It's time to get serious about the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN).
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - October 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    We don't need the approach of Halloween to realize that it's a scary world out there.
                    
			            - By Ken  Thoreson
 - October 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IDC, Intel revising forecasts downward for second half of 2010.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - October 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IDC upgrades 2010 growth forecast for converged mobile devices.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
 - October 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Three-tier model brings field resources, MDF, per-deal subsidies to U.S. partners.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - October 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Program expands to rely on a broader base of banks worldwide.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - September 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Success in the small business space has always been Microsoft's to lose.
                    
			            - By Paul  DeGroot
 - September 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With fingers crossed, IDC calls for 6 percent bump in IT spending for all of 2010.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Partners like Jeffrey Goldstein are eager for features in Microsoft's forthcoming release that will give them better traction against Salesforce.com.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - September 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In our three main features this month, we're looking at three different ways Microsoft is bringing its traditional products to the cloud.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - September 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CFO Peter Klein makes the case for Microsoft's financial upside in cloud computing at the Microsoft Financial Analyst meeting.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - September 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Every now and again, something truly shocking happens in the IT industry. Like what went down at HP just recently. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - September 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft offers new SQL Server migration tools for MySQL and updated tools for Access, Oracle and Sybase.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - September 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Simply put, if you create a cool product and want to deliver it via the cloud, you need to create your own channel.
                    
			            - By Keith  Lubner
 - September 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some MSPs are intrigued by the new Microsoft cloud-based Windows Intune, but the product's early positioning and the company's commitment to the managed services model are questioned.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - September 01, 2010