By Barb  Levisay
                            While waiting for Microsoft to put ERP cloud offerings online, some Dynamics partners have started padding their portfolios with SaaS-based ERP solutions from other vendors.
                            
                         
                    
                        
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            By Jeffrey  Schwartz
                            Inside the Microsoft Windows 8 development labs, the company had a few dozen PCs and other peripheral devices used to test its first preview of its new OS and Metro interface. Here are nine of them. 
                            
                         
                    
                        
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            By Scott  Bekker
                            RCP asked 19 channel luminaries for their best piece of advice for the year ahead. Here are their tips on ways to make 2012 a banner year for Microsoft partners. 
                            
                         
                    
                    
            
                
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            By Jeffrey  Schwartz
                            Forrester Research report finds waning consumer interest in a Windows-based tablet.