Saturday, July 12, 2008

Microsoft's Hosted Services: A Turning Point for Partners?

Microsoft at WPC today unveiled its hosted service offerings and pricing -- something that has been deferred, to partner unease, for about two years.Redmondmag.com reports about the accouncements from Microsoft Worldwide Conference in Houston this week. In his keynote, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was clear: the market is changing and Microsoft partners needs to change with the market. It is very clear to me that classic Microsoft partners have to do drastic changes in their business models as otherwise they will not be able to compete in the new SaaS world.

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