Peter Galli

BARCELONA, Spain—While Microsoft is hoping to enter into a patent deal with Red Hat similar to the one it has with Novell, the software giant has not ruled out going it alone and providing some sort of indemnification for its customers who use Red Hat Linux. Earlier this month, Microsoft agreed not to assert patent […]

BARCELONA, Spain—An increasing number of European Web hosting companies are moving part or all of their environments away from Linux and Unix and onto Microsoft Windows to facilitate faster development time, cost savings and more product offerings. That is good news for Microsoft, which sees the Web hosting environment as a potential big growth area, […]

BARCELONA, Spain—Microsoft plans to increase the number of customers that it provides managed services to over the next year, but these services will focus primarily on messaging and collaboration rather than on desktop management. The companys foray into managed services to date “has been a real learning experience. To say that we found a few […]

BARCELONA, Spain—Microsoft will use the IT Forum at its annual TechEd Europe conference here to announce a set of milestones for IT professionals, including the first public beta of the Forefront Client Security product, which offers anti-virus and malicious software protection and removal. “This is a very important milestone for us as this is a […]

BARCELONA, Spain—Microsoft has formed a new group, the Interoperability Vendor Alliance, to enhance interoperability between Microsoft and non-Microsoft systems across workflows and operational processes. Microsoft will announce the move at the IT Forum here at TechEd Europe on Nov. 14. The initial members of the vendor alliance are SugarCRM, Citrix Systems, Kernel Networks, Network Appliance […]

Microsofts 2007 Office system code has gone gold. Reached Nov. 6, this milestone means that the Microsoft Office code has been released to manufacturing before that of Windows Vista, which entered its last official beta test last month with the availability of the second release candidate. But, Microsoft officials said, the worldwide business availability of […]

The code for windows vista has finally been released to manufacturing, Jim Allchin, co-president of Microsofts platforms and services division, announced in a media teleconference Nov. 8. The Vista engineering team had signed off on the final code earlier that morning, Allchin said, adding that “this is an incredible, happy day; its exciting for us. […]

As Windows Vista entered its final few months of engineering, Jim Allchin, the man who leads Windows product development at Microsoft, decided he needed to appoint someone who could not only ensure that Vista met the companys internal quality goals, but also help the team communicate that effectively both internally and externally. That person was […]

The code for Windows Vista has finally been released to manufacturing, Jim Allchin, co-president of Microsofts platforms and services division, announced in a media teleconference on Nov. 8. The team had signed off on the final code at around 10 a.m. PST on Nov. 8, Allchin said, adding that “this is an incredible, happy day; […]

Microsofts Live Search offering just got a lot more sophisticated with the addition of Virtual Earth 3-D, a new online mapping interface currently available in the United States. The mapping interface provides consumers with a three-dimensional experience to search, browse and explore the real world online. Virtual Earth 3-D lets users navigate over cities and […]

Microsofts 2007 Office system code has gone gold, the software maker said on Nov. 6. This milestone means that the Microsoft Office code has been released to manufacturing before that of Windows Vista, which entered its last official beta test last month with the availability of the second release candidate. But, Microsoft officials noted, the […]

Microsoft has unveiled a virtual hard disk test drive program, which allows customers to evaluate its enterprise software and products from its software partners in a fraction of the time it would normally take. The software maker announced the new program ahead of VMwares VMworld show, where it will give booth demonstrations of its application […]