VMware appears to have reached a détente with Microsoft regarding the latter's emerging VMware virtualization on Azure solution.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 04, 2018
Microsoft on Wednesday announced its acquisition of Avere Systems, a 10-year-old provider of hybrid cloud storage solutions, for an undisclosed amount.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 03, 2018
In which Per reminds partners that the biggest IT purchasers are not necessarily IT departments, but the executives and business units that are enabling the growth of so-called "shadow IT."
- By Per Werngren
- January 02, 2018
Organizations worldwide are poised to increase their security spending in 2018 by 8 percent, driven by the raft of high-profile security blunders that made news headlines throughout the past year.
- By Chris Paoli
- January 02, 2018
Here are the most-read features of 2017, from the ins and outs of the Microsoft OCP reorg to why we think IoT isn't all that great.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- December 29, 2017
From Microsoft reorg questions to what, exactly, is a CAU, here are the most popular blog posts and columns of 2017.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- December 28, 2017
From product updates, to the Skype-to-Teams transition, to the latest Windows 10 release, here are the headlines that got the most attention from our readers this year.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- December 27, 2017
Deciding on the best deal structure for an M&A transaction requires careful evaluation. Here are a few things partners should look out for.
- By Reed Warren
- December 21, 2017
Microsoft's Cloud Solution Provider program is growing rapidly, and that means growing pains. Potential CSPs should learn about some of the program's current challenges before making the leap.
- By M.S. Partner
- December 20, 2017
Oracle is expected to acquire Aconex, a provider of cloud-based collaboration solutions for the construction industry, for $1.2 billion U.S. or $7.80 per share.
- By Gladys Rama
- December 19, 2017
Businesses that migrate their on-premises workloads to the cloud using a "direct match" method are missing out on significant cost savings, according to a recent study by Microsoft Azure migration partner TSO Logic.
- By Gladys Rama
- December 19, 2017
Microsoft issued some good news recently to Mac users of its Skype for Business Server 2015 product. However, there's bad news for organizations still using the aging Office Live Meeting unified communications service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 18, 2017
Microsoft is slated to release a new "Azure Migrate" solution within the next six months, a company executive said in a recent presentation.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 18, 2017
WEB EXCLUSIVE: From Microsoft mega-events like Build and Ignite to smaller one- and two-day training sessions, we've got your 2017 conference schedule covered.
- By Gladys Rama
- December 15, 2017
Microsoft's new Office 365 Teams collaboration service is inheriting some of the calling capabilities of Skype for Business, Microsoft announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 14, 2017