According to two separate reports, Microsoft could release a beta of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system in "late January" or "late February."
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 02, 2011
More than 200 partners showcased tools aimed at extending the Microsoft team collaboration platform at its annual SharePoint Conference. Here's a snapshot of eight that caught our eyes.
- By Kurt Mackie, Gladys Rama
- December 01, 2011
What's happened since Microsoft completely switched over to the Microsoft Partner Network with its dramatically different competency, specialization and incentive structures? A lot.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2011
Parallels announced Thursday the addition of three senior executives, including a Microsoft technical fellow, to support the cloud services enablement and desktop virtualization company's global growth goals.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2011
A recent interview with Jon Roskill, Microsoft's channel chief, hints at a possible cloud requirement for the Microsoft Partner Network's highest tier.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- December 01, 2011
A quick progression from the moment you meet a prospect to the moment you close the opportunity is critical to a partner's cloud business. The "Velocity Sales Process" shows you how to get from Point A to Point B.
- By Ken Thoreson
- December 01, 2011
Microsoft released the fourth version of its Internet Explorer (IE) 10 platform preview Web browser prototype on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 30, 2011
Microsoft on Tuesday announced major updates to two of its cloud-based services, Office 365 and SkyDrive.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 29, 2011
Consumer interest in Windows-based tablets has declined over the past six months, according to a report released Tuesday by Forrester Research.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 29, 2011
Microsoft issued version 2.01 of Windows Phone 7 Connector last week, adding a few fixes and some new features.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 28, 2011
Subscribers of Microsoft's Office 365 cloud service can now download the Lync for Mac 2011 unified communications solution, which Microsoft broadly released on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 18, 2011
Enterprises with apps running on-premises will be able to tie them to apps running on Microsoft's Windows Azure service through a hybrid cloud offering launched by Fujitsu this week.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 17, 2011
Forgoing a beta version, Microsoft issued the release candidate (RC) of SQL Server 2012, formerly code-named "Denali," on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 17, 2011
A report released in September based on a survey by CompTIA pointed out that transitioning to the cloud is not proving to be a cakewalk for all channel partners.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 16, 2011
For the most part, Microsoft's shareholder meeting on Tuesday was the usual, speedy, buttoned-down affair; one shareholder even argued that the event should be 30 minutes longer.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 16, 2011