Peter Galli

More and more software makers are developing technology that gives customers mainframelike functionality across a variety of platforms. The latest offering comes from SWsoft Inc., of San Francisco, which last week released Virtuozzo 2.0, an upgrade of its software that allows hundreds of virtual environments—or instances of the Linux operating system—to run on a single […]

Microsoft Corp. has been issuing security patches and other updates for Windows XP over the past few weeks—only to have those fixes cause new problems. XP users said the updates cause systems to become unstable and some device drivers to stop working. “The patches are coming with such unbelievable frequency these days that its very […]

Microsoft Corp. on Monday released two new tools that will integrate XML Web services into Office XP, its desktop productivity suite. The Office XP Web Services Toolkit and the Smart Tag Enterprise Resource Toolkit are yet another step in the Redmond, Wash., software makers .Net strategy, and will enable developers to deliver XML Web services […]

The dissention and rivalry between Sun Microsystems Inc. and Intel Corp. in the server market took another turn Tuesday, with Sun announcing that it will not release a version of its upcoming Solaris 9 operating environment for network servers on the Intel platform–at least for the foreseeable future. Graham Lovell, a Solaris director at Sun […]

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday moved to have any depositions taken in the antitrust action between it and nine states and the District of Columbia closed to the public. Microsoft called for the depositions to be closed in a motion filed with Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia. The […]

An increasing number of software makers are bringing technology to market that gives customers mainframelike functionality across a variety of architectures and platforms. The latest offering on this front comes from SWsoft Inc., a San Francisco-based server and networking software technology company. SWsoft on Tuesday will release Virtuozzo 2.0, an upgrade of its software that […]

The judge overseeing the private antitrust cases against Microsoft Corp. has told the parties he will rule next Thursday on whether or not to accept the proposed preliminary settlement unless there is significant progress in the mediation efforts currently under way. Steve Benz, a partner at law firm Kellog, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, in […]

Washington District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Wednesday ordered Microsoft Corp. and the nine dissenting states in the antitrust case against the company to appear for a hearing next Monday. This order follows a flurry of filings over the past two weeks, with the Redmond, Wash., software maker asking Kollar-Kotelly to delay the matter by […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. and VMware Inc. are each developing virtual server solutions designed to help enterprise customers add efficiencies for back-office operations and Web services. Sun plans to add new “service container” technology to the virtualization features of Solaris 9, Beta 2, which is expected in the first quarter. Final code is expected in the […]

Microsoft Corp. watchers are dubbing 2002 “the year of .Net” as the software company prepares to release products that will build on its software-as-a-service vision. Releases slated for the new year include the Visual Studio .Net 2002 development suite, the Windows .Net Server family and the Tablet PC. The companys teams are also working on […]