Microsoft COO tells partners to get with the cloud program now
Microsoft channel partners need to urgently redefine and evolve their businesses so that they can resell the company's cloud computing products, according to Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner.
Just as Microsoft has embarked on a sometimes painful reinvention, its partners need to follow suit, because the alternative is to miss a massive opportunity in cloud computing, a vehement Turner said Monday at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference.
"We are making progress on this transformation, really good progress," he told about 16,000 attendees who packed the Verizon Center stadium in Washington, D.C., on Monday.
