Microsoft SMB Road Trip
CRN.com | at | by Mike
Microsoft is taking its SMB show on the road. The software giant is using recreational vehicles to tour the United States, bringing in partners of Hewlett-Packard and Cisco. The goal is to meet with 1 million customers and local solution providers at 250 stops throughout the country by next June.
The company officially launched its Microsoft Across America at the TechXNY show in New York on Tuesday. Starting initially with a single vehicle -- larger than an 18-wheel truck -- the company intends to acquire three more and an additional three in the spring. The vehicles will be making stops at rural locations as well as in small and large cities. The fleet of RVs will be equipped with HP printers, servers, storage, and PCs and Cisco networking gear and its IP-based telephone gear.