Accenture/Avanade, Bulletproof, winners at Microsoft’s global Partner of the Year Awards

Company holds low-key launch event as it gears up to put tablet on salern

The company is accelerating its tablet chip strategy and even pushing a smartphone chip into the market

New channel organization and partner program changes were made to create simplicity and consistency for partners

Plus, business laptops from HP and HP webOS 3.0rn

This svelte tablet hits the right notes in many areas, but it stumbles on some basics

The critics have weighed in with their early thoughts on RIM’s device

Here’s good news if you manage a network for a small business: It could be years before you need to take action on IPv6

Replacement of office computers and demand for mobile devices is pushing orders up

Microsoft’s server virtualization platform pairs good performance with extensive management

Vendor aims to make managing customer infrastructures easier for partners

Plus, Microsoft releases Office for Mac SP1 and Toshiba’s business notebooks

The new platform-as-a-service offering supports multiple programming languages and lets users choose a cloud environment

Apps that give options for both local and remote startup folders