Tag: Microsoft
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Microsoft to Invest $20M in Dynamics Partner Network
Categories: News and TrendsDENVER—Microsoft will invest $20 million in several new technologies and initiatives over the next year to help extend its Dynamics partner ecosystem to ensure that partners can meet market demand and increase their growth rates. “This $20 million investment will be very targeted at training 4,000 technical people within partner organizations and recruiting 1,000 additional… Read more
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Microsoft to Showcase On-Demand CRM Service
Categories: News and TrendsDENVER—As Microsoft continues to ramp up its Live software and services strategy, the company will use its annual Worldwide Partner Conference here July 10 to showcase its new on-demand Dynamics Live CRM service, which will be operated and managed within its datacenters and available later this quarter. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant will also announce… Read more
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Level Platforms Tightens Partnership with Microsoft
Categories: News and TrendsLevel Platforms and Microsoft have teamed up to better integrate their remote management tools, making it easier for solution providers to take advantage of Microsoft’s technology. As a result, Level Platforms’ channel partners now can access the capabilities of Microsoft’s System Center Essentials from Level Platforms’ central management console. The two companies are announcing the… Read more
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Microsoft to Pitch Software Plus Services to Partners
Categories: Tech CompaniesDENVER—The big-picture message Microsoft executives will try to convey at its annual Worldwide Partner Conference that kicks off here July 10 is that software plus services is the future. Underscoring this message is the fact that CEO Steve Ballmer will use his keynote to announce a partnering framework for Microsoft around software plus services. Speaker… Read more
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Azaleos Sets Channel Strategy
Categories: News and TrendsAs the costs of managing IT in-house continues to rise, Microsoft-application outsourcer Azaleos is looking to cash in on making it less expensive and easier, particularly as customers look at migrating to Microsoft Exchange 2007. The company tells customers its appliance-based outsourced migration and then ongoing managed service of the application can each save IT… Read more
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Microsoft Adds to Direct Managed Services Offerings
Categories: News and TrendsMicrosoft, according to published reports, has added e-mail, Sharepoint and desktop management to its 2-year-old managed services line that it offers directly to enterprise customers. But independent MSPs (managed services providers) and other partners are taking a measured approach to the news. The Microsoft business has a scant four customers, with three of those announced… Read more