Interop Newshttp://www.interopnews.com/news/Windows Interoperability with Unix, Linux and Virtual Systemsen-US2008-05-09T18:09:18ZSquarespace Site Server v4.1.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Dell gets real with virtualization strategyhttp://www.interopnews.com/news/dell-gets-real-with-virtualization-strategy.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-08T16:07:47ZVirtualization Dell Dell on Wednesday pushed out a wide line of virtualization hardware and services meant to target large and small businesses. Its strategy includes consulting services for implementation and maintenance of virtualization solutions.]]>Mainsoft announces SharePoint Integrator for IBM Lotus Noteshttp://www.interopnews.com/news/mainsoft-announces-sharepoint-integrator-for-ibm-lotus-notes.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-08T16:06:50ZInteroperability IBMMicrosoft to hook up with Parallelshttp://www.interopnews.com/news/microsoft-to-hook-up-with-parallels.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-08T16:05:52ZMac Parallels Desktop for Mac will be made available as part of the Microsoft Expression Subscription, opening up Microsoft software to Mac-based designers.]]>Sun heading into the cloudhttp://www.interopnews.com/news/sun-heading-into-the-cloud.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-08T16:04:56ZSun Cloud Computing I managed to hook up with Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz for a video interview. We talked about Project Hydrazine, a new cloud computing initiative with services similar to what Google and Amazon.com offer. We also discussed JavaFX, Sun's competitor to Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight, and Project Insight, which is designed to gather instrumented user action data via JavaFX and provide it to developers.]]>Is Open Source Dead?http://www.interopnews.com/news/is-open-source-dead.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-08T16:03:52ZOpen Source "Is the debate about open source finally over? The practicalities of managing open source in a business context became clear years ago. In that environment, open source is difficult and cumbersome, so surely the honeymoon period should have ended long ago.
"Of course, open source has found its niche and will continue to be of practical value in the realm of web and network security. But its application to business is limited. Many of my colleagues are now reaching similar conclusions..."]]>It's official: The future of Sun/MySQL is open...and closedhttp://www.interopnews.com/news/its-official-the-future-of-sunmysql-is-openand-closed.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-07T15:07:44ZSun MySQL The Sun faithful who attended the CommunityOne Conference this morning may not have noticed, but Sun and its MySQL executives were very clear about Sun's open-source strategy going forward, despite news reports that seem to have missed the nuances:
The core will always be 100 percent open source. The periphery...will not. Or might not. It depends.]]>Google's enterprise search gets a helping handhttp://www.interopnews.com/news/googles-enterprise-search-gets-a-helping-hand.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-07T15:06:32ZGoogle Adhere and MuseGlobal team up to significantly extend the scope of searchable information.
Google's Search Appliance offering for businesses may get a leg up in the enterprise thanks to the addition to a suite of add-ons that promise to greatly extend the scope of its searches.]]>Yahoo faces shareholder ire over failed Microsoft bidhttp://www.interopnews.com/news/yahoo-faces-shareholder-ire-over-failed-microsoft-bid.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-07T15:01:57ZMicrosoft Yahoo General class-action lawsuit accuses Yahoo of failing to act in the best interest of shareholders in rejecting Microsoft's bid. Two public pension funds from the city of Detroit plan to expand a complaint against Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and other members of Yahoo's board of directors, saying they failed to act in the best interest of shareholders in rejecting Microsoft's bid to buy Yahoo.]]>IBM fuels new Blue biz initiative with Linuxhttp://www.interopnews.com/news/ibm-fuels-new-blue-biz-initiative-with-linux.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-07T14:58:51ZLinux IBM IBM will be making a big play for small businesses later this year when it launches its one-stop-shop for SMBs' computing needs. The Linux-based program brings together Big Blue's entire ecosystem of partners, compiling all of their offerings into one handy catalog. It combines the Lotus Foundations Start server with a Web platform for running software and includes an application integration toolkit.]]>Web 2.0 developers give MSN/Live high praisehttp://www.interopnews.com/news/web-20-developers-give-msnlive-high-praise.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-06T16:43:37ZMicrosoft Web 2.0 Web 2.0 software developers ranked Microsoft's MSN/Live Windows developer program higher than competing programs offered by Internet leaders Google, Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, Facebook and PayPal, according to results of an Evans Data report released Monday.]]>The birth of Microsoft 5.0: Optimized desktop to Live Meshhttp://www.interopnews.com/news/the-birth-of-microsoft-50-optimized-desktop-to-live-mesh.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-06T16:42:43ZMicrosoft I’m writing this from the Microsoft Management and Integrated Virtualization Analyst Summit. In many ways this event reflects what I think of as Microsoft 4.0. It is the culmination of .NET, and it showcases their massive focus on large-scale systems management, vertical integration between Microsoft products, and their strength in the back office.
However this event also looks ahead to Microsoft’s fifth revision, one that puts them into the cloud and positions them for the next decade.]]>VirtualBox 1.6 - Desktop virtualization comes out of the Sunhttp://www.interopnews.com/news/virtualbox-16-desktop-virtualization-comes-out-of-the-sun.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-06T16:40:57ZVirtualization Sun VirtualBox 1.6 is a major update to the open source desktop virtualization platform from Sun Microsystems. This is Sun's first release of the product since acquiring it from the German company Innotek back in February.]]>Ballmer: Microsoft's Web strategy doesn't stop with Yahoohttp://www.interopnews.com/news/ballmer-microsofts-web-strategy-doesnt-stop-with-yahoo.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-06T16:35:40ZMicrosoft Yahoo Microsoft may be walking away from its $40 billion-plus bid to acquire Yahoo, but there's little question that the company remains intent to invest and invent and maintain its role as a powerhouse in the tech services era. How it will do so is another question entirely.
"Although the acquisition of Yahoo would have accelerated our ability to deliver on our strategy in advertising and online services, I remain confident that we can achieve our goals without Yahoo," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wrote in an e-mail to Microsoft employees on Saturday.]]>Redmond among contributors to open source PHP Frameworkhttp://www.interopnews.com/news/redmond-among-contributors-to-open-source-php-framework.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-05T16:52:28ZOpen Source Microsoft Zend Technologies Inc. is forming alliances with key Internet players to broaden the Version 1.5 of the open source Zend Framework (ZF), released last month, adds support for key Google APIs, LDAP authentication, OpenID and Windows CardSpace. Developers using the new version can now work with YouTube upload and write APIs. Other enhancements include better support for forms, AJAX and advanced search capabilities from within the framework with the Apache Lucene search engine, according to Zend.]]>Ballmer's withdrawal letter to Yanghttp://www.interopnews.com/news/ballmers-withdrawal-letter-to-yang.htmlEnzo De Lorenzi2008-05-05T16:51:07ZMicrosoft Yahoo The full text of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's letter to Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang concerning Microsoft's withdrawal of its acquisition bid follows...]]>