Microsoft Partnering 101


Building a Firm Foundation in Microsoft Expertise

Internosis' experience in public and private sectors creates balanced approach to business.

I Spy

An industry alliance formally defines "spyware,"a move that should help companies combat insidious intrusions.

Watch Out, I'm a Partner Now

Now that anyone can register to become a Microsoft Partner, how does that affect the partner community?

The Opportunity Cost of the Microsoft Defense

A lesson can be learned from Microsoft's strategy to squeeze the competition out of markets until it's the only one left standing.

Open Warfare

Microsoft and Massachusetts continue sparring over file formats.

New Zero-Day Exploit Threatens XP Users

Security experts at F-Secure reported on Tuesday a zero-day exploit that exposes vulnerabilities in the Windows graphics handling engine to enable malware to take control of PCs running fully patched Windows XP SP2.

Call for Reviewers: Developer, SQL Exams

If your plans call for taking the new-generation MCP developer and SQL exams in the next few weeks, tell us how you plan to approach them and what steps you'll take to pass them.

Seagate To Buy Maxtor in $1.9 Billion Stock Deal

Twas the week before Christmas when Seagate Technology announced plans to acquire smaller rival Maxtor in an all stock deal worth an estimated $1.9 billion.

Outlook “12” To Include RSS Aggregator

Users of Microsoft’s upcoming Outlook “12” will be able to monitor Really Simply Syndication (RSS) feeds from within the e-mail client, according to a Microsoft official’s Weblog.

Kai-Fu Lee and Google Settle With Microsoft

Just as the holiday weekend was about to start, Dr. Kai-Fu Lee got a special Christmas present -- an end to his legal problems surrounding his departure from Microsoft and his simultaneous recruitment by search competitor Google.

January: Two More Developer Betas Coming

.NET-based exams 70-526 and 70-529 get their time in front of developers next month.

New Year Resolution: No More Support for Mac IE

Microsoft reaffirmed this week that, with the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, Apple Mac versions of Internet Explorer will no longer be supported.

IDC: PC Sales Growth To Remain Robust in 2006

Research group IDC has upgraded its projections of global PC shipment growth for the fourth quarter of 2005 and calendar 2006. It seems that, even as growth slows, it’s nonetheless still continuing to grow, and more quickly than earlier estimates had predicted.

EC Warns Microsoft of Pending Fines on Disclosure

The European Commissioner for Competition warned Microsoft on Thursday that it is facing fines of nearly $2.4 million per day unless it immediately delivers complete documentation of its programming interfaces, particularly those for work group servers, to enable competitors to interoperate with Windows.

MS and SAP To Preview “Mendocino”

Microsoft said it and partner SAP will provide a technology preview of their jointly developed “Mendocino” product to 40 customers and 10 partners on Friday, right on schedule.