http://rcpmag.com/rss-feeds/rcp-blogs.aspx A recent Microsoft-sponsored report shows that Internet Explorer 8 tops its major competitors at preventing malware. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/ie-8-is-great.aspx Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/ie-8-is-great.aspx http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/doug-mailbag-wake-up-windows-7.aspx Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/doug-mailbag-wake-up-windows-7.aspx What does this week's acquisition of Nimsoft by CA mean to both companies involved? http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/nimsoft-absorbed-by-ca.aspx Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/nimsoft-absorbed-by-ca.aspx Allison Watson,the corporate vice president of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Group, assured partners of the company's dedication to cloud computing. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/microsoft-want-partners--in-for-cloud.aspx Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:39:08 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/microsoft-want-partners--in-for-cloud.aspx This month's patches come with an unwanted bonus for Internet Explorer users. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/microsoft-issues-zero-day-warning.aspx Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/microsoft-issues-zero-day-warning.aspx Look for a small bump in company IT budgets this year. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/it-spending-to-get-bump-in-2010.aspx Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/it-spending-to-get-bump-in-2010.aspx Next month, Microsoft is expected to start rolling out a number of 2010 products -- at least, to its manufacturing operations and partners. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/april-busy-launch-month.aspx Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:54:13 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/april-busy-launch-month.aspx If you're a midmarket company, a version of Windows Server built just for you is no more. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/bye-bye-webs.aspx Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:45:03 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/bye-bye-webs.aspx Microsoft warns that IE 6 and 7 may be subject to remote code execution attacks. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/ie-attack-waiting-to-happen.aspx Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:39:31 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/ie-attack-waiting-to-happen.aspx Tune in today to hear what Microsoft has in store for cloud computing. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/microsoft-rallies-partners-around-cloud.aspx Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/microsoft-rallies-partners-around-cloud.aspx TechARP.com reports that Windows Service Pack 1 will be available by the fourth quarter of this year. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/windows-7-sp1-in-q4.aspx Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/windows-7-sp1-in-q4.aspx Google recently acquired a company called DocVerse, whose flagship product lets users share and edit Microsoft Office content via the Internet in real time. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/docverse-and-office.aspx Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/docverse-and-office.aspx Besides the fact that the iPad looks ridiculous, it has also started a flood of articles about how tablet computing is going to take over the world. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/why-should-we-want-tablet-computers.aspx Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/why-should-we-want-tablet-computers.aspx Because all the roadmaps and initiatives in the world don't mean much without results. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/yoursalesmanagementguru/2010/03/execution-magic-sales-leadership.aspx Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:16:03 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/yoursalesmanagementguru/2010/03/execution-magic-sales-leadership.aspx Microsoft makes up for last month's bear of a Patch Tuesday. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/easy-patch-tuesday.aspx Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:37:20 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/easy-patch-tuesday.aspx According to Ballmer, the cloud is nearly everything. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/bright-cloudy-future.aspx Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:12:56 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/bright-cloudy-future.aspx Google is buying DocVerse so it can have cloud apps that are more compatible with Office. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/google-playing-microsoft-catch-up.aspx Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:49:28 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/google-playing-microsoft-catch-up.aspx Ring in the beginning of March with a couple of updates http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/an-easy-patch-tuesday.aspx Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/an-easy-patch-tuesday.aspx WEBS fall apart due to poor consumer numbers http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/redmond-untangles-webs.aspx Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/redmond-untangles-webs.aspx Microsoft unveils new products and updates for 2010. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/microsoft-2010-starts-may-12.aspx Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/microsoft-2010-starts-may-12.aspx Microsoft changes viewpoint on cloud after initially dismissing the hybrid strategy. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/betting-our-business-on-the-cloud.aspx Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/betting-our-business-on-the-cloud.aspx A hedge fund is offering a cool $2 billion (in cash) for the company. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/novell-approach.aspx Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:55:09 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/novell-approach.aspx A report from the Cloud Security Alliance has some advice -- and a few warnings. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/avoiding-cloud-pitfalls.aspx Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:52:43 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/avoiding-cloud-pitfalls.aspx This doesn't seem like the least obvious point someone could make. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/cloud-all-about-security.aspx Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:55:47 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/cloud-all-about-security.aspx A hedge fund based in New York wants to buy the one-time Microsoft rival for $2 billion. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/novell-mulls-acquisition-offer.aspx Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:53:41 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/novell-mulls-acquisition-offer.aspx If ever a 6-month-old version of Windows isn't the fastest-selling OS of all time, Microsoft and its partners should probably panic. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/windows-7-fastest-selling-os.aspx Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:50:45 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/windows-7-fastest-selling-os.aspx See what happens when government starts messing with private enterprise when it shouldn't? http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/euros-not-happy-with-browser-menu.aspx Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:43:43 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/euros-not-happy-with-browser-menu.aspx The state's capital hopes to lure some business from the West Coast. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/google-kansas-unofficially.aspx Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:07:34 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/google-kansas-unofficially.aspx XP is among the affected OSes. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/microsoft-looking-at-vbscript-hole.aspx Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:54:06 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/microsoft-looking-at-vbscript-hole.aspx If you want to keep rolling with the 7, you're going to have to pay up. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/time-runs-out-on-windows-7-rc.aspx Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:51:17 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/time-runs-out-on-windows-7-rc.aspx We want to find out what Microsoft knows about its users and does with the information it collects. