This past week Evangelyze Communications announced their SmartVoIP Solution utilizing NET Quintum VoIP Gateways to enable integration between Response Point and Microsoft Unified Communications. This week I talk with Joe Schurman, CEO of Evangelyze, to find out more about SmartVoIP.

Evangelyze's SmartVoIP enables businesses with multiple 'branch' offices to use Response Point in field offices and tie in with the home office Exchange/UC system. This can cut the cost of field office phone systems by half and make the field office to home office long distance cost zero!

Listen here to hear about SmartChat or go to contact page at www.Evangelyze.net to see an example of SmartChat..

If you want to REALLY know about what is coming in the near(ish) future on Microsoft Response Point - you will want to listen to this. In this weeks podcast I speak with Richard Sprague, Senior Director on the Microsoft Response Point team. We went bullet point by bullet point over the Response Point Roadmap. I think a lot of VAR's (resellers) and customers are going to like what they hear. I know a lot of requests that I hear about from the customers and the community are addressed in the features included in the upcoming Roadmap.

This is a corrected posting for episode 003 since I discovered the original version had the incorrect audio.

This week I talked about the recent Microsoft Response Point Town Hall meeting attended by about 100 VAR's or interested parties.

Microsoft is redesigning the Response Point website and it should be online the first week of November at www.Microsoft.com/responsepoint

There was a fair amount of ROAD MAP information that was included in the Town Hall Meeting.

VAR Demo Unit Program - Send an email to [email protected]. Include Name, Company Name, Address, Business Phone, Cell Phone, Company URL, MSFT Partner ID #, Date Needed, Description (Sales, Trade Show, etc.)

Next weeks show will include an interview with Richard Sprague of the Response Point Team. This conference call is scheduled for Tuesday, November 11 at 7pm Eastern time.

On this past Thursday, October 30, 2008, Microsoft hosted a Town Hall Meeting on line. There were over 100 partners on line with this call. You can see the power point slides here. I plan to talk about this meeting in the next podcast / conference call this Sunday - November 2 at 10 PM eastern.

In Episode 2 of the Response Point Podcast I talk about some things you can/should do if you think you are interested in selling Response Point.

LINK - Microsoft Training Resources.
https://partner.microsoft.com/US/productssolutions/servers/responsepoint

Terry Webster of Birmingham, AL called in. He's a Response Point VAR and has started an RP Blog at http://www.twwebster.com/ where he has his Response Point Tip of the Day.

Episode 3 will be recorded live Sunday November 2 at 10pm Eastern time (1 hour later than usual). You can find it here afterward or you can call in live to 724-444-7444 and enter ID 28609 at that time to listen LIVE.

Have a great week.

In this first episode of the Response Point Podcast I gave a little background about my IT Consulting Practice and told my story of how I got started into the Response Point VAR (value added reseller) program.

Nathan Stewart, from Mount Vernon, WA called in to chat during our first show. We had a nice conversation after my monologue. I'll give Nathan a plug here - his company website is www.dsasc.com.

Episode 2 will be recorded live Sunday October 26 at 9pm Eastern time. You can find it here afterward or you can call in live to 724-444-7444 and enter ID 28609 at that time to listen LIVE.

Have a great week.