Microsoft is planning some licensing changes that it says would benefit its Software Assurance (SA) customers and service provider partners.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 31, 2011
Hewlett-Packard Co. has launched its CloudSystem Partner Program, which is designed to help partners sell HP's CloudSystem portfolio.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 31, 2011
Microsoft's Kristi Hofer, who has crisscrossed the country talking up Microsoft's proposed plan to create a franchise model for Dynamics partners, recently sat down with RCP to explain what such a model would mean for the MPN.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 31, 2011
Many small partners won't qualify for a gold competency under the new MPN. Merging with larger partners is one option, but many partners are reluctant to give up their independence. Now Microsoft is considering franchising as an alternative.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 31, 2011
As the IT industry matures, mergers and acquisitions dominate the channel landscape.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 11, 2011
Will a new program that pays partners for Dynamics leads reach critical mass and spur similar programs within Microsoft?
- By Scott Bekker
- March 06, 2011
In a broad outreach to partners and customers in the Asia-Pacific region, Amazon Web Services today said it has opened a datacenter in Tokyo.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 02, 2011
Microsoft has released a new connector to link its Dynamics AX enterprise resource planning solution with its customer relationship management solution.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 28, 2011
Parallels has just given partners more reasons to pay attention to the company: Today it promoted former Microsoft executive Birger Steen to CEO.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 23, 2011
Microsoft released Dynamics CRM 2011 for on-premises deployments today.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 16, 2011
Microsoft today rolled out the release candidate (RC) versions of Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 Essentials and Windows Home Server code-named "Vail."
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 03, 2011
Enablement might sound like training, but it provides for a more proactive approach focused on solution selling.
- By Keith Lubner
- February 01, 2011
Hewlett-Packard Co. launches portfolio of private cloud services, hardware and software and announces plans to jump into public cloud hosting.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 27, 2011
Microsoft filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a former general manager working in the public sector market who left for an executive position at Salesforce.com.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 27, 2011
Salesforce.com hired Microsoft GM Matt Miszewski as senior vice president for the global public sector.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 21, 2011