Author Archives: SJKParker
WPC 2014 – 14% market share admission is potentially the most significant message
As mentioned in a previous blog post (Microsoft WPC Day 3) there were very few major announcements at Microsoft #WPC14 and nothing with a “WOW” factor. Maybe this is to be expected. Satya Nadella is relatively new in role and … Continue reading
Windows Server Devices Provider – Error 1067
I am running Windows Server Essentials 2012 at home (not updated to R2 yet due to hassle of no in place upgrade – I know always rebuild from clean, but just time and hassle). With a few exceptions it has … Continue reading
Microsoft WPC Day 3 – Vision Keynotes
Although there were no big “wow” announcements, there were things that caught my attention. Summary below. Tiffani Bova, VP, Gartner Research. We live in a world of customer experiences. However too many businesses are still trying sell the underlying product. … Continue reading
Internet of (Your) Things – market size
At a WPC session Microsoft shared some research from IDC about the market size/opportunity in the IoT space. It’s big… 2014 – USD1.93T 2018 – USD4.93T
Change is difficult – benefit you can see vs future promise aka The Marshmallow experiment
(Stephen Parker, Head of Cloud Strategy, NewLease) Over the years I have spent a lot of time working with partners to help then through the challenges of changing their businesses to support a cloud model. The bottom line change is … Continue reading
Microsoft Big Bets for FY15
Each year at WPC Microsoft lets it’s partner community know what their big bets are for the coming year. In the past these have changed reach year. However this year they are the same as FY14 with the addition of … Continue reading
Microsoft WPC 2014
Microsoft’s annual event aimed at their partner community, Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), is timed at the beginning of the Microsoft financial year. This means that it is the perfect opportunity for Microsoft to lay out their key messaging for the … Continue reading
Cloudy Questions 