As SMBs adopt cloud solutions, how can partners continue to provide value-added services to those organizations? Innovative partners are finding ways to "package" services to accompany cloud-based changes in both technology and buyer attitudes.
- By Barb Levisay
- February 15, 2012
The day-one general session keynote at VMware Partner Exchange 2012, taking place this week in Las Vegas, began with a relatively low-key presentation to partners, but ended with a serious discussion about upcoming technology and strategy.
- By Bruce Hoard
- February 14, 2012
Microsoft once again made some cuts to its SQL Azure pricing, as well as introduced a 100 MB database storage option.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 14, 2012
Microsoft revealed more details this week about what to expect with Windows 8 on ARM, or "WOA." In fact, the company might even have provided too much information.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 10, 2012
A Windows 8 "consumer preview" event will take place on Feb. 29 in Barcelona, Spain.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 09, 2012
Lead Microsoft program managers Sharif Farag and Ben Srour went into further detail about how those capabilities work with applications in a "Building Windows 8" blog post on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 08, 2012
What Microsoft's partners learn about the new Windows Store when it opens this month may have major implications for the future of Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 08, 2012
System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection, Microsoft's next-generation enterprise-grade security solution for clients and servers, is getting a tune-up.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 07, 2012
Microsoft announced some upcoming enhancements to the so called "kiosk worker" plans in its Office 365 offering last month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 04, 2012
Microsoft is offering a free trial app of a new test service designed to help SQL Azure users monitor the security of their databases housed in Microsoft's cloud.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 31, 2012
Microsoft's System Center Advisor, a new service addition to the System Center management suite, became generally available last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 30, 2012
In a webinar on Thursday, consultancy firm Directions on Microsoft described a rough timeline for Microsoft's emerging products and services in 2012 and beyond.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 27, 2012
Dell has announced the new vStart 200 server, a new hardware product that can host up to 200 virtual machines.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 25, 2012
SQL Server 2012, the next generation of Microsoft's relational database management system, appears to be marching closer to product release.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 25, 2012
While waiting for Microsoft to put ERP cloud offerings online, some Dynamics partners have started padding their portfolios with SaaS-based ERP solutions from other vendors.
- By Barb Levisay
- January 23, 2012