Microsoft details partner solution plans
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Determined to affirm support of its 81,000 strong partner community, Microsoft today kicked off its Fusion show here announcing new leadership and reinforcing commitment to fostering business opportunities based on its .Net infrastructure strategy. Microsoft is also using the show here to assure partners who have grown wary of the software giant's approach to delivering services via its Microsoft Services Organization (MSO), in some cases competing directly with its partners. According to Watson, Microsoft has 5,500 major enterprise accounts, 16,000 corporate accounts and 347,000 medium-sized accounts, representing "over 1 million opportunities." In line with that, Watson said Microsoft is realigning its product groups around set of "go to market" solution groups, namely IT infrastructure, application platform, and business productivity.