06/01/2010
Nowhere To Go But Up
In RCP's 4th annual salary survey, pay was down—but only slightly—in one of the worst economic years on record. Partners are expecting to get back on a growth track this year.
In-Depth
By Scott Bekker
National Systems Integrators are the rock stars of the U.S. Microsoft Partner Community. Is it a designation worth aspiring to?
By Jeffrey Schwartz
As hosting providers are squeezed, could Microsoft cloud services offer a safe haven?
By Michael Domingo
Microsoft partners want to put the worst economic times in recent memory behind them, but results from this year's survey indicate doubts linger that compensation will rebound in the next 12 months.
Channel Call
By Keith Lubner
While traveling recently, I had an epiphany. If we want to move our businesses forward, we first must move ourselves forward.
Channel Watch
By Scott Bekker
When I think of Microsoft and the tablet market, I think of a line from the 2004 David Mamet movie "Spartan" -- "You had your whole life to prepare for this moment. Why aren't you ready?"
Directions
By Paul DeGroot
When a lot of innovative and hungry people gather in one place, the results can be explosive. That's what is taking place in the mobile segment, and Microsoft is just getting started.
Selling Microsoft
By Ken Thoreson
Once you're clear on strategic objectives, you can begin to build a sales compensation plan for your BPOS practice.
News
By Lee Pender
One of the main architects of the Windows 7 success left Microsoft in January. But he's back, and he's going to ply his trade for the software business of one of Microsoft's biggest and oldest partners.
By Scott Bekker
With a little more than a month until the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C., session descriptions are beginning to appear in earnest on the Microsoft Partner Network Portal.
By Jeffrey Schwartz
Microsoft has released Active Directory Federation Services 2.0, a key component of its effort to provide single sign-on federated identity management across enterprise domains and to cloud services.
By Lee Pender
Never before has the word "convergence" been so appropriate a description of enterprise-software offerings from Microsoft.
By Kurt Mackie
Microsoft has released Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint, which provides protection against viruses and spyware being spread through shared files.
Microsoft and Intel Corp. released an embedded technology platform for digital signage applications that offers an interactive screen and the ability to track users.
By Jeffrey Schwartz
Deal puts much of Microsoft's IT operations into a global contract with major Indian SI.