Peter Galli

The free Debian Linux operating system has added the OpenVZ virtualization software to its “unstable,” or development, distribution, known as Sid. That operating-system-level server virtualization software, developed by the OpenVZ Project, is built on Linux and creates isolated, secure virtual environments on a single physical server. These virtual servers ensure that applications do not conflict […]

Microsoft is planning to release its recently acquired application migration technology, known as Alohabob, along with the first release candidate for Windows Vista later this quarter. Microsoft acquired the Alohabob technology with the purchase earlier in 2006 of application-transfer specialist Apptimum. At that time, Microsoft said its plans for Apptimums intellectual property and technology assets […]

Oracle is holding its own in the open-source database space, while not seeing any competition in the enterprise database market from open-source companies, Bob Shimp, the vice president of Oracles technology business unit, told eWEEK July 31. It is also not seeing increased competition as a result of Red Hats acquisition of JBoss earlier in […]

While Exchange Server 2007, the upcoming e-mail, calendaring and messaging server from Microsoft, is still based on the Extensible Storage Engine, a derivative of the JET database store, company executives say Microsoft remains committed to unifying this with the SQL Server database store. They just dont know exactly when yet. Officials such as Terry Myerson, […]

One of the major challenges and goals facing the development team working on Microsofts Exchange Server is how to make the e-mail, calendaring and messaging product more like appliance products that make migration and operation automatic. But this burgeoning appliance market poses a bigger question at Microsoft than for Exchange alone, Terry Myerson, general manager […]

As Microsoft moves closer to the release of Exchange Server 2007, its e-mail, calendaring and messaging product, it faces increased competitive pressure from long-standing competitors such as Lotus Notes, as well as from newer open-source solutions. Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., released the second, widespread public beta for Exchange Server 2007 on July 24, with the […]

Oracle is fast losing its patience with both XenSource and VMware over their reluctance to work together to help develop a single interface that will integrate a variety of virtualization solutions in the Linux kernel. “We certainly believe in one simple universal way to integrate a variety of virtualization solutions, and that is the way […]

REDMOND—Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tried to offset some of the fallout from what Wall Street sees as the companys hedging on when Windows Vista would ship. In a talk about shareholder value at its annual financial analyst meeting at the campus here on July 27, and after the companys stock fell more than 2 percent […]

REDMOND—There is a fundamental shift underway toward centralized services, said Ray Ozzie, Microsofts chief software architect, and such services are key to Microsofts strategy of using Windows Live as a hub to create seamless experiences across the PC, browser and mobile devices. In an address at the annual Financial Analyst Meeting at Microsofts campus here […]

REDMOND, Wash.—The decision by Chairman Bill Gates to transition away from working full time at Microsoft to assuming a part-time position has ushered in a new era and a new job for CEO Steve Ballmer. “When Bill announced his role change, I felt like I was entering a new era and had a new job, […]