July 15, 2009 10:19 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference,
Telephone partner account managersMicrosoft is moving its Telephone Partner Account Managers (TPAMs) into distribution.
The company told several of its VARs at the Worldwide Partner Conference this week that the TPAMs will soon be working out of distributors' support organizations but performing most of their same tasks.
One...
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...
July 13, 2009 3:51 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference,
Windows 7Bill Veghte may be moving on from his Windows leadership role, but he was in New Orleans with a vengeance Monday morning, promising
July 13, 2009 12:05 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Google,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
online advertising,
Razorfish
Microsoft is reportedly trying to sell off Razorfish, the digital ad service to a large consortium of advertising agencies. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company is trying to offload Razorfish--but with...
July 10, 2009 1:52 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Azure,
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
MicrosoftFor those who can't get enough of Microsoft Azure, Microsoft (or someone) has thoughtfully set up a Facebook page for the future set of hosted services. It hasn't been updated since April, but what the heck?
July 9, 2009 12:53 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Office,
Steven Sinofsky,
Windows 7
Steven Sinofsky, a Microsoft long timer known for driving efficient--and secretive--Office 2007 and now Windows 7 development efforts, got promoted. Yesterday, he was named
July 8, 2009 3:56 PM
Posted by: badarrow
.Net 4.0,
Azure,
Barbara Darrow,
Cloud Services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Gold partner,
Microsoft Worldwide Partner ConferenceA week before the expected roll out of the Microsoft Azure cloud services price and sales model, Microsoft has pulled back a key component service. A developer who had been working with Azure...
June 26, 2009 5:28 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Vista,
Win 7,
Windows 7Windows 7 pricing was posted on the Windows Team Blog Thursday.
Estimated retail price (ERP) on upgrades is $119.99 for Win 7 Home...
June 24, 2009 3:48 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Microsoft partnersDrum roll please: Microsoft's partner of the year winners and finalists were announced earlier today. The company said the winners were culled from over 2,000 entries and will be honored at...
