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Shijaz Abdulla on 17.01.2012 at 18:53
We organized a Microsoft Solution Selling Process training on January 16 and 17, 2012 at the Marriott Hotel in Doha for salespersons working for our top partners in Qatar.
During the two day program, partners were trained on enabling World Class Selling using the Microsoft Solution Selling Process (MSSP). This equips partners to better understand customer needs and creatively position technologies that benefit the customer, leaving the customer with a positive experience and helping them earn respect as a trusted advisor.
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Shijaz Abdulla on 19.11.2011 at 14:16
Best company to partner with in the world
I am very excited to announce that Microsoft was just named the 2011 #1 Best Company to Partner with by CRN and the Partner research survey they ran. This is exciting news, particularly as the finding was purely based on Partner-driven responses.
You can read more about it here: http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/channel-programs/231902705/2011-best-companies-to-partner-with.htm;jsessionid=J1RWHOHu48RLsVv6nf4dQA**.ecappj03?pgno=26
I want to thank our partners for valuing our partnership and wish for more success moving forward.
Best place to Work in the world
A few weeks ago, Microsoft was also listed as 2011 #1 Best Place to work, ranked by Great Place to Work, a research and consulting firm that has collaborated in the past with Fortune magazine to produce a "Best Companies to Work for" series of publications.
Read more: http://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-companies/worlds-best-multinationals/list-of-the-25-best-from-2011
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Shijaz Abdulla on 20.10.2011 at 18:19
The Solution Incentives reward partners for driving sales of specific Microsoft solutions, chosen for their growth and market potential. The program creates opportunities for partners to build new sustainable revenue streams and increase their value to customers.
What partner types can participate?
Solution incentives are customer segment and partner-type agnostic. Partners need to meet eligibility requirements and each opportunity being registered needs to meet the eligibility criteria described in the Program Guide, to be eligible for incentives.
What if the Solution Partner also transacts the order?
Whether the Partner is only advising the customer, or advising and transacting, there will be no difference in the solution incentives calculation and payment.
For more information, check out the following documents:
Management and Virtualization
Windows 7
Application Platform (Microsoft SQL Server)
Microsoft Lync
New to PSX? Check out the PSX resources here.
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Shijaz Abdulla on 19.10.2011 at 14:34
The Microsoft PinPoint website is now available in Qatar.
You can now locate Microsot partners that can fulfill your specific technology needs by using the Microsoft Pinpoint portal – our comprehensive online partner directory. To identify a list of partners, please visit the Qatar Pinpoint site and click on the relevant ‘Competency’ or ‘Business Need’ from the left navigation bar. Please let me know if I can assist with anything further.
You can also read reviews about the partners and leave your own comments about partners you have tried.
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Shijaz Abdulla on 08.06.2011 at 06:14
A partner approached me recently requesting Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) licenses for internal use.
Here’s the official statement on the matter:
Windows Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) is licensed only to those partners who have either the Gold Desktop or Gold Virtualization competency; these partners receive 5 VDA licenses. Windows VDA licenses are required for devices to access the VDI environment. Windows VDA is a device-based subscription and licensed per device per year. Beyond what is licensed for gold desktop or gold virtualization competency, partners would need to purchase VDA licenses unless the partner has Software Assurance outside of the program. SA includes rights to Windows VDI desktops.
There’s a good Windows licensing for VDI overview that may be a helpful resource.
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Shijaz Abdulla on 29.05.2011 at 19:06
Microsoft Partners only
Microsoft Office 365 delivers the power of cloud productivity to businesses of all sizes, helping to save time and money and to free valuable resources.
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Join our Online Webcast with our Partner Technical Consultant Khaled Yehia on Thursday 2 June, 2011 at 11:00 AM. Khaled Yehia was recently in Qatar for the Microsoft University delivery.
For registration please send your Partner ID to Khaled Yehia.
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Shijaz Abdulla on 29.05.2011 at 14:06
The Microsoft University was executed in Doha, Qatar last week during May 22-26 in the solution areas of Business Intelligence, Collaboration and Virtualization. A total of 33 individuals from 16 different partner organizations benefited from the training event. This included hands-on technical training as well as training for sales team. A gala dinner was organized on the 26th to celebrate their graduation.
Overall, the event received extremely positive feedback from the partners and they were excited to have been part of this program. The training was delivered by the following Partner Technical Consultants from Microsoft, based in Egypt:
- Mohammad Raslan – Virtualization
- Khaled Yehia – Collaboration
- Yasmine Magdi – Business Intelligence
Virtualization:
Collaboration
Business Intelligence
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Shijaz Abdulla on 12.05.2011 at 15:40
It’s time for updating the Partner Competency Leaderboard for Qatar! This time we’ve added more partners to the list. Some of the partners have made good progress compared to the March 2011 leaderboard.