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/what-does-microsoft-know-about-you.aspx Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:48:30 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/what-does-microsoft-know-about-you.aspx How have you dealt with the budget cuts and layoffs of the last few years? http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/it-heartache.aspx Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:18:34 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/it-heartache.aspx Windows Server 2008 R2 is hot enough to literally lift the x86-based server market out of its doldrums. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/windows-server-2008-r2-is-hot.aspx Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:06:27 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/windows-server-2008-r2-is-hot.aspx Microsoft has just helped eliminate a spambot that could send some 1.5 billion spams every day. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/spambot-busted.aspx Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:59:51 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/spambot-busted.aspx If an e-mail directs you to a Web site, and that Web site asks you to push the F1 key -- don't! http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/vbscript-hit-by-strange-exploit.aspx Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:53:48 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/vbscript-hit-by-strange-exploit.aspx Microsoft is accepting submissions now for the WPC 2010 gongs. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/award-from-microsoft.aspx Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:46:58 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/award-from-microsoft.aspx Finding ways to incorporate celebration into your sales culture is a good way to raise the stakes. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/yoursalesmanagementguru/2010/03/celebrating-celebration.aspx Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:30:15 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/yoursalesmanagementguru/2010/03/celebrating-celebration.aspx 2010 won't be an uncomplicated year for the Microsoft channel. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/rcp-reader-survey-change-caution.aspx Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:33:22 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/rcp-reader-survey-change-caution.aspx Official says phones running WinMo 6.5 don't meet 7's hardware requirements. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/no-upgrade-to-windows-phone-7.aspx Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:30:56 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/no-upgrade-to-windows-phone-7.aspx Talk continues to swirl that it's Microsoft that's trying to get Google into legal trouble in Europe. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/microsoft-google-bicker-over-antitrust.aspx Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:27:57 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/microsoft-google-bicker-over-antitrust.aspx Microsoft winds down XP SP2 and Server 2003 support. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/support-ending-for-microsoft-products.aspx Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:26:10 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/03/support-ending-for-microsoft-products.aspx Microsoft has been on an interop kick, and its most recent move involves Outlook's .PST format. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/pst-format-mostly-open.aspx Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:22:45 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/pst-format-mostly-open.aspx All good or even mediocre things must come to an end. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/xp-server-2003-winding-down.aspx Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:19:05 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/xp-server-2003-winding-down.aspx Cancelled IT projects as well and new ones are starting to get funding again. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/back-in-the-saddle.aspx Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:13:34 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/03/back-in-the-saddle.aspx Share your solution with us! http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/02/sharing-sync-secrets.aspx Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:37:45 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/02/sharing-sync-secrets.aspx Google Apps can now claim nearly a thousand resellers. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/02/google-apps-appeal.aspx Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:36:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/02/google-apps-appeal.aspx Redmond Report readers share their experiences with the beta version of Office 2010. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/02/beta-blocker.aspx Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:33:45 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/02/beta-blocker.aspx If Charles Dickens were writing IT analyst reports in the 21st century, he might work for Janco Associates. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/windows-7-surges-ie-sinks.aspx Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/windows-7-surges-ie-sinks.aspx Apple's Mac OS, though, gets a few words of caution. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/sophos-positive-on-windows-7.aspx Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/sophos-positive-on-windows-7.aspx Google Apps is making inroads into the one group that has long been Microsoft's greatest asset. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/google-apps-traction-in-channel.aspx Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/google-apps-traction-in-channel.aspx A research report finds that Windows 7 is taking off while IE is steadily losing market share. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/02/windows-7-up-ie-down.aspx Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:14:47 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/02/windows-7-up-ie-down.aspx If you thought the breakup of Britney Spears and K-Fed was messy... http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/02/cisco-tells-hp-to-take-a-hike.aspx Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:01:53 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2010/02/cisco-tells-hp-to-take-a-hike.aspx The deal comes in at a reported $112 million. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/iron-mountain-acquires-mimosa.aspx Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/iron-mountain-acquires-mimosa.aspx If Microsoft had a tag line for the move to Windows 7, it would likely be "Virtualize It!" http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/microsoft-virtualization-boost-windows-7.aspx Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/microsoft-virtualization-boost-windows-7.aspx Redmond's server and tools guru sees things looking up, especially in the server market. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/muglia-sees-improvement-in-enterprise-demand.aspx Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/muglia-sees-improvement-in-enterprise-demand.aspx It still looks like Microsoft and Amazon will fight tooth and nail in the cloud. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/microsoft-amazon-ink-patent-agreement.aspx Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/microsoft-amazon-ink-patent-agreement.aspx Looking ahead will help sales leaders ensure their teams hit -- or exceed -- their quotas. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/yoursalesmanagementguru/2010/02/march-already.aspx Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:42:21 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/yoursalesmanagementguru/2010/02/march-already.aspx While Devil Mountain Software does sort of exist, it's CTO doesn't. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/the-devil-and-mr-kennedy.aspx Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:28:09 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/the-devil-and-mr-kennedy.aspx It's getting really nasty between Cisco and HP. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/cisco-hp-split-the-blanket.aspx Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:25:10 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/cisco-hp-split-the-blanket.aspx Microsoft's compromise with the EU on browser antitrust issues is ready as a test version. http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/le-browser-menu-appears.aspx Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:22:02 GMT http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2010/02/le-browser-menu-appears.aspx