A PAL is a great friend - I did a quick search of Vijay's blog and came up with http://www.iqubed.biz/blog/2007/04/09/sbsc-pals-programme/ however this does not say what a PAL is, do I did a bit more digging (I know as I was involved in the process, but does anyone else?) A quick look at Versand von T-Online Mails unter eigenem Konto in Small Business tells me what I needed to show:Partner Area Lead (SBSC PAL).  In the UK we have two - Vijay and Gareth of Sytec. 

Anyway, they had their 1st outing and here is a snippet of what Vijay had to say 

This was the first outing for the UK SBSC PALs (Gareth and myself) and it was to the SME Day at the Microsoft Executive Briefing Centre in Brussels held over two days. The first day was the VC Summit and a showcase of ISVs that the Microsoft Emerging Business Team had selected and who were looking for potential equity funding. The keynote was given by Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s Chief Research & Strategy Officer. You don’t get much higher up in Microsoft than this as Craig is working alongside Bill Gates, so you have to listen with great care as to what he’s saying. One of the key challenges outlined by Craig Mundie for software vendors was writing applications which could take advantage of multicore CPUs

Go to » EU SME Day to read more.

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David