Comments on: Geek Squad going SBS? http://www.uksmbgirl.co.uk/blog/archives/234 Comments on and within the UK SMB Community (Formerly 'UK SMB Girl') Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:05:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Richard Tubb http://www.uksmbgirl.co.uk/blog/archives/234#comment-14437 Richard Tubb Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:56:25 +0000 http://www.uksmbgirl.co.uk/blog/archives/234#comment-14437 Great post Susanne. The comment you made - "One of the conversations I have over and over again is that if you buy through these guys, you fuel their fires, remove traceability as a Microsoft Partner (if you buy and sell software) and in turn make it difficult for vendors to understand and quantify the value of our Community as a business proposition which they continue to sponsor." - has got me thinking. Could you explain that conversation to somebody who hasn't heard it before? Great post Susanne. The comment you made - “One of the conversations I have over and over again is that if you buy through these guys, you fuel their fires, remove traceability as a Microsoft Partner (if you buy and sell software) and in turn make it difficult for vendors to understand and quantify the value of our Community as a business proposition which they continue to sponsor.” - has got me thinking. Could you explain that conversation to somebody who hasn’t heard it before?

]]> By: Vijay Singh Riyait http://www.uksmbgirl.co.uk/blog/archives/234#comment-14393 Vijay Singh Riyait Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:57:46 +0000 http://www.uksmbgirl.co.uk/blog/archives/234#comment-14393 Firstly, thanks for the heads up on some of the upcoming events - really useful. Great post this and wanted to throw my 2p worth in to the mix. The other way I see some SBSC Partners becoming more value add businesses, is by crossing the Infrastructure and ISV offerings. I'm not saying every SBSC Partner should become developers but when you're doing say customisations in Sharepoint or CRM, then having some level of coding ability can set you apart. Let's face it everything is being commoditised and that includes software development (those guys in India again!), so there is no panacea. My thoughts are either a product specialisation (e.g. Sharepoint, SQL Server or CRM) and/or a vertical specialisation. I'd be interested to hear what other people think on this and goes back to Dave Overton's post about the changing nature of what we'll be doing as SBSC Partners in the future. Firstly, thanks for the heads up on some of the upcoming events - really useful.

Great post this and wanted to throw my 2p worth in to the mix. The other way I see some SBSC Partners becoming more value add businesses, is by crossing the Infrastructure and ISV offerings. I’m not saying every SBSC Partner should become developers but when you’re doing say customisations in Sharepoint or CRM, then having some level of coding ability can set you apart.

Let’s face it everything is being commoditised and that includes software development (those guys in India again!), so there is no panacea. My thoughts are either a product specialisation (e.g. Sharepoint, SQL Server or CRM) and/or a vertical specialisation. I’d be interested to hear what other people think on this and goes back to Dave Overton’s post about the changing nature of what we’ll be doing as SBSC Partners in the future.

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