Merry Christmas!

Well, It's that wonderful time of year again. Christmas time!

I wanted to make sure and get out to everyone a very Merry Christmas!



May you and your families have a very blessed Christmas. I hope that your able to keep in your heart and mind of what this time of year celebrates. The birth of Yeshua --- Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior!

Through him do we have the ultimate gift of salvation, because we are all sinners, and therefore all need this gift!

I will be back posting regular after the holidays, and might get some post in here and there during!

Again Merry Christmas!




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Microsoft WPC09 in full swing

This years WPC is in full swing, with today being the third day of it. This year, a lot of great and new information is being discuess, from the new Microsoft Partner Network, to reviews of the next wave of products coming.



Dynamics and Dynamics AX has it's spot lights as well, and Sunrise Technologies, Inc. is there as well.

For those of you, like myself, that can not attend, there is the new digitalWPC.com

This is actually a great site, that has Vision and Value keynote speeches ready to be watched on demand. I recommend checking these out as you have time, because there is a lot of great information in these.

Also post WPC, all sessions, keynotes, etc. that were videoed will be up there for watching.

I plan on taking the Dynamics Value Keynote speech, and possibly others, and going over what is covered, and possibly going deeper into these items.

Check back soon, and for those at WPC, enjoy and get connected!




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Back at it again

Well I am back home, and had made some most wonderful memories with my wife and kids down at the beach.

It was wonderful, it truly was sunburns and sandals. I swear a little part of me is always at the beach, or at least wants to be.

There was a first for me this time down, me and my oldest girl were out at around chest deep on me, I am 5'10", and around a 3-4 foot sand bar or mako (not sure which one) came up on us, in the middle of the day! It was 5-7 feet away from us when I saw it and I grab my little girl and ran for the beach... it was crazy, because I frooze for a full second when I saw it... I was in shock.



Luckily, the little guy had no interest in us, as I am sure if he did he would have had no issues taking a chunk out of us. Then the next day, we saw three more sharks, one smaller and two a lot bigger. All around mid day, which is not suppose to happen.

Either way we got back out, clear waters and it felt great!

I plan on starting back writing, as of today, with having some more great post about Dynamics AX 2009, as well as starting to look at DAX 6.0, or Dynamics AX 2011.

Hope everyone is doing well, check back later!




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MSDynamicsWorld.com turns One - Interview with Adam Berezin

Well the web portal MSDynamicsWord.com offically has turned one year old this week. So in doing so I want to say congrats to te team over there!

With that in mind, I sat down with Adam Berezin, CEO of MSDynamicsWorld.com. I wanted to pick his brain about the portal, how it's done, it's goals for 2008, goals for 2009 and what this year holds for our Dynamic community.

Below is the interview, I hope you enjoy:

1.) Now that MSDynamicsWorld.com is officially one year old, list a few goals that you initially set out to achieve in the first year, that you were able to achieve and grade how well you think they were achieved.

"We launched MSDynamicsWorld.com to strengthen the Microsoft Dynamics community. We wanted to provide strategic guidance to end-users on how to better enhance their current Dynamics platforms, and in the process create an opportunity for ISVs to gain more targeted market exposure.
Our two major goals…

1. To become the world’s leading, and most trusted, independent online information resource for Microsoft Dynamics end-users, partners, and consultants.

There is always room for improvement, but in just one year, we have been able to reach this goal. My team has worked, and is constantly working, tirelessly on trying to develop and find great content for the site. We’ve been able to retain over 20 executives from leading ISV and partner firms, as well as several people from Microsoft, who contribute strategic articles to the site on a regular basis. In addition, we have provided extensive coverage of major Dynamics events—Convergence U.S. and Europe, along with user group sessions around the country.

In addition to our strategic columns and news articles, we’ve created an extensive library of ISV and Partner white papers, solution brochures, demos, and customer case studies. We have been able to develop great partnerships with Microsoft and Dynamic Communities, Inc. (AXUG, GPUG, CRMUG, and NAVUG), all of which have helped to provide useful content to the community.

2. To become the world’s leading online marketing platform for Microsoft Dynamics ISVs and partners to create awareness, deliver a powerful message, and generate highly-qualified and targeted sales leads.

While preparing to launch MSDynamicsWorld.com, we conducted primary research on the marketing habits and activities of ISVs and Partners. After speaking with about 50 ISVs and partners, we found that they were encountering difficulties marketing to their target audiences. They were using traditional advertising and prospecting vehicles such as conferences and print ads, but both were costing them a lot of money and it was difficult to track return on investment.

We decided that MSDynamicsWorld.com would provide an alternative to these traditional advertising vehicles by offering cost-effective marketing programs with results that could be tracked in real-time. Since launching our targeted programs, we have serviced loyal clients from around the world."

2.) What are the new goals for 2009? Was there any carry over from 2008?

"We want to build on what we started last year. So in 2009, our goals are to continue to expand the breadth and depth of our content, create additional marketing opportunities for ISVs, and develop new strategic partnerships. My team and I feel that there’s a lot more MSDynamicsWorld.com can do to expand our content offerings and enhance marketing opportunities for the Dynamics community."

3.) What is your and your teams take on the Year 2009 and how Dynamics ERP brand will do, specific verticals, and specifically even Dynamics AX?

"No matter how good or bad the economy, organizations still need to increase operational efficiencies and reduce costs. Therefore, the need for ERP platforms will not go away anytime soon. However, given the current state of the economy, companies will definitely be more frugal and cautious when choosing an ERP platform. I believe this could actually help Microsoft’s strategy, as the pricing structure for all Dynamics platforms is extremely competitive, especially when you move up market with Dynamics AX. And the improvements and innovations built into AX 2009 seem to have been extremely well received in the marketplace.

I predict that many large organizations that were originally leaning toward selecting SAP and Oracle will begin to shift their focus toward Dynamics AX, based on the much improved value proposition. And value in this economy will count for ever more.

Microsoft announced at Convergence Copenhagen that it is making a renewed effort to help partners and ISVs focus on a number of targeted verticals, like professional services and manufacturing. That could help marketing efforts over the coming year."

Closing statement:

"In sum, we are optimistic about Microsoft’s Dynamics branding and about the competitive positioning of Dynamics AX 2009. We also believe MSDynamicsWorld.com is up to the challenge of reporting on the exciting Dynamics news developments certain to emerge this year, as well as reaching out to senior-level executives on behalf of the ISV and partner communities. It should be an exciting year."

Well I agree with Adam, this should be an exciting and interesting year. I want to say thanks to the great team over at MSDynamicsWorld.com. They have really done a graet job in becoming a number one site in the Dynamics Web based community. I look forward to working with them to help make it a better portal, and a great 2009!

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Welcome to 2009!

Well it's been one crazy year in 2008. A lot of Dynamics AX related news has taken place, and currently we sit at Dynamics AX 2009, SP1.

The year 2009 should see some great implementations getting completed for Dynamics AX 2009, SP1, and that means more and more people also getting exposed to SQL Server 2008 and it's amazing speed and compression abilities to shrink huge databases.

Also we should see and hear more and more about Azure, the Microsoft Cloud Platform. I actually, on Christmas day, was sent my trial key to Azure, so I plan on jumping in and doing some work on it, in order to show some examples of how it can be planned to be used with Dynamics AX.

Of course time will tell how much I can get done in that area, as I do have my normal day job, and I am putting in all kinds of hours on that already.

Here's a virtual cheers to everyone! Welcome to 2009! May it be the best year for everyone, and may it find you all blessed, and balanced in life.

Here's to another good year of blogging with some great how to's, future looking, examples, interviews and book reviews as well.

Check back soon!




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