In August 1981, IBM introduced its first "personal computer" and, explaining that nobody but IBM could sell IBM, decided that the few selected companies that would be furnishing these small units to consumers and small businesses would be "resellers" instead of "sellers."
- By Howard M. Cohen
- September 01, 2010
New soft PBX platform due out by end of year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 01, 2010
Relax, there's a future with Microsoft in the cloud, channel chief Allison Watson plans to tell partners at this month's WPC. That's not to say it won't take hard work to get there. Watson and pioneering partners share their flight path to profits.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 01, 2010
The IT M&A market is heating up -- here's the questions you need to answer to be ready for your next possible acquisition.
- By Mike Harvath
- July 01, 2010
The question isn't whether the cloud is secure, but whether your provider can show you what's behind the curtain.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 01, 2010
Guggenheimer explains why Microsoft still matters in a digital near-future that isn't necessarily PC-centric.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 01, 2010
Microsoft leads partners to side with Citrix in virtualization's newest battle.
- By John K. Waters
- July 01, 2010
In a field crowded with competitors, differentiation needs to be part of everything you do -- even how you attend a partner conference.
- By Keith Lubner
- July 01, 2010
A Q&A with university CIO Michele Norin.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 01, 2010
These deployments show that not all cloud migrations are a one-way street.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 01, 2010
In the battle to get customers to pay attention to backup and recovery offerings, it's important to know your enemy.
- By Christa Ayer
- June 15, 2010
The Blackberry maker so far has maintained its lead in the smartphone segment, but Apple and Google present worthwhile challenges that keep RIM working harder to stay at the top.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- June 15, 2010
Deal puts much of Microsoft's IT operations into a global contract with major Indian SI.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 01, 2010
Microsoft has released Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint, which provides protection against viruses and spyware being spread through shared files.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 01, 2010
When I think of Microsoft and the tablet market, I think of a line from the 2004 David Mamet movie "Spartan" -- "You had your whole life to prepare for this moment. Why aren't you ready?"
- By Scott Bekker
- June 01, 2010