While netbooks pose problems for Microsoft and partner business models, most indications show this computing trend is here to stay.
- By Rich Freeman
- July 01, 2009
An overhaul of the Microsoft Partner Program is set to be unveiled at the Worldwide Partner Conference this month. The details are murky but "everything is on the table," including the program name--now the "Microsoft Partner Network."
- By Scott Bekker
- July 01, 2009
Microsoft rolls consulting know-how into offerings that managed partners can take to upper midmarket and enterprise customers.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 01, 2009
Web hosting specialist and Microsoft shop MaximumASP went looking for a virtualization solution. After evaluating the field, the Gold Certified Partner ended up sticking with Microsoft for a new virtual hosting business.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- June 01, 2009
Redmond Channel Partner magazine identifies 13 must-see sessions at the upcoming Microsoft WPC in New Orleans.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 01, 2009
How the recession is forcing partners to reinvent themselves and is changing the structure of the Microsoft ecosystem.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 01, 2009
ISVs provide the critical tools and applications that complete Microsoft solutions. Microsoft Tech-Ed is traditionally where many of those vendors announce their next products.
- By Lee Pender
- May 01, 2009
With a new Ready to Go Campaign, Microsoft aims to help hosters and VARs sell full-featured e-mail services to small businesses. It's an appealing opportunity, but trust remains an issue.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 01, 2009
Facing strong competition from Apple and Google, Microsoft looks to re-tool Windows Mobile for the enterprise market.
- By Paul Korzeniowski
- May 01, 2009
PlateSpin Forge offers peace of mind at a reasonable price.
- By Rick Vanover
- April 19, 2009
Embotics' V-Scout ends the days of tracking your virtual machines via spreadsheet.
- By Brian Mislavsky
- April 19, 2009
The economy may be bad, but green is still good -- for everyone in the extended Microsoft ecosystem.
- By Anne Stuart
- April 01, 2009
A roundup of green alternatives in the virtualization space.
- By Keith Ward
- April 01, 2009
Credit markets are frozen. Venture capital is in hibernation. The overall M&A market is falling off a cliff. Yet, in the worst economic quarter in decades, two midsize Microsoft partner firms in the Twin Cities area consummated a deal. How did it happen?
- By Scott Bekker
- April 01, 2009
Find out which third-party programs your peers say sell better together with Microsoft solutions.
- By RCP Staff
- April 01, 2009
<i>RCP</i> readers weigh in on our annual survey about the Microsoft Partner Program, the IT industry, SaaS and the economy.
- By Anne Stuart
- March 01, 2009
Is Microsoft's Dynamics business holding strong or dropping fast? For partners and industry experts alike, that question is especially tricky to answer these days.
- By Rich Freeman
- March 01, 2009
Microsoft launches Ecosystem Readiness Program for forthcoming operating system.
- By Scott Bekker/RCP Staff and Kurt Mackie/Special to RCP
- March 01, 2009
The best business Web sites are more than online billboards -- they're powerful sales tools. Here's how some Microsoft partners are using their public sites to attract new customers and better serve their existing ones.
- By Fred Bayles
- March 01, 2009
Joint Microsoft-HP program gives partners the option to put forward their own brand and control customer billing.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 01, 2009