07/01/2010
Cloud Comfort
Relax, there's a future with Microsoft in the cloud, Allison Watson plans to tell partners at the WPC. That's not to say it won't take hard work to get there. Pioneering partners share their flight path to profits.
By John K. Waters
Microsoft leads partners to side with Citrix in virtualization's newest battle.
By Jeffrey Schwartz
Now that SharePoint 2010 is shipping, partners are primed to handle upgrades on customers' terms.
By Scott Bekker
Relax, there's a future with Microsoft in the cloud, channel chief Allison Watson plans to tell partners at this month's WPC. That's not to say it won't take hard work to get there. Watson and pioneering partners share their flight path to profits.
By Keith Lubner
In a field crowded with competitors, differentiation needs to be part of everything you do -- even how you attend a partner conference.
By Scott Bekker
Five years ago this month, we launched our first issue of Redmond Channel Partner magazine. The goal then, as it is now, was to be an independent voice of the Microsoft partner community with a mission of driving partner success.
By Paul DeGroot
An experiment with deal registration for Microsoft partners suggests that the company is looking for alternatives to its current reseller structure. As with many changes, this is fraught with both opportunity and risk.
By Mike Harvath
The IT M&A market is heating up -- here's the questions you need to answer to be ready for your next possible acquisition.
By Scott Bekker
Microsoft partner member organization adjusts name, U.S. chapter lands new engagement model with Microsoft field.
By Jeffrey Schwartz
These deployments show that not all cloud migrations are a one-way street.
By Jeffrey Schwartz
A Q&A with university CIO Michele Norin.
By Scott Bekker
Guggenheimer explains why Microsoft still matters in a digital near-future that isn't necessarily PC-centric.
By Kurt Mackie
First service pack coming this month for Windows Server 2008 R2.
By Kurt Mackie
New soft PBX platform due out by end of year.