What does Microsoft's Jon Roskill think is driving the most profound change in the partner channel?
- By Howard M. Cohen
- July 11, 2012
Microsoft for the first time will allow its broad base of partners to handle customer billing for the Office 365 suite, addressing what has been the single biggest controversy in the Microsoft channel for the last few years.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 09, 2012
Office 365 hit its one-year anniversary on Wednesday, an occasion Microsoft marked by launching a free Education edition as well as announcing a schedule for Live@edu migrations starting this summer.
- By David Nagel, Gladys Rama
- June 28, 2012
Microsoft on Tuesday gave Tech-Ed Europe attendees a preview of how application management works using the Windows Intune and Windows Azure Active Directory services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 27, 2012
Microsoft is acquiring enterprise social networking company Yammer Inc. for $1.2 billion in cash, Redmond officials said on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 25, 2012
Microsoft released the second community test preview (CTP2) of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 last week. A beta of SP1 is expected to be released in the second half of this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 18, 2012
Not always seen as the most partner-friendly cloud provider, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is taking key steps to reverse that perception.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 13, 2012
Microsoft focused on the basics of Windows 8 during its Day 2 Tech-Ed keynote on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 12, 2012
IT has reached another inflection point beyond the client-server era, said Satya Nadella, Microsoft's president of Server and Tools Business, during Day 1 of Microsoft's Tech-Ed event in Orlando, Fla.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 11, 2012
Microsoft is planning the most significant upgrade yet to its Windows Azure service, giving the cloud platform long-awaited Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) capabilities and support for Linux instances.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 07, 2012
If the initial session list is any indication, Microsoft is stacking its forthcoming Worldwide Partner Conference with lots of Windows Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics CRM content. But its staple products will get their turns in the spotlight, too.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 07, 2012
IT security is having a banner year, and channel partners are reaping the benefits. From protecting Macs and PCs to securing the cloud, there's no shortage of great channel opportunities based on emerging threats, surging technologies and vendor momentum. Here are a few of them.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 04, 2012
Google on Tuesday announced the expansion of its Chromebook laptop line and some improvements to its Chrome operating system, potentially setting the stage for a battle against the traditional PC model.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 31, 2012
From Cloud Foundry to OpenStack, more vendors are promising portability to customers who don't want to be tied to Microsoft's cloud.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 21, 2012
Microsoft recently opened the beta of Dynamics NAV 2013 (previously code-named "NAV 7") to Microsoft partners.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 17, 2012
Microsoft executives shined a spotlight on the Dynamics product line during a recent financial analyst event focusing on Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS).
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 17, 2012
A Microsoft executive explained the company's cloud-centric corporate strategy on Tuesday at a financial analyst event.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 10, 2012
In preparation for Windows 8's release, Microsoft is planning to kill its "Windows Live" branding over the next few months.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 03, 2012
What changes with the cloud is very simple. Instead of just hardware and software, we now integrate hardware, software and services. So why don't many partner companies believe in it?
- By Howard M. Cohen
- May 02, 2012
Microsoft Gold Certified partner Quest Software recently unveiled its line of solutions for businesses migrating to Office 365 and Exchange Online.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 30, 2012