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August 2008 |
Scott Bekker
VMware Reaches Out to System Builders
New program includes pre-sales technical support, marketing and sales tools, and financial incentives.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
AT&T Joins the Cloud
Telecom giant becomes another industry titan to offer cloud computing services.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Anxious Foresight
Microsoft notifies investors that it’s taking open source software seriously as a threat to its business.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
More Equal than Others
A few security partners are getting advance notice on Microsoft's security patches.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
SQL Server 2008 RTMs
Flagship database transitioning from massive beta phase to GA stage.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
IBM Says the Time for Desktop Linux Is at Hand
Gartner analyst not so sure.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
A Scary Tale About Coreflood
Researcher finds thousands of compromised accounts on Russian botnet control server.
by Scott Bekker
Lee Pender
Seven Critical Patches Coming Today
Total of 12 expected.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
SP1 for VS 2008 and .NET Out
Updates promise to improve developer productivity.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Vista, IE Struggle with Market Share
Well, duh...
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
PowerPoint Presentations To Be Somewhat Less Boring
Key word: somewhat.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Makes V-Day Date Official
The launch date is set, but what products are launching is still unclear.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
The Cyber War Against Georgia
The international drama plays out online.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Green Technology Trend Still More Talk Than Action
Survey suggests energy efficiency isn't a big factor when it comes to IT spending.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Cisco Consolidates Linksys Partner Program
Gives Cisco partners access to "wider solution set."
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Vista Making Gains in U.K.
But not for the reasons Microsoft wants.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
VMware Update Hits Snag
CEO issues apology letter.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Google's SaaS Scare
Relatively minor Gmail outage sparks major SaaS concerns.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
China, Taiwan Jump on Antitrust Bandwagon
A little pot-kettle-black action for ya.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Windows 7 Blog Bad News for Vista
Then again, nowadays, what isn't?
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
OOXML Finally Gets the Gold
Insert Olympic metaphor here.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Relaxes Virtualization Licensing
Changes to take effect Sept. 1.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Redmond Offers Ultimate Support
Microsoft's at your beck and call, 24x7.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
XP: The OS That Wouldn't Go Away
Or is Vista just the OS that won't catch on?
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Chucks Another Hundred Mil at Novell
Redmond plans extends investment in its Novell SuSE Linux interop deal.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Salesforce.com Makes Acquisition, Announces Results
Plus, SaaS holds steady despite Google slip-up.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
More Tales of Vista Woe
Readers pile on.
by Lee Pender
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January 2008 |
Lee Pender
Redmond and the Four-Letter F-Word
Some things are better left unsaid
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Finally Fixes Anti-Virus Bug
A fix that's better late than never
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Redmond Beset by Patch-Blocking Problem Again
Back to the drawing board
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft's 50,000-Page Summer Thriller
It's not something the EC would want to read right before bedtime.
by Lee Pender
Scott Bekker
Hello, World!
RCP's WPC Portal is Live
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
The WPC Speaker Lineup
Elop, Lees, Kelly, others added to the schedule. But S+S MIA.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
14,000 Elbows in Houston
Attendance for Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference looking similar to '06, '07.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Get the Conference Preview Video
Starring yours truly and Lee Pender
by Scott Bekker
Lee Pender
Intel Also Rejects Vista
Keep your friends close, your frenemies closer.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Buys Powerset
Next best thing to Yahoo for now...
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Tries To Simplify Licensing for Larger Customers
New licensing strategy comes at a time when we're trying to make everything simpler, more efficient.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Hyper-V: Time To Curb the Enthusiasm?
Unlike the discovery of sliced bread, the new virt tool from MS is just one of many players.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
RCP at the WPC
Coverage like a large wool blanket on a hot, humid day.
by Lee Pender
Scott Bekker
An Overanalysis of the WPC Attendee Bag
Does the quality of the attendee bag say something about how partners rate?
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Cannonball!