A partner’s competency level depends on a number of factors including the number of successful customer references, number of certified and qualified technical personnel, the number of qualified sales and marketing staff. In most cases, Gold competencies are only provided when a partner commits a minimum of 4 techical resources dedicated to that competency. More info.
| Partner |
Silver competencies |
Gold competencies |
| EBLA Computer Consultancy |
Web Development
SAM
Data Platform
Business Intelligence
Virtualization
Desktop
Content Management
Systems Mgmt
Unified Comms
Midmarket Solutions
Identity & Security
Volume Licensing
Server Platform
Search
Portals & Collab
|
Midmarket Solutions
Unified Communications
Volume Licensing
Server Platform
Data Platform
Identity and Security
|
| Mannai Trading Company |
Data Platform
Digital Marketing
Volume Licensing
Virtualization
Systems Mgmt
Server Platform
Web Development
Portals & Collab
SAM
|
Digital Marketing
Server Platform
Volume Licensing |
| Information & Communications Technology (ICT) |
Virtualization
Volume Licensing
Identity & Security
Portals & Collab
SAM
Desktop
Systems Mgmt
Server Platform
Unified Comms
Midmarket Solution |
Volume Licensing
Virtualization |
| Cyquent |
Server Platform
Midmarket Solution
Portals & Collab.
Virtualization
Unified Comms
Systems Mgmt
Data Platform
Desktop
Identity & Security |
Identity and Security |
| Diyar |
Portals & Collab
Content Mgmt
Search
Server Platform
Mobility
Midmarket Solution
Virtualization
Volume Licensing
Web Development
Software Dev
Unified Comms
Systems Mgmt
Data Platform
Desktop
Identity & Security |
Portals & Collab
Content Mgmt
Volume Licensing
Data Platform
Identity & Security |
| ITWorx |
Portals & Collab
Content Mgmt
Business Intelligence
Server Platform
Midmarket Solution
Web Development
Software Dev
ISV
|
Portals & Collab
Content Mgmt
BI
Software Development
|
| Computer Arabia |
Server Platform |
Server Platform |
| Qatar Datamation Systems |
Systems Management
Midmarket Solution Server Platform
Desktop
Virtualization
|
(none) |
| Afkar |
Digital Marketing |
(none) |
If your organization operates in Qatar and want to be enlisted above, please contact me or leave a comment.
- This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of partners in Qatar. There is no significance in the order of listing.
- The above table reflects the information being provided to customers upon request.
- The competency information is subject to change as partners obtain new competencies. The changes will be reflected the next monthly refresh of the leaderboard.
- Abbreviations:
- SAM = Software Asset Management
- Mgmt = Management
- Dev = Development
- Collab = Collaboration
- BI = Business Intelligence
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Shijaz Abdulla on 13.03.2011 at 13:27
On the second week of every month, I will be posting the Qatar Partner Competency “leaderboard”. The leaderboard will feature the competency level of some of the local partners in Qatar. The competencies are based on the status of the partner in the Microsoft Partner Network, which “certifies” Microsoft partners.
| No. |
Partner name |
Silver Competencies |
Gold Competencies |
| 1 |
EBLA Computer Consultancy |
Portals & Collab
Search
Web Developmt.
SAM
Data Platform
BI
Virtualization
Desktop
Content Mgmt
Systems Mgmt
UC
Midmarket Soln
Id & Security
VolumeLicensing
Server Platform |
Midmarket Soln
Virtualization
UC
Server Platform
Id & Security
Data Platform
VolumeLicensing |
| 2 |
Mannai Trading Company |
Server Platform
Virtualization
VolumeLicensing
Systems Mgmt.
Web Developmt
SAM
Portals & Collab. |
Server Platform
VolumeLicensing |
| 3 |
Information & Communication Technology WLL(ICT) |
Desktop
Virtualization
UC
VolumeLicensing |
– |
| 4 |
Qatar Datamation Systems |
Virtualization |
– |
| 5 |
Cyquent Qatar |
Server Platform
Midmarket Soln
Portals & Collab
UC
Systems Mgmt
Data Platform
Desktop
Id & Security |
– |
| 6 |
Afkar Information Technology |
Digital Mktg |
Digital Mktg |
| 7 |
Meeza QSTP LLC |
Hosting |
– |
| 8 |
Computer Arabia |
Id & Security
Systems Mgmt
Server Platform
Midmarket Soln |
– |
- This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of partners in Qatar. There is no significance in the order of listing.
- The above table reflects the information being provided to customers upon request.
- The competency information is subject to change as partners obtain new competencies. The changes will be reflected the next monthly refresh of the leaderboard.
- Abbreviations:
- BI = Business Intelligence
- SAM = Software Asset Management
- Mgmt = Management
- Developmt = Development
- Id = Identity
- Mktg = Marketing
- Collab = Collaboration
- Soln = Solutions
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Shijaz Abdulla on 11.02.2011 at 18:17
Nokia and Microsoft announced today in London announced plans to form a broad strategic partnership that would use their complementary strengths and expertise to create a new global mobile ecosystem.
The strategic partnership in a nutshell:
- Nokia to adopt Windows Phone 7 as its principal smartphone strategy, and help drive the future of Windows Phone 7.
- Bing to empower Nokia’s search services. Microsoft adCenter to provide search advertising services on Nokia’s phones.
- Both companies plan to combine assets and develop innovative mobile products on an unprecedented scale.
- Nokia maps to be integrated with Bing
- Microsoft development tools to be used to build solutions on Nokia Windows Phone 7 devices
- Nokia’s content & app store to be integrated with Windows Phone marketplace.
See the official press release.
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