The focus of the webinar for the Microsoft Partner or ISV that is looking to move to Software plus Services or already are S+S :

• A proven structure for measuring Key Success Factors (KSFs) for Business, Technical, and Operations readiness for building, running, and marketing a solution in a S+S business model

• Ways to add value to partner or ISV customers to become more value to them

• Valuable insight into customer needs and experience

• Help from companies with years of experience in this field

• Best practices for improving customer relationships

Microsoft Contact: Trina Horner, thorner@microsoft.com

Web 2.0 represents a new set of approaches to Web application design. In this Web seminar you will learn what "Web 2.0" really means and how you can use Microsoft's Web platform to build exciting new types of applications.

You take SaaS seriously: you're gearing up to launch an On-Demand software product, or you're already in market and working hard to grow. Wouldn't it be great to sit down with successful SaaS market leaders and hear some of the practical tips and pragmatic tricks they have learned on their way to achieving market success? Take advantage of this webinar—it’s your chance.

Microsoft teamed up with several market leaders to bring you this free 90-minute informational webinar to illustrate some options you have for achieving maturity and getting your business over the hurdles of your next growth phase. Our panel of experts shows you how to invigorate your business and drive further success in today's marketplace.

The purpose of this webinar is to provide you with a specific training opportunity to benefit your business today; these will not be sales presentations. In fact, we believe this webinar will be so valuable, you'll be begging for a copy of the slides by the end.

• If you have questions or want more information, contact Microsoft at: ssisvoff@microsoft.com

 • To find out where you stand on being SaaS ready take the Online ISV Self Assessment found online at: http://www.splussready.com/

• To access PDF version of the webinar and more on being Saas ready visit: http://www.comingofage-saas.com

As part of Orrick's TOTAL ACCESS program for the start-up community, view this video recording focused on discussing cloud computing and the outlook for 2009. Topics Include:

• 2009 Cloud Computing Outlook

• Leveraging the Cloud

• Keys to Cloud Computing Flexibility

• Cross-Cloud Applications and Interaction

Moderator: John Bautista, Partner, Orrick

Speakers include:

Oren Michels, CEO, Mashery

Treb Ryan, CEO, OpSource

Steve Lucas, SVP of Platform Marketing - AppExchange and Force.com, Salesforce.com

Mike Repass, Product Manager - Google App Engine, Google

Anand Iyer, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft

During the World Wide Partner Conference in New Orleans there were many sessions around emerging opportunities for ISVs in the cloud as well as updates to Microsoft’s Azure services. Following up on that the US Managed Partner Team would like to offer our managed ISVs an update on the market’s evolution, planning considerations and status of our pending launch of Microsoft Azure. We’ll be featuring some of the latest research on the market by independent firms as well as an update directly from our Azure product team. You’re invited to attend this upcoming Q2 S+S partner readiness update event, we hope you’re able to attend, if not please nominate someone from within your organization to participate.

Agenda:

* Welcome and Introduction: Jeff Lear, Microsoft Partner Group

* Cloud Services Market Readiness: Michael West, Saugatuck

* Azure Update: Eric Morse, Microsoft Azure BG

* Q&A and Summarize Resources for Partner Follow-up

Sponsored by NaviSite, Inc. and SaaS-it Consult, in conjunction with Microsoft, this one-hour webinar will give ISVs and application developers the opportunity to learn more about the benefits of SaaS, Managed Hosting and Managed Cloud Services as a future business and IT delivery model. The webinar will also include key factors to include when you evaluate your ISV business and how it will fit into the new era of IT delivery. Whether you currently host a SaaS offering or are considering a move toward the SaaS model, the special program will have something for you.

SPEAKERS

Anders Trolle-Schultz, Founder SaaS-It Consulting, ats@saas-it.net

Sumeet Sabharwal, Senior Vice President, NaviSite ssabharwal@navisite.com  

Trina Horner, S+S ISV Strategy Manager, Microsoft thorner@microsoft.com  

Please visit http://dedicatedhosting.navisite.com/specials/events/saas/ for more information.

Sponsored by NaviSite, Inc. and SaaS-it Consult, in conjunction with Microsoft, this one-hour webinar will give ISVs and application developers the opportunity to learn more about the benefits of SaaS, Managed Hosting and Managed Cloud Services as a future business and IT delivery model. The webinar will also include key factors to include when you evaluate your ISV business and how it will fit into the new era of IT delivery. Whether you currently host a SaaS offering or are considering a move toward the SaaS model, the special program will have something for you. Two random attendees (*only those that have opted in) will be chosen as a winner of either a Microsoft XBOX 360 or Microsoft Zune. 

SPEAKERS

Anders Trolle-Schultz, Founder SaaS-It Consulting, ats@saas-it.net  

Sumeet Sabharwal, Senior Vice President, NaviSite ssabharwal@navisite.com  

Trina Horner, S+S ISV Strategy Manager, Microsoft thorner@microsoft.com  

Please visit http://dedicatedhosting.navisite.com/specials/events/saas/ for more information.

This seminar will provide you with a basic understanding of Software plus Services. You'll learn the terminology, the fundamental concepts and you'll see a demonstration of what makes S+S unique from other approaches to delivering software.

Now that you understand the basic concepts behind Software plus Service, you'll want to know more about why you should consider it. In this seminar you'll see a number of the benefits that S+S provides; you'll see how S+S applications can simply deliver a better product than service-only approaches.

Microsoft is a leading advocate of Software plus Services, and its no accident - in this seminar you'll see how S+S is used in several of Microsoft's high-profile offerings, including Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Outlook and the Azure Services Platform.

To get Software plus Services right, you have to start thinking about it early in your application's lifecycle. In this seminar you'll see what architectural considerations should be made in planing an S+S implementation.

Software plus Services… At the end of the day someone has to code the software, and someone has to code the service. In this seminar, you'll see what developers need to know about S+S in crafting their applications.

There are many success stories when it comes to Software plus Services. In this live Web seminar,you'll hear from a fellow ISV who has successfully implemented S+S in a real application.