We ask partners grappling with the realities of transitioning their businesses to the cloud: Is it worth it?
- By Barb Levisay
- September 26, 2016
In the two-horse race between AWS and Microsoft Azure in the public cloud, only one can be considered to have a robust ecosystem of platform partners. And it's not Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 21, 2016
By most measures, the public cloud market is a two-horse race between AWS and Microsoft. Partners are increasingly seeing the benefits of tying their fortunes to both cloud vendors, but doing so requires a good deal of training, planning and trust.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 19, 2016
The new education program, announced by Microsoft at this summer's WPC, seems to raise more questions for partners than answers.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- September 15, 2016
Microsoft's promised pay-as-you go version of Windows 10 Enterprise is now available through its Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 01, 2016
As partners scramble to find their place in the new cloud environment, the ISV category is expanding to include all different types of partners.
- By Barb Levisay
- August 08, 2016
From what they sell to whom they sell to, these are the business areas partners need to transform if they're going to survive the next wave of IT consolidation.
- By Mike Harvath
- July 28, 2016
Howard asked partners what their biggest grievances are with Microsoft. They were more than willing to share.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- July 26, 2016
Under pressure from trends like cloud computing and automation, how can the IT channel survive -- and what form will it take if it does?
- By Scott Bekker
- July 25, 2016
Instead of making more large-scale changes, Microsoft is looking to fine-tune its current partner initiatives and programs.
- By M.S. Partner
- July 18, 2016
The pay-as-you-go revolution is coming to Microsoft's crown jewels -- the Windows client operating system and its golden child, the Surface device line.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 13, 2016
Microsoft is testing out a new training and certification program aimed at professionals who want to deepen their knowledge of emerging technologies like Big Data and Internet of Things (IoT).
- By Gladys Rama
- July 13, 2016
Gavriella Schuster was named the corporate vice president for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Group (WPG) on Thursday, putting her in charge of coordinating Microsoft's channel efforts across all customer segments and country subsidiaries.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 01, 2016
Microsoft on Thursday named Gavriella Schuster the corporate vice president of the Worldwide Partner Group (WPG), which is the company's top channel position.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 30, 2016
If Microsoft's acquisition of LinkedIn closes as expected, partners may have new opportunities. But unique challenges add complexity to the already difficult integration inherent in big deals.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 27, 2016