7global- the wanderers return

I've just come back from some European events. Sounds very glamorous but actually pretty intense, and extremely worthwhile.

Last week (18-20 November) saw two 7global representatives (Paul Doherty and Mike Williams) in wonderful Copenhagen for Convergence 2008, the annual Microsoft European conference on all things Dynamics. for those unfamiliar with 7global we are a leading provider of hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM and so it was great to run into some of our partners, make some new friends and talk about what we've been doing in the year (lifetime?) since last year's event.

One of the things we were particularly interested in was QGate's CRMMigrate product. CRMMigrate allows the (allegedly) legions of disgruntled Salesforce.com users who are hacked off with the usability of the SFDC system but like the hosted model to migrate over to Hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM. We're offering users free 30 day trials with their own live data to see how simple it is. You can find out more here.

Copenhagen is a lovely place but it was a very busy 48 hours so we didn't get to see much of it. A highlight was Microsoft Corporate Vice President Kirill Tatarinov singing karaoke, a regular fixture which never fails to...entertain. Took lots of Tuborg to drown out the memory.

Sunday, 7global (this time Chris Bithell and Paul Doherty) were in Athens for the EMEA Hosting Club (24-25 November). Great to see all our industry colleagues and Microsoft guys who have been helping us over the months and years. Lots of exciting stuff happening- very invigorating, very exciting. Back in the office now to start building on some of the inspiration.

7global launches blog

Ok- so we've launched our blog. Late I know, but it's been a fantastically busy period for us. So that's our excuse! I was finally set along the path of righteousness by David Ednie President & CEO, SalesChannel Europe at the recent Microsoft EMEA Hosting Club in Athens.

David did a great presentation there on the subject of ‘Competing for Customers – Connecting with people’ and I was lucky enough to sit on the same table at dinner. We had an opportunity to talk about 7global and what we were doing and, after expressing shock and incredulity that had shirked our blogging duties, he made me promise to make some time from my schedule to get the blog I knew we should be writing off the ground. And so, here we are. Thanks David for spurring us on.