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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Microsoft Office Project Conference 2007 opens in Seattle with over 1,500 attendees
Reported by A. Matt Piazza in Seattle, Washington, USA
Microsoft and Partners launched the 3-day Microsoft Office Project Conference 2007 with over 1,500 attendees in Seattle, Washington, USA on Monday, October 29. The event motto is “Learn, Connect, Grow.” The attendees welcomed Michael Angiulo, General Manager – Microsoft Project Business Unit, as the opening day keynote speaker. Michael wowed the audience with improvements to this year’s event and proved the value of the Project 2007 product line with 1st-hand testimonials from two corporate users!
Michael explained the following improvements: increased quantities of sessions for best practices and executive case studies. These two changes are the direct result from users’ feedback at the Project Conference 2006. Microsoft is truly listening to us users!
This year’s event also includes 3 working labs for Hands-On experience with Project 2007 products, for the 2007 SP1 coming out soon, and a lab for 2007 certification. The Project 2007 product line is more than a better scheduling tool. The Project Portfolio Server 2007 enables the users to evolve into the emerging market of governance, enterprise collaboration, enterprise integration, for example with SAP and Siebel, and larger scalability from 10 to 40,000 users.
Executive case studies were presented by QinetiQ and Cadbury Schwepps. Each covered how EPM has improved their corporate performance throughout their global enterprise. Several of many Microsoft EPM Partners were also identified, including Tata Consultancy Services, UMT Consulting, EPM Live, LMR and this year’s Partner of the Year recipient, Pcubed.
This event has something for everyone. The sessions are organized into the following 6 tracks and a DVD of all sessions will be released to all attendees within 60 days. The track titles included Best Practices, Business Solution, Developer, System Administration, Executive Case Studies and 2007 Product Overview. With the high caliber of both speakers and attendees, one will experience several standing room only sessions. The demand for information and experience at this event is high, just like the demand in the marketplace. This event is proving to be all it can be!
The Seattle event is one of two Microsoft Office Project Conferences scheduled for 2007; the second will be held in Madrid, Spain in early December. According to Microsoft, these conferences aim to enable individuals and organizations to develop a better understanding of the end-to end capabilities of the Microsoft 2007 family of products and to help further advance their Project Management Potential. Information about the Microsoft Project Conference 2007 in Seattle can be found at http://www.msprojectconference.com/indexUS.htm
Microsoft and Partners launched the 3-day Microsoft Office Project Conference 2007 with over 1,500 attendees in Seattle, Washington, USA on Monday, October 29. The event motto is “Learn, Connect, Grow.” The attendees welcomed Michael Angiulo, General Manager – Microsoft Project Business Unit, as the opening day keynote speaker. Michael wowed the audience with improvements to this year’s event and proved the value of the Project 2007 product line with 1st-hand testimonials from two corporate users!
This year’s event also includes 3 working labs for Hands-On experience with Project 2007 products, for the 2007 SP1 coming out soon, and a lab for 2007 certification. The Project 2007 product line is more than a better scheduling tool. The Project Portfolio Server 2007 enables the users to evolve into the emerging market of governance, enterprise collaboration, enterprise integration, for example with SAP and Siebel, and larger scalability from 10 to 40,000 users.
Executive case studies were presented by QinetiQ and Cadbury Schwepps. Each covered how EPM has improved their corporate performance throughout their global enterprise. Several of many Microsoft EPM Partners were also identified, including Tata Consultancy Services, UMT Consulting, EPM Live, LMR and this year’s Partner of the Year recipient, Pcubed.
This event has something for everyone. The sessions are organized into the following 6 tracks and a DVD of all sessions will be released to all attendees within 60 days. The track titles included Best Practices, Business Solution, Developer, System Administration, Executive Case Studies and 2007 Product Overview. With the high caliber of both speakers and attendees, one will experience several standing room only sessions. The demand for information and experience at this event is high, just like the demand in the marketplace. This event is proving to be all it can be!
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