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Top Ten IT News Stories of the Week: Ballmer Says Microsoft Must Operate in Multiple Markets

1. "Ballmer: Microsoft Must Be ‘Multicore,’ "CIO.com, 7/28. In order to continue to grow, the software giant needs to ...

July 28, 2006 — CIO —

1. "Ballmer: Microsoft Must Be ‘Multicore,’ "
CIO.com, 7/28. In order to continue to grow, the software giant needs to operate successfully in multiple markets, according to Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. The company has extended its core business up from desktop operating systems and applications to include server products making it a two-core company. Next on the agenda is the push to turn Microsoft "multicore," Ballmer said, building out operations in markets that other companies have created such as Web-based services, business intelligence and high-performance computing.

2. "ATI a Potent Weapon for AMD in Clash With Intel,"
Macworld, 7/25. Advanced Micro Devices’ planned US$5.4 billion acquisition of Canadian graphics chip vendor ATI Technologies could ultimately put AMD on more equal competitive footing with bitter rival Intel. With ATI under its belt, AMD will be able to round out its graphics chip portfolio particularly in the mobile and consumer electronics markets. The chip maker was careful to state that owning ATI wouldn’t threaten its existing partnership with Nvidia, ATI’s nemesis. However, some analysts believe the tie-up between AMD and ATI may wind up throwing Nvidia and Intel closer together.

3. "Users: HP Acquisition of Mercury Interactive Makes Sense,"
Computerworld, 7/26. Hewlett-Packard’s decision to purchase troubled Mercury Interactive for US$4.5 billion has drawn HP customer approval as it presages a marriage of the pair’s systems and application management software. Users characterized the news as a major commitment by HP to secure the future of its OpenView systems management software and enable the vendor to compete more strongly with offerings from BMC, CA and IBM. Battered by a stock-option scandal, Mercury’s continued future as an independent entity had been in doubt for some time with rumors swirling around a potential HP acquisition for more than a year.

4. "Microsoft, Design Guru,"
BusinessWeek, 7/27. As users have a plethora of computing devices to choose from, Microsoft continues to promote its vision of a PC-centric universe. What’s needed to make users fall in love with their PCs is a major face-lift, according to the software giant, which is taking the unusual step of weighing in on hardware design with a design kit. Microsoft’s also keen to give users a reason to embrace its delayed Vista operating system, and a better-looking PC might help that decision process. Rival Apple has been very successful in creating a unified design for its hardware while integrating its device with its software, and Microsoft isn’t averse to copying that approach.

 

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