Peter Galli

As Microsoft prepares for the official business launch of Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 on Nov. 30, customer upgrades and partner solution rollouts based on the new technologies may not happen as quickly as Redmond would like. Many customers do not plan an immediate upgrade to the new products, while partners will […]

Could Microsoft products be in violation of some of the patents that cover Linux and open-source technologies, as many in the community believe? Microsoft is not admitting to any such thing, but it is also not ruling out the possibility that Windows may have infringed on patents held by Novell and others in the open-source […]

While Microsoft is hoping to enter into a patent deal with Red Hat similar to the one it has with Novell, the software company has not ruled out going it alone and providing some sort of indemnification for its customers who use Red Hat Linux. Earlier this month, Microsoft agreed not to assert patent rights […]

Just weeks after its controversial patent cooperation agreement with Microsoft, Novell is hitting out at statements made by Microsoft executives that the deal acknowledges that Linux infringes on its intellectual property. Novell has been under fire from many members of the Linux and open-source community since entering into a set of broad collaboration agreements with […]

/zimages/6/140307.jpg BARCELONA, Spain—Now that Windows Vista and Office 2007 have been released to manufacturing, the spotlight is on Windows Server “Longhorn.” Bob Muglia, Microsofts senior vice president for server and tools sat down with eWEEK Senior Editor Peter Galli at TechEd: IT Forum here to give an update on Longhorns road map, discuss the companys […]

BARCELONA, Spain—Microsoft plans to ship Windows Server “Longhorn” and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 at the same time, expected to be in the second half of next year. The Redmond, Wash., software maker plans to release another Longhorn CTP (Community Technology Preview) later this year, followed by another CTP in early 2007 and then Longhorn […]

BARCELONA, Spain—While Microsoft is hoping to enter into a patent deal with Red Hat similar to the one it has with Novell, the software giant has not ruled out going it alone and providing some sort of indemnification for its customers who use Red Hat Linux. Earlier this month, Microsoft agreed not to assert patent […]

BARCELONA, Spain—An increasing number of European Web hosting companies are moving part or all of their environments away from Linux and Unix and onto Microsoft Windows to facilitate faster development time, cost savings and more product offerings. That is good news for Microsoft, which sees the Web hosting environment as a potential big growth area, […]

BARCELONA, Spain—Microsoft plans to increase the number of customers that it provides managed services to over the next year, but these services will focus primarily on messaging and collaboration rather than on desktop management. The companys foray into managed services to date “has been a real learning experience. To say that we found a few […]

BARCELONA, Spain—Microsoft will use the IT Forum at its annual TechEd Europe conference here to announce a set of milestones for IT professionals, including the first public beta of the Forefront Client Security product, which offers anti-virus and malicious software protection and removal. “This is a very important milestone for us as this is a […]