Why hosted IT services makes sense, especially during a rececesson.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- March 16, 2010
Now that Oracle has completed its Sun acquisition, HP and Microsoft renew their alliance. Partners are watching to see if and where they fit in the great game among the giant IT vendors.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 01, 2010
With customer expectations reset, businesses find themselves in uncharted territory as the economy improves. We canvassed experts for advice on setting your own pricing before the market sets it for you.
- By Joanna L. Krotz
- March 01, 2010
In our annual RCP reader survey, the channel community is slightly upbeat about the changes coming in the Microsoft Partner Network, but unsure about what lies ahead.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 01, 2010
How's this for a best practice? One Web hosting company sees a sensible answer in outsourcing.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- February 25, 2010
Companies tired of the "break-fix" model find a better way.
- By Christa Ayer
- February 17, 2010
Redmond will be releasing an arsenal of new enterprise technologies this year including upgrades of Office, SharePoint, SQL Server, Dynamics and more.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 01, 2010
Laptops and netbooks aren't just for road warriors anymore. Here's a look at just how big the portable-computer market is -- and the trends that are driving its growth.
- By Anne Stuart
- February 01, 2010
Microsoft's maturing virtualization stack offers opportunities for partners with customers of all sizes, including the "S" in SMB.
- By Scott Bekker, Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 01, 2010
For many channel partners, government action on health care is producing both anxiety and opportunity.
- By Rich Freeman
- January 01, 2010
Are we continuing in a recession or coming out of one? No one can be sure. In our fourth annual Marching Orders feature, RCP's experts offer advice to put your company in good stead either way.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 01, 2010
Smartphones will grow exponentially in the coming years. If you're betting on one mobile platform, you may want to rethink that strategy.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 01, 2010
As CIOs largely reject the early crop of cloud services for business-critical apps, Redmond readies private and hybrid cloud platforms.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- December 17, 2009
More than 2,300 customers responded to a Microsoft-sponsored survey identifying what solution provider characteristics matter most to them, and how and why they choose a partner.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2009
It is customary to end a year by reflecting on positive moments. But by nearly all measures, 2009 was one of the worst business years on record since the Great Depression.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2009
As part of the recent overhaul of its partner program, Microsoft made a big bet on leveraging existing social networks.
- By Naomi Grossman
- December 01, 2009
Yousef Khalidi talked about Microsoft's new Azure cloud services at the Interop trade show on Thursday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 20, 2009
Some of the IT industry's top innovators are within striking distance of retirement age. Here's a look at what that means for them, their companies and the channel.
- By Anne Stuart
- November 01, 2009
The essential questions partners have about the managed services market have some surprising answers. The upshot? It may still be a good time to become an MSP.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 01, 2009
For Pelagic Solutions Inc., launching a business atop Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online leads to 78 deals in a year.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- November 01, 2009