Peter Galli

NEW ORLEANS—The current Windows interface does not take advantage of todays advanced graphics capabilities, so the next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, is being designed to do so, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates told the several hundred attendees of his keynote at the here. Detailing what he saw as key Microsoft advances […]

Microsoft Corp. is giving customers a preview of the pre-beta code for its Virtual Server, which it acquired when it bought the virtual machine assets of Connectix Corp. in February. At that time Bill Veghte, a Microsoft corporate vice president, told eWEEK that one of the motivations behind the move was to be able to […]

The Linux 2.6 production kernel promises to be the most advanced open-source platform developed to date, according to computer scientists who have been putting the 2.5 development kernel through its paces. The 2.6 kernel, expected to be released by late next month, will move Linux further into the enterprise, though it will still have a […]

Few Linux kernel developers have had the luxury of seeing the big picture of their efforts. Usually whats available are only specific pictures of problems in their component area. But officials of Open Source Development Lab Inc. have changed that. OSDL now compiles every new release of the 2.5 kernel and publishes the results and […]

In a week of appointments designed to improve the use of Linux in the public sector, General H. Hugh Shelton, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and counsel to the President, joined Red Hat Inc.s board of directors, while several open-source luminaries joined forces with George Washington Universitys Cyber Security Policy and […]

As the Linux operating system continues to break new ground and win new customers, SuSE Linux A.G. will on Tuesday announce the availability of a Carrier-Grade Linux (CGL) edition of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, while IBM will open a new Linux competency center in London that is focused on the British financial community. SuSEs CGL, […]

Even as Microsoft Corp. rolled out its Windows Server 2003 product family last week, some of its largest enterprise customers were calling for greater interoperability with the Unix and Linux systems already in place in their IT infrastructures. Jeff ODell (pictured), vice president of architecture for health benefits provider Cigna Corp., in Bloomington, Conn., which […]

Microsoft Corp. officials defended the fact that some of Microsofts own applications, like Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000, wont run on Windows Server 2003, saying the development focus with Exchange was how to provide the best messaging and collaboration experience. “We had to focus the engineering effort on getting things like directory replication and performance—essential […]

With Windows Server 2003 now out the door, Microsoft Corp. officials are not ruling out the possibility of some type of a server release when the next upgrade of the Windows client, code-named Longhorn, ships in some 18 months. Microsoft server officials have to date given conflicting statements concerning a Longhorn server update. “We could […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Windows Server 2003 is the most significant work Microsoft has ever done in terms of what it means for the IT infrastructure and datacenter, Steve Ballmer, Microsofts CEO, told attendees at the launch of Windows Server 2003 here on Thursday. “This is a very significant piece of work and the highest quality release of […]

While Linux and other open-source technologies gain momentum in the financial services industry, at least one company is staying close to Microsoft Corp. platforms for stability and reliability concerns. Universal Network Exchange Inc., or UNX, is a provider of electronic equities trading solutions to institutional investors and an early adopter of Windows Server 2003. Primarily, […]

Microsoft Corp. customers who upgrade to Windows Server 2003 could end up paying more than expected due to a host of layered add-on services scheduled to ship over the next six to nine months. While the Redmond, Wash., software developer is remaining tight-lipped, sources said the company is considering charging users for a handful of […]