Recent Articles
-
Microsoft Partner Initiatives, Pricing Take Shape
HOUSTON – Microsoft started its Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 with a series of announcements including a new pricing and partner model for Microsoft Online Services, as well as other announcements around the company’s effort to focus on a software-plus-services strategy. Indeed, during the opening keynote address, Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division,…
-
Microsoft to Deliver SQL Server 2008 in August
HOUSTON — Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2008 will be available in August with no price increase. At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 here, Bob Kelly, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Server and Tools business, announced that Microsoft would make SQL Server 2008 available in August. Kelly also said that on Sept. 8,…
-
Microsoft Kicks Off WPC, Announces Essential Server Solutions Launch
Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) kicks off today in Houston, Texas, and the software giant’s ramping up for the release of Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS) and Essential Business Server 2008 (EBS) which could help partners increase their customer base by 25 percent to 50 percent. SBS and EBS, collectively known as Windows Essential…
-
AMD Delivers Performance, Value with Phenom 9350e
AMD’s continued push into Intel’s territory is now being spearheaded by the latest Phenom processors, a series of multi-core processors that promise performance while maintaining value. Case in point; when the 9350e version of the Phenom was announced on July 1st, it came with a sticker price of just $235. That price has already been…
-
Microsoft Revamps Partner Program
Solution providers who want to rise to prominence in Microsoft’s partner program will need to sharpen their technology focus and prove their business and customer-service mettle under new program rules being drafted by the software maker’s channel executives. The program changes coincide with an organizational realignment this week that split Microsoft’s U.S. Partner Business into…