Articles by Matthew Beale

In the minds of many industry analysts, Linux has been growing up in the glare of the spotlight over the past couple of years. If that observation is true, then the recent LinuxMall.com merger agreement with the publicly traded EBIZ Enterprises, Inc. (OTC BB: EBIZ) could set a trend for rites of passage as the open-source platform reaches maturity ...

Mission Critical Linux provides support solutions and professional services to companies, including e-commerce operations, that are placing infrastructure investment and faith in the Linux open-source operating system. Just recently, the Lowell, Massachusetts-based firm increased its portfolio of e-commerce-related offerings by partnering with vendor TurboLinux to makepowerful clustering technology solutions available to its clients...

With all of the recent buzz about IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Linux, it might seem as if a new version of the legendary Thomas J. Watson-inspired Big Blue "rally song" had been released on MP3, with the words "Penguin" and "Internet" added throughout Yet, according to many industry analysts, there is a significant development behind the hype. In a bid to s...

2000 could be the year that Linux comes fully into its own, as rising corporate adoption and intensifying media attention brought on by the Microsoft antitrust case have helped to push the open-source operating system into the number two position in world OS sales Until recently, it seemed that investors who were searching for a company with a viab...

While the so-called "Linux Hysteria" seemed to fade long before the Nasdaq started to sputter, the open-source platform capitalized on Microsoft's antitrust troubles by moving steadily into the server arena and grabbing the attention of Internet-centric operations In fact, an International Data Corp. (IDC) study released last week confirmed not onl...

TurboLinux, formerly known as Pacific HiTech, originated in Japan and has aggressively pursued open-source software market opportunities in China, expanded international operations into Latin America, Europe and elsewhere in Asia-Pacific, and moved into North America by establishing a headquarters in San Francisco, California In the following exclu...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has edged yet another step away from Microsoft by working with the University of New Mexico to create a Linux-based supercomputer that will do more than just crunch research numbers If Big Blue has its way, the new Linux-powered Los Lobos clustering computer will significantly accelerate the range and capabilities of e-commerce oper...

Caldera Systems, Inc. began publicly trading its stock on Nasdaq Tuesday, closing up almost 111 percent in a $70 million (US$) IPO that fell short of other recent Linux offerings Caldera raised the price of its common stock to $14 late last week -- just days after an increase to between $8 and $10 a share. Expectations were high because the company...

GTE CyberTrust was founded in 1996 after being split off from GTE's government services unit. Although the company is now primarily an international provider of extranet and e-commerce security solutions for private corporations, it has recently returned to government service Last month, Baltimore Technologies (Nasdaq: BALT), a United Kingdom-based...

Open-source based software solutions provider TurboLinux has expanded its international operations by opening offices in the United Kingdom and Latin America The company, which recently expanded current operations in Australia and New Zealand, is joining other major Linux vendors in moving into international markets that are not yet dominated by Mi...

Linux vendor Caldera Systems, Inc. is setting the stage for an IPO this week, with an eye toward duplicating the meteoric opening performances of Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) and VA Linux Systems (Nasdaq: LNUX) The company, which filed for its highly anticipated initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in January of...

Linux vendor Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) has announced the availability of a new version of its Linux OS designed to power online business operations that are working with the Oracle8i database Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition for Oracle8i, created in collaboration with Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL), is part of Red Hat's line of enterprise edition L...

VA Linux Systems (Nasdaq: LNUX) has joined a number of prosperous companies that are pumping up developer resources for the Linux community by announcing a new service to help accelerate the development of Linux applications The new SourceForge CompileFarm service, a part of the VA Linux SourceForge resource site, will give open-source developers t...

Software security solutions provider Diversinet Corp. (Nasdaq: DVNT) announced Tuesday that it is extending support of its Software Development Kit (SDK) for creating wireless e-commerce applications to the Linux open-source platform The new SDK product will allow developers who work with Linux and other UNIX environments to utilize Diversinet's Pa...

Tripwire, Inc., a provider of network security solutions, has announced that it will release the source code for its Linux-based e-commerce software product The move, which has been announced alongside strategic partnerships with Linux players Caldera Systems, Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) and SGI, Inc. (NYSE: SGI), will open development of the Tripwire f...

Open-source based software solutions provider TurboLinux on Tuesday announced that its server product has been deployed, along with a cluster of IBM Netfinity 5000 Servers, to power one of Japan's largest consumer e-commerce Web sites DEODEO, a Japan-based consumer electronics, software and music retailer, has joined a rising number of companies in...

Software solutions developer Corel Corp. (Nasdaq: CORL) has announced a deal to bundle its distribution of the Linux operating system with hardware solutions produced by EBIZ Enterprises (OTC BB: EBIZ) The deal centers around EBIZ's e-commerce Web site, TheLinuxStore.com, and will add factory-installed versions of the Corel LINUX OS package to such...

Technical services and support provider Linuxcare, Inc. has announced the establishment of Linuxcare Kabushuki Kaisha, a new Asia-Pacific market operation that will be headquartered in Tokyo The move to set up Linuxcare KK will add to the company's working relationships with regional firms and expand its presence in a market that is increasingly gr...

Embedded Linux software developer Lineo, Inc. has announced a strategic relationship with Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. to advance market options for low-cost Internet access Under the terms of the agreement, which was announced Thursday at a ceremony in Seoul, Korea, Samsung will tap Lineo's Embedix operating system for use in its embedded I...

Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) and online security firm Baltimore Technologies (Nasdaq: BALT) announced an agreement Wednesday that will provide security solutions for Compaq's e-commerce operations and other e-business customers Under the terms of the agreement, Compaq will incorporate Baltimore's UniCERT Certificate Authority (CA) system, publ...