Business Management


Bet on Microsoft's Cloudy Forecast

Redmond's massive investment in forward-thinking cloud infrastructure is spreading across the globe, indicating that Microsoft will be worth partnering with for years to come.

HP Revamps PartnerOne

Updates cover deal registration, membership structures, the Elite designation and market development funds.

Code Missile: Stuxnet Worm Takes Aim

Stuxnet may be the first known precision malware weapon designed to destroy a single real-world industrial facility, but the collateral damage affects the entire Microsoft channel.

3 Windows Phones at a Glance

A quick look at the first phones based on Windows Phone 7 to ship from AT&T on Nov. 8 in the United States.

Cloud Backup and Recovery

Will the cloud replace tape and local disk as the preferred means of protecting enterprise data? Though this was once unthinkable, cloud storage is starting to gain momentum.

The Right Kind of Exit Strategy

Manage your business as though you're planning to work until retirement or to the day you pass it to your children. Then, you'll know you've developed the perfect exit strategy.

OCS Is Out, Lync Is In

With new product name, Communications Server enters release candidate stage.

Leveraging the MPN for Cloud Channels

Partners who are "in the cloud" can get specific help with sales, services and marketing.

Acquisitions, Expansions Among NSIs

Tallan buys twentysix New York, Sapient expands.

MPN: What You Need To Know If You're a Dynamics Partner

Dynamics partners have always had different needs than other Microsoft partners, and the MPN has very different requirements of its business applications partners.

The Dawn of a New Day for SBS

With a focus on the super-small business market, Aurora offers a cross-premises Active Directory solution that's easy to manage.

Cloud Strategies: Yours and Microsoft's

Microsoft's determination to dominate the market for online services has never been as evident as it was at the 2010 Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). Why is it moving so aggressively into that space?

MPN: Where Do You Want To Go Today?

It's time to get serious about the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN).

Ratcheting Down the Fear in Scary Times

We don't need the approach of Halloween to realize that it's a scary world out there.

Forecasts Suggest Slower PC Growth Ahead

IDC, Intel revising forecasts downward for second half of 2010.