Microsoft’s vision and strategy, provide a forum for networking and collaboration and listen to partner feedback.
But this is just the opening remarks. I have a feeling there will be lots more to report in the presentations to come.
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