Partner Sign-up for The Analyst Relations for the Channel Pilot (ARC) from Gartner and Forrester Research has been extended until September 30th due to the long summer holidays season in many regions. Partners wishing to take part in the pilot may sign-up on the firms’ ARC websites. The pilot is restricted to Microsoft Gold Partners only at a cost of $2,500 for access to Gartner and $5,200 for access to Forrester; pricing is based on the types of services made available. Fees for the services are paid by Gold partners directly to the firms, however partners may sign-up to participate in both of the companies’ pilots. Sign-up is limited to 250 partners per firm on a first come, first serve basis.

ARC Sign-up websites
GARTNER: http://www.gartner.com/tech/products/microsoft-partner-site.jsp
FORRESTER: http://www.forrester.com/TI_Channel_Partner_Access