July 11, 2011 8:37 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Colin Steele,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft Worldwide Partner ConferenceBy Colin Steele
LOS ANGELES -- Here's a numerical look at some of the factoids tossed around at today's Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference keynote:
12,000: Partners in attendance
640,000: Microsoft partner organizations around the world
15 million: Employees working for those...
February 9, 2011 2:05 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Channel partner programs,
Colin Steele,
IT channel products and services,
VMware,
VMware Partner ExchangeBy Colin Steele, Senior Site Editor
ORLANDO -- VMware partners have some new rewards to strive for.
The company announced some channel incentives today at the Partner Exchange conference. The biggest is...
February 9, 2011 1:59 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Channel partner programs,
Colin Steele,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
specializations,
VAR training, certification,
VMware,
VMware Partner ExchangeBy Colin Steele, Senior Site Editor
ORLANDO -- VMware is moving away from certifying partners by size, instead focusing on their areas of expertise.
Two new channel specializations debuted today at the company's
July 13, 2009 5:45 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Colin Steele,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Worldwide Partner ConferenceBy Colin Steele
The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 kicked off today in New Orleans, and partners have been busy discussing this morning’s news on Twitter (using the hash tag...
March 13, 2009 5:11 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Channel business development,
Citrix Systems,
Colin Steele,
Microsoft,
Server virtualization,
VMwareAs customer demand for server virtualization continues to grow, so does competition among vendors and resellers.
Despite all the industry hype about server virtualization, a lot of businesses are...
March 12, 2009 3:18 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Channel business development,
Colin SteeleI get a lot of press releases every day, and most go straight into the deleted items folder. There are only two ways to avoid this fate: send me a press release with some really big news, or send me a press release that's so ridonkulous that I have to blog about it.
A press release I received...
March 3, 2009 3:32 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele,
Microsoft partnersThe Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 has its own Facebook page, and organizers are encouraging
February 24, 2009 4:14 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Citrix Systems,
Colin Steele,
Microsoft,
Server virtualization,
VMware
Before last week, some Citrix partners -- and even some high-up Citrix execs -- felt...
January 28, 2009 1:18 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele,
Microsoft,
Reseller channel business development,
Server virtualizationMicrosoft partners will play a big part in the company's green IT initiatives, the company said this morning.
Microsoft held a webcast this morning to talk about its environmental sustainability plans, specifically around
