10/01/2009

Making a Cloud Play

Wayne Beekman is maneuvering his business to catch the cloud. Should you be doing that too?


In-Depth

Making the Most of BPOS

By Stephen Swoyer

Chicago-based PointBridge sprinted out of the gate with the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite -- to the tune of $640,000 in revenues in one year. Co-founder Todd Golden tells RCP how PointBridge did it.


Making a Cloud Play

By Scott Bekker

Wayne Beekman is maneuvering his business to catch the cloud. Should you be doing that too?


Getting Ready for Windows 7

By Scott Bekker

Windows 7 launches this month, giving partners -- and Microsoft -- a subtle chance at a revenue boost. Partner-readiness resources abound.


News

Evaluation Version of VMM 2008 R2 Released

By Kurt Mackie

The new release will be able to work with competitor VMware's virtualization product.


Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Breaks Predecessor's Scalability Walls

By Kurt Mackie

Capacities of physical processors, logical processors, memory all increase dramatically.


Survey Finds IT Saving Money with Energy Efficiency Efforts

By Scott Bekker

Despite the savings, the recession seems to be pushing IT purchasers away from green technologies and toward less efficient ones with less expensive up-front costs.


Red Hat Revamps Partner Program

By Jeffrey Schwartz

Tiers added as part of push to grow reseller base.


Worldwide Server Revenues Drop; Windows Flops Too

By Herb Torrens

Could new processors from AMD and Intel spur a slight rebound?


Symantec Adds Micro-Financing for SMB Partners

By Scott Bekker

Move comes as software vendor increases education programs to help partners with basic business topics.