[The financial-services market is the current battleground. Sun says 40 brokerages, exchanges, and financial-services companies are testing its new Galaxy platform, which is designed to win back customers in an industry that had been its core strength.] Not too long ago, the word on Wall Street was, 'How do we port away from Sun?' ... But now, the buzz is back.

We've been testing the systems and they have been better than 90 percent accurate, which is better than the human average. We haven't set a hard deadline, but next summer is realistic. We want to make sure it is completely reliable.

It's a state-of-the-art vehicle that we're testing right now.

Harrods' selection of Sun's Java Integration Suite is a testament to the depth and breadth of its capabilities and its broad adoption in a number of markets, including retail. We look forward to helping Harrods establish a common view of data across the organization to more effectively serve its customer base and reach the next level of integrated multi-channel retail operations.

HP can't correct the systemic problems in its enterprise computing business simply by changing CEOs. There is no magic wand HP can wave to erase years of neglect and failure to invest in its IT business,

In the last couple years, we've lost some of our momentum at the high end. This is about getting some of that momentum back.