April 03, 2008 EMC Makes Bid for U.K.-Based Partner Firm
EMC Corp. this week made an offer to buy Conchango plc, a U.K.-based Microsoft Gold Certified partner, for U.S. $84 million.
March 31, 2008 Entrigue Launches Partner Program
Entrigue Systems, a Dunwoody, Ga.-based provider of Windows desktop user profile management software sold under the Script Start brand, launched a formal partner program on Monday.
January 30, 2008 Digging for Diamonds in Microsoft's Quarterly Filing
For those of you who don't have time to dig through Microsoft's 10-Q filing, we took one for the team and slogged through dozens of pages for nuggets of potential interest to Microsoft partners.
October 16, 2007 Ingram Micro Goes All Facebook
Computer distributor's move toward social networking for partners takes a page from popular consumer apps.
July 11, 2007 A Little Less Octane
Partners expecting to hear blowout changes announced at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference will have to wait.
February 01, 2007 Dell and the Channel
In reasserting his control over the company he founded, Michael S. Dell made a few comments that should make the channel go "hmm."
December 14, 2006 Making Forefront Sweeter for Partners
The company announced it will pay higher percentages of its licensing revenue back to partners.
October 30, 2006 Forefront Explained
If you want to know more about where Microsoft is going with enterprise server security, the company has scheduled two Forefront Webcasts for next week.
October 23, 2006 Cool SA Toolset Gets Partner Push
Microsoft is marshalling some partner resources behind an interesting new licensing package that rolls together the fruits of a few of the software giant's recent acquisitions.
October 18, 2006 You, Too, Can Sell Windows Vista
A little preview of the go-to-market Vista messages to come out of the 23-city Microsoft/Intel road show.
August 31, 2006 Getting Up to Speed on Longhorn Terminal Services
If you're in the business of providing remote access for clients and want to find out more about what's coming in Longhorn's Terminal Services, Microsoft posted an information page this month.
August 31, 2006 Another Shot at Windows Small Business Server R2
Microsoft has re-released Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 to OEMs. Quality control problems with the version originally released to OEMs in July caused Microsoft to recall the original code a month ago.
August 31, 2006 Virtual Server Redistribution Process Streamlined for Partners
Microsoft on Thursday announced a new process designed to make it easier for ISVs to redistribute Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2. The redistribution agreement for Virtual Server 2005 R2 can now be completed on Microsoft's Web site.
July 12, 2006 Licensing the Virtual Future
Until the industry is clear on how flexible Microsoft will be on licensing its ubiquitous operating systems, virtualization's possibilities remain, well, virtual.
July 11, 2006 SBS 2003 R2 at a Nice Price
Microsoft is hoping a price cut and a more flexible Client Access License will help partners sell the newly generally available Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 R2.