Peter Galli

The SCO Group is believed to be preparing to launch legal action within the next few days against at least one large IT company in the U.S. for unlicensed usage of SCO Unix technologies. SCO CEO Darl McBride on Wednesday declined to confirm or deny reports eWEEK has received that SCO is preparing to launch […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. threw down the price gauntlet to Microsoft Corp. customers on Wednesday, offering to cut by half the cost of any Microsoft Software Assurance licensing agreement for the desktop. “Whatever license Microsoft has presented to a customer, we believe we will be able to offer half off with our equivalent desktop solution in […]

In an effort to further reduce application compatibility issues for enterprises considering a move to Windows XP and Office XP, Microsoft Corp. has updated some of its tools and created a new desktop deployment portal. Microsoft on Tuesday will announce its new Desktop Center portal as well as its updated Baseline Security Analyzer 1.1, which […]

Sun Microsystems on Wednesday will unveil details of its new software strategy, code-named Project Orion—an ambitious plan to build all its Sun ONE software components into its Solaris operating system. As first reported by eWEEK in late December, Sun is seeking ways to add value to Solaris and give enterprise users more choice. As such, […]

Mountain View Data Inc., a provider of server management software and network storage software, has bought Turbolinuxs PowerCockpit for an undisclosed amount. PowerCockpit is a solution for deploying and provisioning software and for managing groups of Linux and Windows PC servers and blade servers over a network and in grid computing environments. This move follows […]

Microsoft Corp.s acquisition last week of virtual machine technology from Connectix Corp. will offer legacy Windows users a way to migrate older applications. But the move is raising questions among corporate customers about possible future virtual server and client licensing problems. With the purchase of the Connectix assets, Microsoft will enable customers to run legacy […]

Golf has always been a test of the players, their wits and their equipment. Now its also putting IBMs on-demand computing technology to the ultimate test. The PGA Tour has launched TourCast, an interactive online application that lets subscribers follow tournament action—every player, hole and shot—in real time. Before the concept could become a reality, […]

Connectix Corp., which this week sold its client and server Virtual Machine technology to Microsoft Corp., is evaluating its future given that it is now left with just two products that are heading toward obsolescence. In an interview with eWEEK on Wednesday afternoon, Roy McDonald, the CEO and president of Connectix, said his firm has […]

Microsoft Corp. has acquired the Virtual Machine assets of Connectix Corp., a privately held company in San Mateo, Calif., that has been involved in Virtual Machine (VM) technology since its inception in 1988. One of the motivations behind the move, at least from the perspective of Microsofts server group, is to offer a solution that […]

As Microsoft prepares for the April launch of Windows Server 2003, the company is working on what it sees as the next big challenge: the “virtual data center.” Addressing a group of attendees at Microsofts Mountain View, Calif., campus last week, Bill Veghte, Microsofts corporate vice president of the Windows Server group, committed to making […]

Network software pioneer Novell Inc. is dusting off its operating system and readying a version that highlights improved management and administration capabilities, as well as features targeted at the developer community. The Provo, Utah, company is readying NetWare 6.5 for a midyear ship, Rob Seely, NetWares product line manager, told eWeek earlier this month. With […]

Microsoft Corp. Chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates on Tuesday weighed in on the threat the Linux operating system poses to his companys business, saying he is taking the threat seriously as Linux is “out there and very pervasive.” Addressing more than 600 of Microsofts Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) from around the globe at […]