A year after launching its partner program aimed at offering Google Apps to enterprise customers, Google this week said it is approaching 1,000 resellers.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 24, 2010
Partners inevitably put their credibility on the line when cloud offerings go offline.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 01, 2010
As the economy improves this year, partners should have differentiation in mind -- starting with marketing.
- By Keith Lubner
- February 01, 2010
Last year may have been a depressing one for sales teams, but every difficult situation has a lesson in it.
- By Ken Thoreson
- February 01, 2010
For many channel partners, government action on health care is producing both anxiety and opportunity.
- By Rich Freeman
- January 01, 2010
Are we continuing in a recession or coming out of one? No one can be sure. In our fourth annual Marching Orders feature, RCP's experts offer advice to put your company in good stead either way.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 01, 2010
For LARs, recent changes to the way Microsoft treats its reseller channel have really hurt.
- By Paul DeGroot
- January 01, 2010
New program includes partner specializations, resources and a bigger emphasis on social media.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 10, 2009
Since Windows 7 launched, Microsoft has resuscitated two well-received partner funding programs: The Big Easy and the HP/Microsoft Frontline Partnership.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2009
More than 2,300 customers responded to a Microsoft-sponsored survey identifying what solution provider characteristics matter most to them, and how and why they choose a partner.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2009
Selling based on your buyer's personality can help increase your sales volume and improve your velocity.
- By Ken Thoreson
- December 01, 2009
As part of the recent overhaul of its partner program, Microsoft made a big bet on leveraging existing social networks.
- By Naomi Grossman
- December 01, 2009
Long the subject of benign neglect, the Services Provider License Agreement has been rejuvenated in the last year with significant program changes.
- By Paul DeGroot
- December 01, 2009
Some partners worry that Microsoft is undercutting the value proposition of Exchange, selling below cost to fend off Google.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 29, 2009
Microsoft's decision to slash the price of Business Productivity Online Suite from $15 to $10 per month is not sitting well with some of its partners.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 13, 2009