Topic: Industry Events - Page 56

Channel pros who invest in building high-performing cloud practices will be first in line to benefit from the new resources, which are designed to make Microsoft’s top partners more visible to sales prospects.

Announced on day two of Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference, along with a host of additional product news, the new offerings will enable resellers to sell both Windows 10 Enterprise E3 and Surface hardware on an as-a-service basis for the first time.

In an opening day keynote presentation, Microsoft’s CEO highlighted snap-together business applications, artificial intelligence, and “mixed reality” solutions as core elements of Microsoft’s long-term strategy.

The COO will leave the company for a CEO role in the financial services sector at the end of the month, in a transition that also has members of Microsoft’s senior leadership team assuming new responsibilities.

The two-day event for solution providers included business and technology sessions, networking, and a keynote by former Doobie Brothers musician turned security expert.

The community sessions will focus on sharing best practices and business challenges at the “Breaking Boundaries” event, which also features CompTIA Executive Certificate courses, specialty tracks in sales and leadership, community and council sessions, plus Tracks4Techs.

Attendees heard from leading channel executives in the IT space and had an opportunity to network with peers.

The ASCII Group’s year-long, multicity tour spent two days in Milwaukee, where attendees participated in educational sessions and networking.

The Internet of Things and solid-state drives joined the more traditional PC as key priorities for 2016 in keynotes today at the 2016 Intel Solutions Summit.

At the three-day event, attendees learned how to advance and expand their business in the ever-changing office document technology and services industry.