VoIP Still Going Strong

Good overview here on the state of Voice over IP, including how the technology fits into the bigger picture of UC.

Posted by Lee Pender on June 23, 20080 comments


Nortel Teams Up Again, This Time with IBM

Microsoft's UC mega-partner is getting around with other vendors, as well. Nortel and IBM have just released some Lotus-specific UC stuff that's sure to make folks in Redmond grit their teeth just a bit.

Posted by Lee Pender on June 23, 20080 comments


UC Market: Tiny Today, Tremendous Tomorrow?

Hello, again. Why are you hearing from us on a Monday? Well, we're back with another UC special edition of RCPU.

If you've figured out exactly what UC is, then you're already way ahead of a lot of people. So, now it's time to figure out how big the UC market is -- something analysts have discussed without really reaching any kind of consensus.

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Posted by Lee Pender on June 23, 20080 comments


Redmond Remedies Patch-Blocking Problem

That problem that prevented some admins from using Patch Tuesday fixes is all fixed now , apparently.

Posted by Lee Pender on June 19, 20080 comments


Microsoft Board Member Steps Down

Shirley, you're joking. No, it's true! It's all over for Jon Shirley at Microsoft, as the venerable Redmonder is leaving the company's board of directors .

Staying on the Microsoft board, however, is Texas Christian University basketball legend More

Posted by Lee Pender on June 19, 20080 comments


Legendary Reader Feedback

By now, you all know that the Boston Celtics have won the NBA championship -- sometimes called the NBA "World" Championship, so take that, Europe -- for the first time in 22 years. To celebrate the return of the legendary franchise to greatness, and because your editor was out a bit late last night celebrating, we're going to bring back Reader Feedback and feature messages from some of RCPU's legendary e-mailers. More

Posted by Lee Pender on June 19, 20080 comments


First the U.S., Then Europe, Now China?

We couldn't make this up: Microsoft might be facing antitrust action in China .

Um, what now? China? We know that the Chinese economy is pretty wide open these days, but aren't we still talking about a communist country here with a one-party government? And Microsoft might be in trouble for being too powerful? Again, irony...we love it.

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Posted by Lee Pender on June 19, 20080 comments


Robobak Provides Backup for SMBs

A backup application for SQL Server or Exchange Server for just $1,000 bucks ? Believe it -- and it's sold 100 percent through the channel. Plus, the company is only one letter away from sharing a name with a large Dutch bank.

Posted by Lee Pender on June 18, 20080 comments


Salesforce.com Releases Summer '08 Update

When most people think of summer, they think sunshine and blue skies. But the folks at Salesforce.com think about clouds -- cloud computing, that is . There you go, Salesforce.com, we've just given you a super-cheesy line for your Summer '08 demo. You're welcome.

Posted by Lee Pender on June 18, 20080 comments


Dell Rolls Out New Storage Array

We really only put this in here because we love the word "array."

Posted by Lee Pender on June 18, 20080 comments


Europe Is a Microsoft Shop

"For the moment, we are working in a Microsoft environment."
-- Christos Ellinides, the director of corporate IT solutions and services at the European Commission

If you love irony, you have to love that quote. After years of hacking away at Microsoft by imposing fines and generally being a nuisance, the European Commission is looking at itself to find that it's still, at least in part, a Microsoft shop.

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Posted by Lee Pender on June 18, 20081 comments


Microsoft To Keep an Eye on Open Source

"I always feel like somebody's watching me
And I have no privacy"

-- from "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell

If you remember the song from which we took today's opening quote, then you're probably a pretty big '80s music nerd. And that's a good thing because it's the nerds we're talking to today -- not so much the '80s music nerds but open source nerds, although we figure the groups might overlap pretty heavily.

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Posted by Lee Pender on June 17, 20080 comments