The Microsoft reseller that can implement a process and system to develop opportunities on its own will always win in the marketplace.
- By Keith Lubner
- April 05, 2011
"The big migration" from Windows XP and Office 2003 is coming, according to research firm Gartner, and IT pros should be prepared.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 04, 2011
Microsoft released on Monday iSCSI Software Target 3.3, a Windows Server 2008 R2 addition that allows for shared block storage in storage area networks using the iSCSI protocol.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 04, 2011
Once again, RCP slogged through the App Store to spotlight the most interesting iPad apps. Last time, we brought you 23. This time, we more than doubled that number, bringing the total to 47. Some are free, others are expensive, but all have potential for integration into Microsoft partner-provided solutions.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 02, 2011
Unnamed sources cited by Bloomberg push back the potential release Redmond's mass-market-focused tablet offerings.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 01, 2011
Microsoft has tabled a plan that would allow small Dynamics partners to become franchisees of larger integrators.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 01, 2011
According to two recently released studies, most datacenter managers are not planning to increase their budgets this year, but overall IT spending is nevertheless expected to rise.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 01, 2011
Many small partners won't qualify for a gold competency under the new MPN. Merging with larger partners is one option, but many partners are reluctant to give up their independence. Now Microsoft is considering franchising as an alternative.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 31, 2011
Microsoft's Kristi Hofer, who has crisscrossed the country talking up Microsoft's proposed plan to create a franchise model for Dynamics partners, recently sat down with RCP to explain what such a model would mean for the MPN.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 31, 2011
Microsoft is planning some licensing changes that it says would benefit its Software Assurance (SA) customers and service provider partners.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 31, 2011
Microsoft has filed a complaint against Google with the European Commission, the latest salvo in the EC's ongoing antitrust investigation into whether Google is stifling search-advertising competition in Europe.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 31, 2011
Hewlett-Packard Co. has launched its CloudSystem Partner Program, which is designed to help partners sell HP's CloudSystem portfolio.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 31, 2011
In a channel network that's 640,000 strong, it's a tall order to address the multitude of questions, concerns and grievances that partners may have. Thankfully, the leaders of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Group seemed eager to hear them all.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 30, 2011
A public community technology preview (CTP) of Microsoft's Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) software technology is now available, the company announced on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 30, 2011
Dell, Equinix and Rackspace have teamed up to launch an OpenStack demo environment on Wednesday in a bid to get customers to test cloud-based apps on the platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 30, 2011