Microsoft will ship Windows 8 in October 2012, the company has acquired Perceptive Pixel (a multi-touch company), and Microsoft will now allow partners to manage Office 365 customer billing. That news and more surfaced this morning at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 (WPC12).
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) served up some interesting Windows 8, Windows Azure and Windows Intune chatter this week during TechEd North America in Orlando, Fla. But the company will likely serve up bigger news at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 (July 8-12, Toronto).
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC12) will generate plenty of Windows 8 news. But if you listen closely, you’ll hear some surprising WPC 12 chatter involving Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) and a range of desktop as a service providers.
If history is any indication, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner is set to target Apple, Google, Oracle, VMware and other rivals during a keynote today at Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 (WPC12) in Toronto.
Microsoft’s cloud revenues are doubling annually, according to Channel Chief Jon Roskill, speaking at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC12) in Toronto. He’s describing how Microsoft is increasing partner cloud incentives by 40 percent. “Don’t hold back, don’t hold back, don’t hold back,” Roskill chanted to partners.
Microsoft is expected to unveil Office 15 (perhaps for Windows 8, Windows 7 and Apple iPad) as soon as Monday, July 16. The software company hopes Office 15 and peer product launches like Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 will lift sales, profits and partner wins to new heights.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is set to address thousands of technology partners July 9. His keynote, scheduled for Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC12) in Toronto, will need to communicate Microsoft’s cloud momentum while assuring partners that the company’s Windows 8 strategy across desktops, notebooks, tablets, and smartphones will unlock new profit opportunities.
Microsoft has killed Windows Small Business Server development, trimming the Windows Server 2012 lineup to four editions: Datacenter, Standard, Essentials and Foundation. The takeaway: Microsoft is striving to shift small business customers to Office 365 and cloud services. But is Windows SBS really dead?
Windows Server 2012, with the updated Hyper-V hypervisor, is starting to earn the trust of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) channel partners and their customers. A key example: Quality Technology Solutions, a partner in New Jersey, has started to deploy the new server operating system in a law firm.
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