September 17, 2009 6:42 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Office,
Office Web AppsLast year Microsoft promised light-weight, browser-born analogues to its Office applications juggernaut.
Today, it's ready to let some invited outsiders test Office Web Apps. At least some of them.
September 11, 2009 6:36 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Forrester,
Gartner,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Gold partner,
partner programIt's not too late to participate in Microsoft's Analyst Relations for the Channel (ARC) pilot. Qualifying Gold partners can still sign on for Gartner or Forrester Research access until September...
September 2, 2009 4:27 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
OracleWhy is it that very smart, MIT-educated technologists cannot answer a simple question when it comes to the VARs and systems integrators that often implement the products they build?
It never ceases to amaze. Earlier this week, a very smart Oracle technologist was asked what about the new
August 20, 2009 3:23 AM
Posted by: badarrow
analyst relations,
ARC program,
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
partner programVendor partner programs are very big on training VARs on the latest-and-greatest vendor technologies--where they fall short is in helping partners with their overall business strategy. A...
August 18, 2009 4:18 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
CTPs,
Exchange Server 2010,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
SQL Azure database,
SQL Server 2008 R2Microsoft posted a raft of software previews today, including the CTPs or community technology previews for SQL Server Azure Database bits and SQL Server StreamInsight. The latter will be a component of SQL Server 2008 R2,...
August 13, 2009 3:19 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Office 2010It looks like Office 2010 is on track for its first-half of 2010 delivery. According to documents shared with some TAP participants, milestones are slated for the end of each month from November through...
August 10, 2009 4:45 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Database,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
SQL Server 2008 R2,
Windows Server 2008 R2The CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2 is now available
Community Technical Previews have become an inevitable, incremental step in the Microsoft trudge towards availability. VARs can download the CTP and check out new support...
July 30, 2009 5:31 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
cloud computing,
Google,
IT Channel,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Ray OzzieA former colleague, who has worked the tech beat for more than 20 years, had some interesting thoughts the other night on the new-look Microsoft under chief software architect Ray Ozzie.
His rant...
July 24, 2009 1:20 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Gold partner,
Windows 7Some Microsoft Gold partners are more than miffed that they won't get their Windows 7 RTM code until after volume customers as well as hardware OEMs and ISVs.
According to the Windows Team Blog, Microsoft Golds have t
