In its second-annual listing, Redmond Channel Partner calls out the best and brightest technologies and programs for the Microsoft channel from the last year.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- April 12, 2017
With Microsoft’s monster acquisition closed, partners look ahead to the opportunities. Dynamics 365 and Learning are obvious highlights, but details from Redmond remain scarce.
- By Barb Levisay
- March 06, 2017
Microsoft's high-volume cloud infrastructure partners and its business applications partners have distinct identities. For the new Dynamics 365 effort to succeed, those two partner types will need to cooperate.
- By Barb Levisay
- December 05, 2016
Cloud leader Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a few updates to its partner program on Tuesday that benefit partners that have developed specialized technical practices and focus areas.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 29, 2016
Many of Microsoft's partners are eager to learn how its pending $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn will affect their businesses, though some worry it will only help the company undercut their own offerings.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 17, 2016
Coping with Microsoft's newly frantic pace of cloud product updates, partners are thrilled to at last be moving as fast as the competition, but the pressure is on to get better at advising customers.
- By Barb Levisay
- October 17, 2016
We ask partners grappling with the realities of transitioning their businesses to the cloud: Is it worth it?
- By Barb Levisay
- September 26, 2016
In the two-horse race between AWS and Microsoft Azure in the public cloud, only one can be considered to have a robust ecosystem of platform partners. And it's not Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 21, 2016
By most measures, the public cloud market is a two-horse race between AWS and Microsoft. Partners are increasingly seeing the benefits of tying their fortunes to both cloud vendors, but doing so requires a good deal of training, planning and trust.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 19, 2016
The new education program, announced by Microsoft at this summer's WPC, seems to raise more questions for partners than answers.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- September 15, 2016
Microsoft's promised pay-as-you go version of Windows 10 Enterprise is now available through its Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 01, 2016
As partners scramble to find their place in the new cloud environment, the ISV category is expanding to include all different types of partners.
- By Barb Levisay
- August 08, 2016
Under pressure from trends like cloud computing and automation, how can the IT channel survive -- and what form will it take if it does?
- By Scott Bekker
- July 25, 2016
The pay-as-you-go revolution is coming to Microsoft's crown jewels -- the Windows client operating system and its golden child, the Surface device line.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 13, 2016
Microsoft is testing out a new training and certification program aimed at professionals who want to deepen their knowledge of emerging technologies like Big Data and Internet of Things (IoT).
- By Gladys Rama
- July 13, 2016