Peter Galli

A number of innovations in the upcoming Windows Vista and Office 2007 products were initially conceived of in Microsoft Research, whose teams then worked closely with the individual product groups to make these technologies viable for inclusion in shipping products. Among the contributions made by Microsoft Research are the new desktop search, Sidebar and SuperFetch […]

Microsoft plans to roll out a new release of its Windows Live OneCare managed security service to consumers in the United States and 16 other countries on Jan.30 –to coincide with the general release of Windows Vista. This updated service, which brings automated PC protection, maintenance, performance tuning and support, will be available for purchase […]

Microsoft is releasing software development kits for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and the Microsoft Office Project 2007 platform on Jan. 23. The kits, which provide a complete platform API reference, also give technical guidance and sample code to help developers create Office business applications, a Microsoft spokesperson told eWEEK. These […]

The Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group are merging to form the Linux Foundation, which will provide services that allow open-source products to effectively compete with those of proprietary platforms like Microsoft Windows. The new Linux Foundation will be led by Jim Zemlin, the former executive director of the FSG and who […]

Microsoft is making it easier for customers to buy, upgrade and license multiple copies of Windows Vista online. The Redmond, Wash. software maker will unveil three new programs on Jan. 18 designed to give users additional flexibility in the ways they can go online to get Vista, which will be widely available on Jan. 30. […]

Sun Microsystems has launched a suite of new Solaris support subscriptions and restructured its reseller program as it moves to aggressively compete with its commercial Linux competitors like Red Hat. “We are delivering a whole new suite of service packages that will make us competitive against our Linux competitors like Red Hat,” Peder Ulander, the […]

Sun Microsystems is set to license OpenSolaris under the upcoming GNU General Public License Version 3 in addition to the existing Common Development and Distribution License, sources close to the company have told eWEEK. OpenSolaris currently is licensed only under Suns CDDL, but company executives have previously floated the idea of a dual license with […]

Aras, which makes product life-cycle management software, has a new spin on open source: making the code to its Aras Innovator software, which only runs on proprietary Microsoft technologies, openly available under the Microsoft Community License and hosted on Microsofts Codeplex Web site. Aras will announce on Jan. 15 its move away from a proprietary […]

Product lifecycle management software maker Aras has a new spin on open source: make the code to its Aras Innovator software, which runs only on proprietary Microsoft technologies, openly available under the Microsoft Community License and hosted on Microsofts CodePlex Web site. Aras was slated to announce Jan. 15 its move away from a proprietary […]

ActiveGrid, which provides an SOA platform built on the Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP/Python/Perl software infrastructure stack, has appointed Christopher Keene as chairman and CEO. Founder and former CEO Peter Yared, who is also a former Sun Microsystems executive, will become chief technology officer and focus on the technology side of the business, especially its […]