Microsoft gave its Dynamics CRM business a boost this week, acquiring Evanston, Ill.-based MarketingPilot Software for an undisclosed amount.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 18, 2012
Just one week after being released to manufacturing, Dynamics NAV 2013, Microsoft's enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for small and medium-sized businesses, is now generally available.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 02, 2012
Dynamics NAV 2013 has been released to manufacturing (RTM).
- By Gladys Rama
- September 26, 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 beta of Microsoft's Dynamics GP 2013 enterprise resource planning (ERP) product is now available to partners, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 13, 2012
By all accounts, the market for technical employees is tight. Even as national unemployment remains high, partners across the country report low tech unemployment and intense competition for talent. Against that backdrop, we release the sixth annual RCP salary survey.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 05, 2012
Microsoft's recent cloud moves threaten to push providers away from Redmond and toward virtualization juggernaut VMware.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 16, 2012
Big changes, opportunities and challenges lie ahead with Small Business Server, Office 365 and Windows 8.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 15, 2012
Top ways for MSPs to add value and revenues range from standards such as business continuity and security, to newer approaches like mobile-device management and bundled consulting.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 08, 2012
There are so many trends providing headwinds, tailwinds and crosswinds to MSPs right now that it's hard to sort them out. Industry experts provide a few baseline concepts from their higher perches to help MSPs find a snug fit in the emerging industrywide puzzle that resembles a Russian nested doll toy.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 01, 2012
SMBs are clinging to outdated Microsoft products but also adopting new and unfamiliar technologies, according to partner attendees at the IT Pro Conference 2012.
- By Rich Freeman
- July 31, 2012
Microsoft is looking to add U.S. partners to special programs serving SMB customers both on-premise and in the cloud.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 27, 2012
For Microsoft partners to remain relevant, they have to stay on top of Microsoft technology and keep aligned with customers' real needs.
- By Barb Levisay
- July 16, 2012
Microsoft is making major changes to the way partners can earn money on the Dynamics suite of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) products.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 09, 2012
Quest Software, one of the largest providers of Microsoft tools, is expanding the Quest Partner Circle (QPC) program to include global partners and service providers.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 09, 2012