Articles by Matthew Beale

The recent series of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks on some of the Internet's most popular Web sites rocked cyberspace and called into question whether the online community is truly able to handle the massive amount of activity that it now sees As a result, the stock prices of companies involved in the online security market surged, vendors found ...

eSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESFT), the developer of the TEAM Internet Linux software suite, announced a strategic alliance Wednesday with Gateway, Inc. (NYSE: GTW) to advance Linux-based Internet software and services to small and mid-sized businesses Under the terms of the agreement, Gateway will pick up $25 million (US$) in eSoft common stock, investing...

TurboLinux has entered into a partnership with Akopia, a provider of online business solutions, to bundle its latest server software package with an e-commerce suite The Linux software vendor will now give users of its new TurboLinux Server version 6.0 access to the Tallyman open-source e-commerce storefront management system. The e-commerce enabli...

Linux vendor Stormix Technologies, Inc. has announced that it will stage the European debut of its Debian-based Storm Linux 2000 OS package at the CeBit trade show in Hannover, Germany today After debuts in North America and Japan, the Vancouver, Canada-based fledgling software maker plans to bring its Linux distribution to European consumers who a...

E-commerce security solutions provider Rainbow Technologies, Inc. announced at the formal launch of Microsoft Windows 2000 in San Francisco, California that key components of its product line will support both the new Windows 2000 platform and the Windows 2000 Smart Card architecture The move, which comes on the heels of several high profile hacker...

Technical services and support provider Linuxcare, Inc. has struck a strategic alliance with e-commerce consulting firm Windward Consulting Group, Inc. to push Linux-based solutions to application, Internet and telecommunications service providers Under the terms of agreement, Linuxcare will provide product certification, professional services, tec...

Inprise/Borland Corp. (Nasdaq: INPR), a provider of Internet access tools and services, announced a strategic alliance Wednesday with software vendor TurboLinux, Inc. to work cooperatively on integrating their products for Linux users worldwide Under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement, the companies will test, certify, int...

Lineo, Inc., formerly known as Caldera Thin Clients, has made a significant move on the burgeoning market for Internet access in the Asia-Pacific region by announcing strategic relationships with several Taiwan-based embedded system manufacturers The agreements, with Arima, Compal Electronics, First International Computer (FIC), Micro-Star, Mitac a...

The Cleo Products Group, an Interface Systems (Nasdaq: INTF) company that provides business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce communications tools, has joined the growing corporate migration to Linux by adding support for the open-source platform to its Cleo 3780Plus product Cleo 3780Plus, which will now work with Linux, UNIX and Windows, allows B2B e-c...

Linux software solutions provider Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) has expanded its European business apparatus by establishing Red Hat France and Red Hat Italy The new operations, headquartered in Milan, Italy and Cagnes sur Mer, South of France, will function as wholly-owned Red Hat subsidiaries and deliver software, support and training services to ...

In the wake of a series of high profile denial-of-service attacks that have heightened public fears about the Internet and e-commerce, the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) has announced E-Shield, a campaign that is intended to counter online security breaches and attacks Working with a base of international direct and corporate ...

Software solutions developer Corel Corp. (Nasdaq: CORL) announced this week that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Macromedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MACR) to bring Macromedia Flash technology to its distribution of the Linux operating system The addition of Macromedia's Flash product -- which is already included with current versions of the Ap...

Entrust Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU), a provider of wireline and wireless e-commerce security solutions, announced a strategic agreement this week with database titan Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) to integrate their technologies for increased levels of available e-business security The agreement, which builds upon a previously established relati...

IBM seized the spotlight at the LinuxWorld Expo in New York City last week by issuing a spate of announcements that could significantly affect e-commerce professionals and the open-source community Chief among the Linux-related disclosures was IBM's new initiative to foster open-source development. Big Blue will offer versions of its software at no...

In a deal valued at over $800 million (US$) in cash and stock, open-source solutions provider VA Linux Systems announced the acquisition Thursday of Andover.Net, a company that owns several Linux and open-source related information sites The deal, announced at the LinuxWorld Expo in New York City, will add significant value to the VA Linux portfoli...

In an effort to increase security options for e-commerce professionals who run Linux, Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA) announced this week that it has extended the functionality of its eTrust Access Control for UNIX security solution to support the Red Hat distribution of the open-source OS Expanding upon an earlier agreement, Com...

Magic Software Enterprises (Nasdaq: MGIC) debuted the Enterprise Edition of its V.8 Linux development environment Thursday at the LinuxWorld Expo in New York City The software package, ported to Linux in collaboration with Mainsoft Corp., enables e-commerce professionals to quickly and economically develop online business solutions for the Linux op...

At the opening of the LinuxWorld Conference in New York City this week, database titan Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) expanded its investment in Linux by announcing that its e-commerce enabling dot-com Suite is now available for the open-source operating system According to Oracle, over half of the Oracle8i downloads from its Oracle Technology Network...

Online business security applications provider Diversinet Corp. (Nasdaq: DVNT) announced Tuesday that it has joined The Radicchio Initiative, an industry coalition that has been established to push public key infrastructure (PKI)-based wireless e-commerce security standards Diversinet, along with tech firms Giesecke & Devrient, Mitsui, Redknee, Sch...

As New York City geared up for this week's LinuxWorld Expo, TurboLinux announced the release of a new server package that has been optimized for e-commerce In an attempt to woo online business professionals who work with the open-source operating system, TurboLinux Server 6.0 -- based on the latest Linux kernel 2.2.13 -- includes versions of the Op...