Just about everybody seems to think that the only way to create your own IP is to become a developer. As one Microsoft partner shows, that's not the case.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- April 28, 2016
Microsoft recently unveiled Power BI Embedded in a bid to draw developers, primarily independent software vendors (ISVs), to its cloud-based business intelligence tool.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 08, 2016
Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) on Thursday launched a new partner program aimed at courting independent software vendors (ISVs) looking to grow their Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 09, 2015
Two leading vendors of SharePoint-to-Office-365 migration tools are combining their portfolios.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 01, 2015
Is your IT services firm's recent history a great growth story? Redmond Channel Partner and consultancy Revenue Rocket want to hear about it for the first-ever Excellence in Growth Award.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 09, 2013
As the recent ConnectWise conference demonstrated, the channel hasn't been made obsolete -- it's just gotten more evolved.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- December 12, 2012
The days of the one-stop-shop Microsoft partner are over. But sometimes customers want more than a partner can deliver. Smart partners turn to P2P relationships to keep their businesses strong.
- By Barb Levisay
- September 24, 2012
The IT distributor is taking the effort it started with Software License Selector further into the cloud.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 01, 2012
Use of iPads, iPhones and Macs by businesses is going through the roof. Despite a history of courting consumers, Apple has a growing need for partners who can integrate the company's hardware with Microsoft software and networks.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 01, 2012
As SMBs adopt cloud solutions, how can partners continue to provide value-added services to those organizations? Innovative partners are finding ways to "package" services to accompany cloud-based changes in both technology and buyer attitudes.
- By Barb Levisay
- February 15, 2012
RCP asked 19 channel luminaries for their best piece of advice for the year ahead. Here are their tips on ways to make 2012 a banner year for Microsoft partners.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 03, 2012
The latest Microsoft OS promises disruptive opportunities for every type of partner -- from developers to solutions providers to those who provide training -- assuming they move fast.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 06, 2011
Enterprise Ireland (EI) is a government agency that helps Irish ISVs expand to global markets. The 13 ISVs who attended the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference and shared the EI-sponsored booth have a lot to teach other small firms about taking their products worldwide.
- By Barb Levisay
- October 23, 2011
Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business, pitched Windows Azure to independent software vendors (ISVs) during his Day 2 keynote speech at Build.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 15, 2011
Microsoft ISVs Strategy Companion and SwiftKnowledge are intent on filling in the gaps in Microsoft's BI offerings, which, the two companies say, are functional enough but appeal to only a subset of potential Microsoft BI consumers.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- July 11, 2011