A lot of vendors trying to make a splash at WPC this week.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
A Hard Sell on Windows Vista
WPC attendees greeted by whitepaper and letter.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Windows SBS 2008, Essential Business Server 2008 Coming Nov. 12
The SMB servers are a major focus in Houston.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Microsoft's U.S. Partner Org Reorged
Deshaies and Bates to split duties for U.S. partners.
by Scott Bekker
Lee Pender
Hazy, Hot and Houston
If WPC suffers from anything, it's this weather.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Gets Specific on S+S Offerings
Pricing is aggressive, margins are 12 percent/6 percent, partners are wary.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Elop to Partners: Chill
Today's keynote tried to ward off partners' fears about Microsoft's recent S+S bombshell.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Fuses Identity and Security
Peanut butter and chocolate together, works. So does identity and security.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Tellme Bucks Microsoft SaaS Trend
A Software Plus Services Strategy that seems to be working.
by Lee Pender
Scott Bekker
Microsoft Demo Showcase 2008 Hits
Version 3 adds nine scenarios.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
SharePoint: A Partner Cash Cow
Elop estimates partners will make $5.4 billion from selling SharePoint in the next 12 months.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Elop: 500 Customers on Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online
Some 200 partners are offering the product.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Microsoft Pinpoint Launches in Beta
Partner marketplace is the next version of the Microsoft Solution Finder.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Evolution of the Microsoft Partner Program
Allison Watson introduces some changes to the program.
by Scott Bekker
Lee Pender
Microsoft Tries To Defend Vista
But most of the talk still misses the point.
by Lee Pender
Scott Bekker
Steve Ballmer: Chief Executive Therapist
Ballmer uses WPC speech to reassure channel of opportunities in S+S.
by Scott Bekker
Lee Pender
Ballmer to Hosting Partners: We'll Beat You
Q&A means bullet-point time.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Doug Kennedy's Dynamic Vision
The VP of Microsoft Dynamics Partners talks to RCPU about the future of Dynamics.
by Lee Pender
Scott Bekker
The Big Partner Event in the Big Easy
Microsoft's 2009 WPC will be held in New Orleans.
by Scott Bekker
Lee Pender
Some Partners Are Up for S+S
And RCPU went all the way to Norway to find one. Sort of.
by Lee Pender
Scott Bekker
Microsoft Channel Investment To Go Up in FY 2009
Turner tells partners to expect nearly $3 billion in channel investments.
by Scott Bekker
Lee Pender
Symantec: Attacks On Access Will Get Worse
Microsoft's other database product gets no less attention from evildoers.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Buys Zoomix
Working up their courage to buy Yahoo.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Windows Update Named Most Reliable Service
Number one in its field, at last.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Is There Life Without Microsoft Office?
The answer lies in the cloud.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Redmond Still Getting Clobbered in Search
Or, Why the Yahoo Deal Just Won't Die.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Money: Earnings Report To Come This Week
So far, analysts are optimistic.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Spectra Logic Expands Channel Program
Data storage just gets bigger.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Redmond Builds Search Functionality Into Servers
Not Yahoo's search engine, but at least it's a search engine.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Virtualization Strategy Coming Together
Right now.... over me.
by Lee Pender
Scott Bekker
Inetium Becomes a Microsoft NSI
Minnesota company becomes one of 50 partners managed by Microsoft NSI Team.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Windows Vista License Sales Top 180 Million
Is this reason for the channel to celebrate?
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Microsoft Annual Earnings Recap
Big earnings, big headcount.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Survey: Vista Perceptions Going Down Over Time
King Research finds 60 percent of IT managers have no plans to deploy the OS.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Competitor Sees Blood in the Water in Symantec Channel
Astaro launches Symantec channel conversion campaign.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Napera Networks Launches Channel Program
Company says Microsoft partners would be a good fit.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Another Microsoft Titan Stepping Down
Johnson headed off to Juniper Networks.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
The Apache Investment
Microsoft gives its backing, prompting many to ask: Why?
