News and Announcements
Microsoft unveils new marketing, customer care and social listening capabilities
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/feb14/02-18crmspringpr.aspx
Convergence celebrates Microsoft’s customers
http://blogs.technet.com/b/firehose/archive/2014/03/04/convergence-celebrates-microsoft-s-customers.aspx
Delivering amazing experiences is the key to customer success
http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/03/04/delivering-amazing-experiences-is-the-key-to-customer-success.aspx
SharePoint Conference 2014
http://www.sharepointconference.com/
Work like a network! Enterprise social and the future of work
http://blogs.office.com/2014/03/03/work-like-a-network-enterprise-social-and-the-future-of-work/
Microsoft Advertising study shows insights into consumer financial decisions
http://blogs.technet.com/b/firehose/archive/2014/03/06/microsoft-advertising-study-shows-insights-into-consumer-financial-decisions.aspx
BMW Global Premium Automaker Ensures High Availability and Improves Disaster Recovery Capabilities
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Windows-Server-2008-R2/BMW/Global-Premium-Automaker-Ensures-High-Availability-and-Improves-Disaster-Recovery-Capabilities/710000003866
Aon Benfield - Reinsurance Intermediary Gives Colleagues Powerful Reporting Tools, More Confidence in Client Data
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-SQL-Server-2012-Enterprise/Aon-Benfield/Reinsurance-Intermediary-Gives-Colleagues-Powerful-Reporting-Tools-More-Confidence-in-Client-Data/710000003509
Case Study: Credit Suisse deploys smart working initiative
http://www.onwindows.com/Articles/Credit-Suisse-deploys-smart-working-initiative/8543/Default.aspx
Enterprise Technology on the Microsoft Platform – OnWindows.com
http://www.onwindows.com/
http://www.onwindows.com/microsoft-magazines/default.aspx
(Digital Editions)
Finance on Windows magazine – Microsoft Technology in Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance
http://www.onwindows.com/Financial-Services/PrintedMagazine.aspx
Prime Magazine – Microsoft Technology in Discrete and process manufacturing
http://www.onwindows.com/Manufacturing/PrintedMagazine.aspx
Speak Magazine – Microsoft Technology in Retail, Consumer Industries and Hospitality
http://www.onwindows.com/Retail-and-Hospitality/PrintedMagazine.aspx
Touch Magazine – Microsoft Technology in Government, Healthcare, Education and Public Safety & National Security
http://www.onwindows.com/Public-Sector/PrintedMagazine.aspx
Events and Training
People Centric IT Workshops - Edinburgh 11th March, London 25th March, Reading 1st Apr
http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/enterprise/event/people-centric-it-roadshows.aspx
Transform the Datacentre Workshops - Bristol 18th March, London 1st April, Birmingham 8th April, Manchester 9th April, Reading 13th May, Southampton 20th May, Cardiff 3rd June
http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/enterprise/event/transform-the-datacenter-roadshows.aspx
Business intelligence Experience Workshops - London 14th March, 11th April, 16th May
http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/enterprise/event/business-intelligence-experience.aspx
Microsoft Build 2014, San Francisco – sold out, join waitlist
http://www.buildwindows.com/
Save the Date for TechEd Europe 2014 27-31 October / Fira Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
http://europe.msteched.com/
Tech.Days Online 2013 On demand
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032554523&Culture=en-GB&community=0
Microsoft Technology Centre Application Platform Workshops– TVP and London
Contact your Microsoft Account Representative for details
Other training
Microsoft Virtual Academy
http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/Home.aspx
Microsoft Events
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/default.aspx?culture=en-GB&community=0
Search here for Live and recorded webcasts, Virtual labs and in-person events available
Enterprise Architects Bookshelf 2014– a chat with David Stewart, UK Learning Centre
Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers, Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, John Wiley & Sons (20 Aug 2010) 9780470876411
How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business Second Edition 9780470539392 (John Wiley) Douglas W. Hubbard David Chappell Blog
The Go-Giver - A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea 9780141049557 (Penguin) Bob Burg and John David Mann
Go-Givers Sell More 9780141049588 (Penguin) Bob Burg and John David Mann
It's Not About You - A Little Story About What Matters Most in Business 9780670921966 (Penguin) Bob Burg and John David Mann
Business Reimagined: Why work isn’t working and what you can do about it - Dave Coplin; Harriman House; 1st edition (7 Jun 2013) 9780857193315
RSA cartoon of Dave Coplin’s ‘Business Reimagined’: http://www.thersa.org/events/rsaanimate/animate/rsa-animate-re-imagining-work
Why was the book written and what will you get out of it? The Story behind “Stories That Move Mountains” - Inside Architecture - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
Accompanying website for additional resources, templates etc. Stories that Move Mountains | Change the world
The Effortless Experience - Conquering the New Battleground for Customer Loyalty 9780241003305 (Penguin) Matthew Dixon at al.
The Challenger Sale - How to Take Control of the Customer Conversation 9780670922857 (Penguin) Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson
"What the CEO wants you to know" by Ram Charan; Crown Publications; 1 edition (23 Jun 2001) 978-0609608395
Complexity Avalanche: Overcoming the Threat to Technology Adoption 9780984213009 [Point B, Inc] J.B. Wood
Consumption Economics: The New Rules of Tech 9780984213030 –J.B. Wood et al.
Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters - Richard Rumelt
Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success 9781780224725 (Phoenix) Adam Grant
Other picks….
Thinking, Fast and Slow 9780141033570 – Daniel Kahneman
Nonviolent Communication: a Language of Life 9781892005038 – Marshall Rosenberg
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