By all accounts, the market for technical employees is tight. Even as national unemployment remains high, partners across the country report low tech unemployment and intense competition for talent. Against that backdrop, we release the sixth annual RCP salary survey.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 05, 2012
Other tweaks on tap for November include consolidation of app dev competencies, shuffling of SharePoint competencies and recasting of the Desktop competency.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 01, 2012
Some people might look at the "new" Microsoft and say it's less personal, more corporate. Those people would be wrong.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- August 22, 2012
Microsoft's recent cloud moves threaten to push providers away from Redmond and toward virtualization juggernaut VMware.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 16, 2012
Microsoft partners with Gold or Silver competencies can now access the Windows 8 "release to manufacturing" (RTM) version.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 16, 2012
Big changes, opportunities and challenges lie ahead with Small Business Server, Office 365 and Windows 8.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 15, 2012
Microsoft hardware partner Acer is consulting with Redmond over potential pricing for the forthcoming Surface tablet, according to a report by Digitimes.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 11, 2012
Despite snubbing its OEMs with the Surface, Microsoft's decision to allow direct billing with Office 365 shows that Redmond still has its partners' back.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 09, 2012
Top ways for MSPs to add value and revenues range from standards such as business continuity and security, to newer approaches like mobile-device management and bundled consulting.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 08, 2012
There are so many trends providing headwinds, tailwinds and crosswinds to MSPs right now that it's hard to sort them out. Industry experts provide a few baseline concepts from their higher perches to help MSPs find a snug fit in the emerging industrywide puzzle that resembles a Russian nested doll toy.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 01, 2012
SMBs are clinging to outdated Microsoft products but also adopting new and unfamiliar technologies, according to partner attendees at the IT Pro Conference 2012.
- By Rich Freeman
- July 31, 2012
Microsoft is looking to add U.S. partners to special programs serving SMB customers both on-premise and in the cloud.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 27, 2012
Microsoft acknowledged on Thursday that its forthcoming Surface tablet could strain relationships with its hardware partners.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 27, 2012
In addition to competing against other Microsoft partners and other software vendors' partners, there's now the possibility of competition with the mothership.
- By Mike Harvath
- July 26, 2012
A recent CompTIA survey reveals some juicy insights into what's bugging channel executives about their partner ecosystems.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 25, 2012