Did you know that Microsoft is in the business of making its partners into heroes?

This year alone, the Microsoft Learning Organization expects to train 9,000 students (made up of IT professionals and developers) across the world.

It's full steam ahead for Nokia's channels. The company has created a Nokia for Business Multi-Channel Partner Ecosystem where various partner organizations can come together to deliver complete solutions that address specific business challenges.

Partnering programs are more complex than ever before and therefore harder to manage effectively. Success depends upon identifying which of the many partnering processes, programs and activities can be improved to help grow company revenue, and which can be done for less money without impacting revenue growth.

A visionary and pioneer in the security-appliance marketplace since 1996, WatchGuard  Technologies today, is recognized as an advanced technology leader of network-security solutions, with over 500,000 award-winning appliances installed in more than 150 countries.

"It's exciting times for Informatica," declares Joel G. Momberger, managing director SEA Pte Ltd, divisional headquarters for Asia Pacific, Informatica Corporation. The company has made a strong commitment to the multi-enablement of their product suite which can be seen with the release of PowerCenter 8.5, PowerExchange 8.5 and Informatica Data Quality 8.5 in October this year (collectively known as Release 8.5).