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The Value of Reseller Training Centers

Starting up a training center related to your services carries with it high cost and lots of work, but the return on investment can prove to be worthwhile.

Virtual Computing Gets Real

Virtual PC is a flexible, full-featured virtualization environment.

Sales and Marketing: Friends, Not Foes

Money is left on the table when sales and marketing can't work together. Here are four key relationship challenges that both sides can agree to work on.

Making the Grade

In 2003, Microsoft announced a sweeping, risky overhaul of its partner program. Three years later, many partners give the changes passing marks.

The Importance of Being Microsoft

Microsoft isn't just the world's most powerful software company. It's also the world's biggest brand. Here's why -- and what that means to partners.

SCO Dealt Setback in IBM Linux Lawsuit

U.S. magistrate strikes down many of SCO Group's claims against IBM, saying SCO failed to show intellectual property was misappropriated when IBM donated code to Linux operating system project.

Go vs. Microsoft Antitrust Suit Dismissed

A federal judge has dismissed Go Computer Inc.'s antitrust case against Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft To Trim Sales Work Force

Redmond cutting 148 total U.S. sales jobs, as part of efforts to be more efficient.

Microsoft To Trim Sales Work Force

Microsoft Corp. is cutting 148 total U.S. sales jobs, as part of efforts to be more efficient, the company said Thursday.

New IE 7 Beta 3 Features Drag-and-Drop Browser Tabs

Microsoft quietly began shipping Beta 3 of Internet Explorer 7 on Thursday.

Microsoft Looks to Academia for Talent

Microsoft's sponsorship of technology contests and its partnerships with university research centers hopes to bear altruistic benefits, as well as loyalty to company's products.

Performance Issues Delay Office 2007

Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that it has, at least slightly, delayed delivery of Office 2007, primarily for performance issues.

IBM Integrates Sametime with MS Office

IBM is readying a major update to its Lotus Sametime collaboration software that the company says will include ties into Microsoft Office, SharePoint and Outlook.

Lawmakers Question Two-Year, $577,000 Contract for Bush Cybersecurity Chief

The Bush administration's cybersecurity chief is being paid $577,000 under a two-year agreement with the university that employs him and also does extensive business with the federal office he manages.

Research Center To Focus on ID Theft

An alliance of businesses, colleges and federal crime fighters will combine their expertise at a new research center that will study the problems of identity theft and fraud.