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Microsoft Hits Back on Vista
Vista critic and Forrester analyst gets an earful from Microsoft.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Citrix Dumps All But One Distribution Partner in North America
Inks exclusive deal with Ingram Micro.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Ozzie's Vision of the Cloud Includes Partners
Microsoft CTO tells financial analysts what Microsoft partners will have to do to succeed.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Readers Respond
Citrix and "Mojave" get a pounding.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Gates Reportedly Prefers the Stones to the Beatles
But of Beatles' works, "Sgt. Pepper's" is his favorite.
by Scott Bekker
Scott Bekker
Midori Is Definitely Something To Keep an Eye On
Could there be a post-Windows phase of Microsoft?
by Scott Bekker
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December 2008 |
Scott Bekker
Dell Stays Serious About the Channel
Direct-sales standard bearer adds partners, channel revenues since launch of PartnerDirect.
by Scott Bekker
Lee Pender
Microsoft to Hardware Makers: Test for Windows 7 Now
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Dell Still Courting Partners
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Dynamics AX: Feels So Good
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Avistar Winning Microsoft Patent Challenges
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
CIOs Fear Inside Jobs
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Will 'Live' Finally Mean Something for Microsoft?
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Is Microsoft Office Bleeding?
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
IE 8 Beta 2 Due in August
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Ballmer on the Retirement Clock?
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Symantec Polishes Partner Program
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
The Microsoft Online Store: Clouds on the Horizon?
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Instant Messaging Safety Put to Test
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Careless Whispers in VoIP Conversations?
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Unified Communications Still a Baffling Concept for SMBs
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
It's Patch Tuesday Again
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft, Kaiser in Online Health Records Initiative
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Social Networking Comes to the Office
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Bill Gates' Exit Interview
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Redmond Red-Faced over Open Source Gaffe
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Office 2009 Revealed?
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Gets Virtual at Tech-Ed
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Symantec Goes Virtual
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Glassdoor Reveals Salaries, Satisfaction Levels in Redmond
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Alt-N Seeks Microsoft Channel Partners
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Vista Bites
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Some Admins Blocked from Microsoft Patches
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Unified Communications Takes Hosted Form
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft To Keep an Eye on Open Source
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Dell Rolls Out New Storage Array
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Robobak Provides Backup for SMBs
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Salesforce.com Releases Summer '08 Update
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Europe Is a Microsoft Shop
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
First the U.S., Then Europe, Now China?
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Redmond Remedies Patch-Blocking Problem
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Board Member Steps Down
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Legendary Reader Feedback
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
VoIP Still Going Strong
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Nortel Teams Up Again, This Time with IBM
A UC story worth following
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
UC Market: Tiny Today, Tremendous Tomorrow?
What's all the fuss with unified communications?
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Antitrust Watchers Cast Eye on Windows 7
No one is watching Vista, in the mean time
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Another Brand Survey Crowns Google
Is God Google?
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
XP on Life Support...Or Is It?
Dell keeps pumping out XP on its hardware
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
As Gates Steps Out, Tributes Roll In
Gates, we hardly knew ye.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Symantec Integrates Management Apps
Altiris is at the center of Symantec's world
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft's Lonely Patches
Unsafe computing continues across the globe
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Social Networking at Work: The SalesCentric Model
Add me to your MySpace, and I'll fulfill those orders tomorrow.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
IT Hiring Slowing
Stay right where you are
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Enterprise Search Stinks, Study Finds
Googling who's been successful at it brings up nothing.
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Windows XP's Brave Final Days
...7...6...5...4....
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
Microsoft Sets Hyper-V Free
I just heard the oven timer go "ding!"
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
MSPs Turning Out To Be Right About UC
Lots of static coming through the receiver
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
The Search for a Service Provider
Sign of the Apocalypse: Looking for MSPs on Match.com
by Lee Pender
Lee Pender
MSP Market a Shifting Landscape
Fill in the blank: ASP, MSP, _SP
by Lee Pender
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