The latest notch on the calendar is at Convergence Europe, being held because I.B.I.S. is going global. "The R&A is a community thing separate from the business world. The Party is happening because we are going to be there," says Vabulas. "We've had a TON of requests to have a Randy and Andy Party in Barcelona. I said, 'Why not?'" But I.B.I.S. is selling its Advanced Supply Chain software for Dynamics AX and one partner is IBM. "And we are gaining more recognition beyond the U.S. for our IP and are looking to meet more people that need it," he continues. The 9 pm party start time has me puzzled. The Catalans won't have gone to dinner until sometime after 10 pm. Americans, I suppose, can get hammered and go look at some Gaudi buildings while waiting. More pertinent, the move to selling your own sauce on the AX platform is where the bigger and faster-growing players in the Dynamics world are moving, following Microsoft's many years of warning there's no room in the general market; go vertical. Tourist hint: Catalan is closer to French than Spanish, but if you speak Spanish, stick to South American; Castilian can get you dirty looks.
RANDY, ANDY PARTY TO BARCELONA Featured
The fact that the Randy and Andy party—replete with cellphone "wristbands" is going to Barcelona, Spain, is interesting. That is particularly for those who will miss the event on November 4. But it represents the movement of resellers worldwide, whether from this country to international operations for from other countries into the United States. Randy and Andy are Randy Forkner of Collins Computing and Andy Vabulas of I.B.I.S. and they have made their festivities hot tickets at Microsoft's Convergence and World Wide Partner Conference in the United States.
