Peter Galli

New Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartzs first 100 days at the helm are about to get interesting. First up: managing an internal debate over whether the company should open-source Java. According to sources inside Sun, an ongoing debate over whether to open-source Java is coming to a head with the JavaOne conference looming May 16. […]

Microsoft has released the first of two betas planned for its Virtual Server 2005 R2 service pack 1 product. Virtual Server 2005 R2 service pack 1 will support AMD Virtualization and Intel Virtualization Technology, giving customers better interoperability, strengthened isolation to prevent corruption of one virtual machine from affecting others on the same system, as […]

There are a number of challenges and opportunities that will affect Microsofts financial performance in the fourth quarter of 2006 as well as its 2007 fiscal year, the company said. During a media and analyst call on April 27, Chris Liddell, Microsofts chief financial officer, spent a lot of time detailing the key assumptions the […]

NEW YORK—Customers across the board are looking for systems that consume a lot less power and take up less floor space, which is creating a huge opportunity for IBM to promote its Blue gene supercomputer to a range of industries, including the financial sector on Wall Street. In an address entitled “IBM Blue Gene: ultra-scaling […]

Microsofts revenue rose 13 percent to $10.9 billion in the third quarter to end-March 2006 from the same period a year earlier on the back of a surge in demand for newly released products, especially the Xbox 360 system. Operating income for the quarter rose 17 percent to $3.89 billion from the $3.33 billion in […]

NEW YORK—There are a number of opportunities and challenges for Linux and open-source software going forward, particularly in highly competitive industries with specific needs, like the Wall Street financial services companies. While Linux and open-source software got a resounding endorsement from a panel of vendors and investors during a session at the Linux on Wall […]

NEW YORK—The Open Business Readiness Rating launched a new initiative designed to maximize open-source software knowledge across organizations at the Linux on Wall Street conference here on April 24. While corporate and Wall Street CIOs and IT directors will be targeted as members of the new OpenBRR Corporate Community, the current plan is that membership […]

NEW YORK—Linux and open-source technologies are here to stay and will continue to make inroads into the financial services sector, speakers from both the vendors and Wall Street communities said here at the Linux on Wall Street conference. In a session titled “Leveraging Open Source to Build Cutting Edge Trading Applications,” Jeremy Lehman, chief software […]

As Microsofts Exchange team gives user groups, administrators and customers a first look at Exchange 12, which is currently still being beta tested, concerns are rising about the extensive retraining and high costs that will be involved in moving to the new product. Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., is talking to Exchange user groups around the […]

IBM has broken its silence about the potential implications of Red Hats acquisition of JBoss on their current close relationship, saying that it will continue to partner strongly with both Red Hat and Novell. Red Hat announced April 10 that it was looking to acquire JBoss for $350 million, a move that significantly expands its […]