THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA"

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Okay you Northerners..... check out what's right around the corner for you guys up north!!

SATURDAY May 3, 2008

8:30am-9:30am
- Keynote Speaker: VoIP for SMB VARs: Opportunities and Pitfalls.

9:30am-12:00pm
- (Room A) Introduction to Response Point (Schurman)
- (Room B) 70-282 Exam Cram For Small Business Specialists (Mulzer)

10:15am-10:45am
Migrating SMB Customers to Managed Services (Dan Thomas)

12:30-1:30pm
- Presentation Virtualization solutions and business
opportunities (Michael Yue)

1:30–5:00pm
- (Room A) Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: A pratical approach on Windows SBS Server Benedict)
- (Room B) Creating Stickiness on the web (Crawford)

3:00–3:30pm
Automate and Optimize your It Services Business (Dave Kalkut)

5:00-6:00pm
MarketPlace Expo

6:00pm
Meet up with SMB Nation at Boston Pizza

SUNDAY May 4, 2008

8:30am-9:00am
- Keynote Speaker: Partnering for Profitability (Stuart R. Crawford)

9:00am-12:00pm
- (Room A) How To Sell Managed Services (Makowicz)
- (Room B) First Look at Small Business Server 2008 – Technical (McLennan, et al)


12:30-1:30pm
Microsoft Response Point Business Models (Backman)

1:30-5:00pm
- (Room A) The Truly Mobile Worker (Garvis)
- (Room B) What’s the SBS 2008 Opportunity for Partners? (Crawford, MVPs, etc.)

3:00-3:30pm
-(Room A) It's Time for a Paradigm Shift ( Robert Cohen)