Peter Galli

Sun Microsystems JDS is now preloaded on Microtel Computer Systems hardware and available at Wal-Mart. “We now have an active relationship with Microtel,” Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president of Suns software group, told reporters at a “software day” at its Menlo Park, Calif., campus last week. The $300 system, a Microtel SYSWM8001 PC, comes with […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. announced Monday that it has promoted John Loiacono, the vice president of its operating platforms group, to executive vice president of software. That move follows Suns announcement Friday that Jonathan Schwartz, who was the executive vice president of software, had been promoted to president and chief operating officer of the Santa Clara, […]

MENLO PARK, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. is pondering the possibility of open-sourcing more of its software—this time with its next-generation 3-D windowing system, called Project Looking Glass, which is under development. When completed, Looking Glass will allow a new user experience through three-dimensional windowing capabilities on the desktop, making communications and collaboration easier. The software will […]

Microsoft Corp. next week will host about 1,500 of its Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) at its Redmond campus, where the software titan plans to announce big changes to how it incorporates their feedback into its product life cycles. The 1,500 attending this years summit hail from 65 countries across the globe and comprise more than […]

MENLO PARK, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. is hard at work on providing an end-to-end radio frequency identification (RFID) solution for major retailers like Wal-Mart and its suppliers. Juan Carlos Soto, the director of advanced development in the office of Suns chief technology officer, told reporters attending Suns Software Day here on Tuesday that innovation was Suns […]

MENLO PARK, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. got its wish: Its Microsoft Windows alternative Java Desktop System is now available preloaded, on Microtel Computer Systems Inc. hardware, and available for sale at discount retailer Wal-Mart. “We now have an active relationship with Microtel,” Jonathan Schwartz, the executive vice president of Suns software group, told reporters at a […]

Novell Inc. is upbeat about NetWare, even though its flagship networking software wont be available as a stand-alone product next year. The Provo, Utah, company announced at its BrainShare conference here last week that NetWare will be a core part of its upcoming Novell Open Enterprise Server platform when it ships at the end of […]

The cat is finally out of the bag: Microsoft Corp. acted as the matchmaker for the $50 million investment led by BayStar Capital into The SCO Group last October, according to a BayStar official this month. BayStar, of Larkspur, Calif., has investments in other hardware and software companies including Neoware Systems Inc., Roxio Inc. and […]

SALT LAKE CITY—While Novell remains completely committed to its flagship NetWare network operating system, that product will cease to exist as a standalone product offering from the end of this year. Jack Messman, Novells CEO and chairman, told reporters in a question and answer session following his keynote address at the BrainShare conference here on […]

SALT LAKE CITY—While Novell Inc. is embracing Linux with both arms, its not leaving its Novell NetWare customers behind, Novell CEO Jack Messman said in his BrainShare keynote speech here Monday. “We will protect your NetWare investment now and in the future,” Messman said. Todays Novell, however, is teamed up with the Linux penguin. “Bringing […]

/zimages/4/53720.gifSALT LAKE CITY—SuSE Linux, a Novell company, is on track to roll out its SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0, which is based on the recently released Linux 2.6 kernel, around mid-year. “We are exactly on track to meet that summer deadline, we are not running even a single day late at this point,” Markus Rex, […]

The rollout of Microsoft Corp.s next major version of Windows has been pushed back to late 2006 in large part by a two-punch combination of newly found security vulnerabilities and the impending disposition of sanctions expected from the European Union. As a result, concern is growing among Microsoft customers, especially those that have signed Software […]