July 30, 2008 11:34 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Enterprise applications,
SAP,
VAR training, certificationSAP wants to see at least 30,000 new SAP consultants enter the market in the near future. And partners will be the driving force behind that growth.
That's the word from Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP Americas and Asia Pacific. My colleague Courtney Bjorlin, news editor for SearchSAP.com, just posted...
July 20, 2008 3:51 PM
Posted by: rivkalittle
Authors,
Channel partner programs,
Cisco,
Data storage management,
EMC,
Enterprise applications,
Hewlett-Packard,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Networking technology,
News,
Reseller channel business development,
Servers and desktop hardware,
SunAsk Cisco executives about Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) deployment in data center and storage networks and they’ll tell you it’s a no-brainer. The technology will be ready for volume deployment by next year or 2010, and the channel should gear up and start training now.
July 10, 2008 9:16 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
Software as a service (SaaS)HOUSTON -- Microsoft executives aren't exactly toeing the company line when it comes to vendor-hosted ERP. In fact, the more people that talk, the more it's becoming evident that there may not even be a company line.
Yesterday here at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, senior news editor...
July 8, 2008 12:44 PM
Posted by: rivkalittle
Authors,
Channel,
Data storage management,
EMC,
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
Networking technology,
News,
Server virtualization,
Servers and desktop hardware,
VirtualizationVMware CEO Diane Greene -- who is widely credited with driving server virtualization into the mainstream -- was suddenly replaced by Microsoft veteran Paul Maritz. Maritz had most recently been running the cloud computing division at VMware parent company EMC.
The industry-shaking announcement...
July 8, 2008 11:22 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Collaboration software,
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
Software as a service (SaaS)HOUSTON -- Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft business division, spoke this morning about the partner compensation plan for Microsoft Online Services. We've already covered the news, but here...
July 7, 2008 8:08 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Channel partner programs,
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
News,
Software as a service (SaaS)A Microsoft-hosted enterprise resource planning (ERP) offering is appearing more and more likely.
That's according to Marie Huwe, Microsoft's general manager for partner marketing strategy. Today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference here in Houston, senior news editor Barb Darrow and I...
July 7, 2008 1:24 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Channel partner programs,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Email -- Exchange, Outlook,
IT buyer market research,
IT channel products and technologies,
Managed services providers,
Microsoft,
News,
Software as a service (SaaS)The word wafting around the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference is that the company will at last outline partner rebate/commission structure for those partners bringing customers to Microsoft-hosted solutions including the Microsoft
July 7, 2008 8:07 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Channel partner programs,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
NewsMore details on the big Microsoft org changes are starting to trickle out.
For Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS), home of the Dynamics lineup of ERP and CRM products,
