Microsoft rolls consulting know-how into offerings that managed partners can take to upper midmarket and enterprise customers.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 01, 2009
Web hosting specialist and Microsoft shop MaximumASP went looking for a virtualization solution. After evaluating the field, the Gold Certified Partner ended up sticking with Microsoft for a new virtual hosting business.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- June 01, 2009
Redmond Channel Partner magazine identifies 13 must-see sessions at the upcoming Microsoft WPC in New Orleans.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 01, 2009
How the recession is forcing partners to reinvent themselves and is changing the structure of the Microsoft ecosystem.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 01, 2009
Facing strong competition from Apple and Google, Microsoft looks to re-tool Windows Mobile for the enterprise market.
- By Paul Korzeniowski
- May 01, 2009
ISVs provide the critical tools and applications that complete Microsoft solutions. Microsoft Tech-Ed is traditionally where many of those vendors announce their next products.
- By Lee Pender
- May 01, 2009
With a new Ready to Go Campaign, Microsoft aims to help hosters and VARs sell full-featured e-mail services to small businesses. It's an appealing opportunity, but trust remains an issue.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 01, 2009
PlateSpin Forge offers peace of mind at a reasonable price.
- By Rick Vanover
- April 19, 2009
Embotics' V-Scout ends the days of tracking your virtual machines via spreadsheet.
- By Brian Mislavsky
- April 19, 2009
The economy may be bad, but green is still good -- for everyone in the extended Microsoft ecosystem.
- By Anne Stuart
- April 01, 2009
A roundup of green alternatives in the virtualization space.
- By Keith Ward
- April 01, 2009
Credit markets are frozen. Venture capital is in hibernation. The overall M&A market is falling off a cliff. Yet, in the worst economic quarter in decades, two midsize Microsoft partner firms in the Twin Cities area consummated a deal. How did it happen?
- By Scott Bekker
- April 01, 2009
Find out which third-party programs your peers say sell better together with Microsoft solutions.
- By RCP Staff
- April 01, 2009
<i>RCP</i> readers weigh in on our annual survey about the Microsoft Partner Program, the IT industry, SaaS and the economy.
- By Anne Stuart
- March 01, 2009
Is Microsoft's Dynamics business holding strong or dropping fast? For partners and industry experts alike, that question is especially tricky to answer these days.
- By Rich Freeman
- March 01, 2009
Microsoft launches Ecosystem Readiness Program for forthcoming operating system.
- By Scott Bekker/RCP Staff and Kurt Mackie/Special to RCP
- March 01, 2009
The best business Web sites are more than online billboards -- they're powerful sales tools. Here's how some Microsoft partners are using their public sites to attract new customers and better serve their existing ones.
- By Fred Bayles
- March 01, 2009
Joint Microsoft-HP program gives partners the option to put forward their own brand and control customer billing.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 01, 2009
By banding together, women IT executives hope to drive new opportunities for themselves, the next generation-and the entire partner community.
- By Lynn Haber
- February 01, 2009
Rapid growth in virtual technology means partners with the right business plan can reap serious profits.
- By Keith Ward
- February 01, 2009