Microsoft Partnering 101


Cisco, Apple, Ready for iPhone Truce?

Apple Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. are apparently suspending their court battle over the iPhone to return to the negotiations table.

VA Hard Drive With Personal Data Missing

A portable hard drive that may contain the personal information of up to 48,000 veterans may have been stolen.

Apple: ITunes Users Should Wait on Vista

Apple is urging some iPod/iTunes users to hold off on upgrading computers to Windows Vista.

Zune Executive To Leave Microsoft

A Microsoft Corp. executive responsible for its newly launched Zune digital music player will leave the company.

EU Microsoft Judge: Ruling by September

The judge due to rule on Microsoft's appeal against the European Commission's antitrust order hopes to publish his decision before he leaves office in September.

The New Office: Something for Everyone

Office 2007 gives familiar applications a welcome makeover on both the interface and file-format level.

Michael Dell Replaces Rollins as CEO

In the biggest executive shake-up yet after a string of disappointing earnings, eroding market share and an ongoing federal accounting probe, Michael Dell has returned to his role as chief executive officer of Dell Inc. -- the company he created in his college dorm room nearly 25 years ago.

Secrets from the Winners' Circle

Want to take home a Microsoft Partner Award? Try this insider advice from past recipients.

Microsoft's Partner Program: Buffet or A La Carte?

People Ready, indeed. Microsoft's Partner Program should follow suit, with offerings that make it Partner Ready.

Gates Inaugurates Bucharest Center

Microsoft chairman in Romania to help open up new technical support center that will emply 600 to provide support to European customers, particularly in France and Germany.

From the Ground Up

By forming their own grassroots groups, partners find power in numbers.

Preaching Convergence

Microsoft is finally getting real about a one-stop strategy for e-mail, voice mail, IM and Web conferencing -- and that's creating plenty of opportunities for partners.

Microsoft's NAP Hits the Century Mark with Partners

Microsoft has signed up more than 100 partners who say they will support its Network Access Protection, or NAP, technology for protecting the network from edge devices such as roaming laptops through quarantine and remediation, the company said Thursday.

Picking a Partner is Like Buying a Car

Kick the tires, so to speak, before you jump into your next vendor and technology partnerships.

Apple Revs Up Ad Attacks on PCs, Vista

"I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ad campaign that takes swipes at Windows Vista goes into overdrive.