Peter Galli

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Google will offer offline access to its Google Docs and other applications at some point in the future, but its focus is more on applications and data stored in, and served from, the cloud. So said Jonathan Rochelle, a senior product manager at Google, speaking on a panel about the future of the […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-If the concept of social media is to make an impact on the enterprise, it needs to be customized or built for business, and few products currently fill that bill. Employees are using social media tools, but new ones need to be developed and the enterprise still wants to know what the business […]

Microsoft’s strong second-quarter financial results surprised not only analysts, but also the company’s own executives by coming in $300 million above the high end of their forecasts. Microsoft also reported Jan. 24 a 30 percent rise in revenue, to a record $16.37 billion, in its fiscal quarter that ended in December, on the back of […]

Microsoft plans to start pushing out the third service pack for Office 2003 via its automatic update service beginning Feb. 27. That means that the service pack will be automatically installed on the machines of those customers who have signed up for Microsoft Update and who have not yet installed Office 2003 Service Pack 3. […]

As the United States economy continues to show signs of strain, one bright light is the software and information sectors, where the rate of growth has significantly outpaced that of the economy as a whole, a new study has found. This has helped sustain the expansion of the overall American economy over the past few […]

The slowing U.S. economy is not affecting Microsoft’s upbeat financial outlook, with the software firm expecting revenue in the region of $60 billion for its fiscal year that ends in June 2008. Microsoft also reported on Jan. 24 a 30 percent rise in revenue to a record $16.37 billion in its fiscal second quarter that […]

Microsoft has sold more than a 100 million Windows Vista licenses in the year since the new operating system was released, and the company has grown its client business by about 20 percent over the same period, company officials said Jan. 24. The software company also released the second refresh of Windows Vista Service Pack […]

The potential for IT to drive business success has never been greater, but the complexity of IT has also never been higher, Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Microsoft’s server and tools business, will tell customers Jan. 22. Muglia penned an executive e-mail: “Harnessing the Power of Virtualization for Dynamic IT,” which was sent Jan. […]

Microsoft is renewing its commitment to Partners in Learning – one of the pillars of its Unlimited Potential initiative – with a new, five-year $235.5 million investment. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will announce the new investment Jan. 23 at the Government Leaders Forum in Berlin, Germany, which brings the software company’s total 10-year investment in […]

Microsoft has bought Calista Technologies, which provides graphics technologies for next-generation desktop and presentation virtualization solutions, the company will announce at its Virtualization Deployment Summit in Bellevue, Wash., Jan.22. Calista produces software that improves the end-user experience of three-dimensional and multimedia content for server-hosted virtualized desktops or applications delivered using Windows Terminal Services. Microsoft has […]

Microsoft has done an about-face on its previous about-face and has now decided that it will allow all versions of Windows Vista to be licensed for use in a virtual machine environment. The software maker will announce this change of heart at its Virtualization Deployment Summit in Bellevue , Wash. , on Jan.22. Virtualization lets […]

Microsoft has hired former Disney executive Tony Scott as its chief information officer and corporate vice president, to replace ousted CIO Stuart Scott. Scott, who joins Microsoft in February, will assume responsibility for the software maker’s 4,000-person global IT organization, which is responsible for managing the technology systems that support the company’s worldwide sales, marketing […]