Microsoft Partnering 101


Microsoft Faces Reality About the Future of Computing

Will the desktop computing model last into the next decade? Microsoft thinks so, yet it's begun to prepare for a future where desktops reign no longer.

No Partner Too Small

Seeking new markets, Oracle invites SMBs to take a fresh look at its offerings.

Microsoft's Business Intelligence Challenge

Dynamics partners can play a role in shifting Microsoft's BI strategy from tools to applications.

Seeking Satisfaction

Since arriving in Redmond, Kevin Turner has focused on filling Microsoft's gap in data on how satisfied customers are with partners. Expect the company to step up its 'C-Sat' measurement efforts this year.

Zooming in on Software Plus Services

Microsoft has given partners a basic field guide to its evolving S+S strategy -- but plenty of details still need clarification.

Dell Reports 2Q Earnings Jump

Dell Inc. finally saw some positives in its second-quarter earnings report after a year of continuing misfires, but analysts believe it's too soon to tell if the computer maker can return to being an industry juggernaut.

Monster Breach Teaches Familiar Lessons

By now, the perils of securing online data with little more than user names and passwords should be well known. Monster.com learned that lesson late and the hard way, prompting this week's announcement that the Web jobs board will spend millions of dollars to improve its security.

What's Behind the Windows Server 2008 Delay?

Microsoft published almost no details earlier this week with its announcement that Windows Server 2008's release to manufacturing date had slipped.

Distribution: Transaction Czar

Jenni Flinders assumes a new role overseeing Microsoft's distributors, LARs and DMRs.

Events: TechPartner -- Take Your Business to the Next Level

Microsoft's Julie Bennani heads a list of star speakers at TechPartner in Las Vegas this October.

Consulting: New Microsoft Services Chief Introduces Consulting Options

CVP Maria Martinez takes Devenuti's place and reassures consulting partners that Microsoft is serious about its consulting services group.

Sales: Software Assurance Sales -- Obstacles Dead Ahead

A new poll cites low SA renewal rates; Microsoft contests the findings.

States Seek More Oversight of Microsoft

A group of states led by California said in a court filing Thursday that ending oversight of Microsoft's business practices in November would not allow enough time to consider the antitrust implications of Windows Vista.

Microsoft To Buy Parlano

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it intends to buy Parlano, a Chicago-based company it has already worked closely with on enterprise communications software.

Windows Vista SP1 Due in Early 2008

A public beta will be available in a few weeks