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Strategy Survey: Shift Sales into High Gear for 2009

The Microsoft-Novell Alliance Keeps on Giving

New partner opportunities emerge in a joint solution on virtualization.

In the Eye of the Storm

With the global financial crisis exploding around them, experts try to gauge its likely impact on channel partners and their customers.

Sprint to the Finish -- in a Whole New Race

You may have a sense of urgency driven by end-of-year deadlines for quotas or bonuses, but you need to show prospects how moving forward at this point will benefit <i>them</i>.

BizTalk Server 2009 on the Way

A new version of the Microsoft SOA solution is scheduled for a worldwide debut sometime next year.

CDW Gives Itself a Virtual Boost

The direct-market reseller looks to build its business by adding virtualization to its hosted and managed services.

Virtual View

Microsoft and its partners discover that virtualization offers real opportunity-especially to those arriving early to the party.

Learning from History

Microsoft is cleverly undermining Apple's "I'm a PC" tagline -- a harbinger of humiliation -- by turning it into a positive affirmation.

Answering the Call

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 can help bridge the traditional gap between IT and telephony while offering rich new opportunities for partners from both camps.

Tech Starts to Feel the Pain

IT seemed immune to the financial crisis, but companies are now reacting as news becomes more ominous by the day.

Pointing Prospects to Partners

Microsoft is testing a new online partner directory called Pinpoint. Partners like its looks so far, but are waiting to see how it performs in the one area that counts: generating leads.

Windows Gurus: May We Help You?

Microsoft has come up with a toolkit consisting of Windows Gurus and Windows store-within-a-store kiosks at major retail stores to boost the image of Windows Vista. Will the effort be enough?

PDC: Microsoft Office To Be Available as a Service

Microsoft Office users soon will be able to open, create and edit files using "lightweight" hosted versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, Microsoft announced this week.

Phase 2 Not Phased by Microsoft Online Services

Phase 2 is implementing a value-added suite of SaaS applications for Syndeo, a Guadalajara, Mexico CRM and BI consulting firm.