6/1/2011
            Partner Salaries Plateau
            
		
In RCP's 5th annual Salary Survey, we found salaries are fat for the most part. But while pay is stuck on a plateau, the grass up there is definitely looking greener this year than last.
            
         
        
        
                
                
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            By Doug  Barney
                            As Microsoft's sustained efforts in unified communications are starting to draw customers' attention, partners are finding ways to use Lync and related UC technologies to transform the way those customers communicate.
                            
                         
                    
                        
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            By Paul  Schnackenburg
                            Putting the latest version of the Microsoft CRM tool through its paces, we found many worthwhile improvements among the 500 or so new features that give Microsoft partners an even more solid competitor to Salesforce.com and Oracle.
                            
                         
                    
                        
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            By Doug  Barney, Scott  Bekker
                            WEB EXCLUSIVE: It's hard enough to sell a product without having first-hand experience of it. That's even more evident when the product is Microsoft Lync. For some partners, adopting Lync for their own use has proven to be the best way to help their clients.
                            
                         
                    
                    
            
                
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            By Jeffrey  Schwartz
                            A first look at the public beta of the much-anticipated successor to the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite.