10/01/2010
The Microsoft Partner Network Issue
After following rumors and tentative previews for three years, partners are coming in from the dark about the major revamp of Microsoft's massive partner program. When the changes take effect this month, they will affect nearly every partner in some way.
By Scott Bekker
For Microsoft's roughly 400,000 formal partners, the changeover this month to a new partner program means that everything from business cards to business practices will change.
By Scott Bekker
Dynamics partners have always had different needs than other Microsoft partners, and the MPN has very different requirements of its business applications partners.
By Scott Bekker
Microsoft checklists outline process, collect tools for partners to switch over to the MPN.
By J. Peter Bruzzese
With a focus on the super-small business market, Aurora offers a cross-premises Active Directory solution that's easy to manage.
By Scott Bekker
For the 25th anniversary of Windows 1.0 -- the Microsoft product at the root of the modern Microsoft channel -- take our quiz about the market forces, Microsoft personalities and technical specs of the earliest version of the OS. How much do you remember about the debut of Windows? Take our quiz!
By Scott Bekker
Stephen Elop blasted a hole in the Microsoft org chart last month by stepping into the CEO job at Nokia.
By Scott Bekker
Three-tier model brings field resources, MDF, per-deal subsidies to U.S. partners.
By Scott Bekker, Jeffrey Schwartz
With new product name, Communications Server enters release candidate stage.
By Scott Bekker, Jeffrey Schwartz
Tallan buys twentysix New York, Sapient expands.
SLAs reportedly affected by three BPOS interruptions in August and September.
By Jeffrey Schwartz
IDC, Intel revising forecasts downward for second half of 2010.
By David Nagel
IDC upgrades 2010 growth forecast for converged mobile devices.