Articles by Matthew Beale

Pervasive Software (Nasdaq: PVSW), a provider of e-commerce application development solutions, has released a version of its Tango 2000 Application Server for Linux The Tango 2000 development studio, which enables developers to create and deploy database-driven Web applications, is being developed for the Caldera OpenLinux, Red Hat and SuSE Linux d...

The Radicchio Initiative, an industry coalition established to push public key infrastructure (PKI) based wireless e-commerce security standards, has significantly added to its member list of supporting companies Radicchio launched in September of 1999 with Sonera SmartTrust, Gemplus and EDS (Electronic Data Systems) as initial members, and is supp...

Server appliance developer Cobalt Networks (Nasdaq: COBT) announced this week that it will tap the services of RSA Security (Nasdaq: RSAS) to enable secure e-commerce applications on its servers Under the terms of an agreement between the companies, RSA Security's BSAFE Crypto-C software will be bundled with Cobalt's server appliances, adding Secur...

Utility software provider Network Associates (Nasdaq: NETA) today announced that a version of its antivirus software development toolkit is now available to developers using the Linux operating system McAfee's Virus Interface for Protective Early Response (VIPER) for Linux enables third party developers and service providers to embed the company's ...

Linux vendor Stormix Technologies has announced the release of its new Debian-based Linux operating system product Storm Linux 2000, available through the company's Web site as a download, will hit retail channels this month. Although no distributors have been named, Stormix has disclosed that the product carries 30-day telephone installation suppo...

Business-to-business e-commerce firm Navarre Corp. (Nasdaq: NAVR) has entered into distribution agreements with Cybernet Systems Corp. and Loki Entertainment Software, significantly adding to a current Linux lineup that includes Caldera, Corel and Red Hat Navarre's Computer Products Division handles distribution of the Linux products, pushing them ...

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Internet and Intranet-centric business solutions provider WebTrends Corp. (Nasdaq: WEBT) has released the latest version of its security management, analysis and reporting solution, adding support for Linux to the cross-platform software The WebTrends Security Analyzer product, which now also works with Solaris, includes some 180 new tests in the u...

Applix, Inc. (Nasdaq: APLX), a provider of Linux, UNIX and Microsoft-based software solutions, announced today that it has acquired open-source auction site Cosource.com in an effort to pump up its own e-commerce and online information offering Applix will integrate Cosource.com with SmartBreak.com, a resource site that was designed to accelerate s...

Security software solutions provider Diversinet Corp. (Nasdaq: DVNT) has entered into a strategic relationship with London-based Dynamical Systems Research (DSR) to ensure the integrity of wireless e-commerce transactions in the European market Under the terms of the agreement, Diversinet will license its Passport Certificate Server product to the ...

SmartServ Online (OTC BB: SSOL) has entered into a licensing agreement with Diversinet Corp. (Nasdaq: DVNT) to offer end-to-end security and digital signature capabilities to users of its e-commerce platform The e-commerce solutions provider will add Diversinet's Passport Certificate Server to boost its portfolio of Web and wireless e-commerce tran...

Moving to increase its presence in the market for open-source e-commerce software solutions, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) announced this week that it is releasing a version of the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) for Linux The J2SE development platform for Linux, produced with Inprise Corp. (Nasdaq: INPR), will allow e-commerce prof...

VA Linux Systems announced this week that it will tap Loki Entertainment Software to push the Debian GNU/Linux package to consumers through retail channels The move is part of the company's foray into the mainstream Linux software market, which it began last month when it partnered with O'Reilly Associates and SGI, Inc. to distribute Debian, the "n...

Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) grabbed media headlines and international attention when its high profile August IPO took the Linux movement into a new arena The Durham, North Carolina-based provider of Linux software solutions has also benefited from the recent ruling in the Microsoft antitrust trial that branded the software titan a monopoly.

A variant of the notorious ExploreZip worm hit the Internet this week, infecting corporate systems and threatening holiday shoppers who are moving online for a record e-commerce shopping season Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), and other utility software vendors such as Trend Micro, Inc. (Nasdaq: TMIC) and Central Command, Inc., have issued warnings a...

In an effort to support the development of Linux-based products for enterprise-level business, Computer Associates, Inc. (NYSE: CA) has announced that it is establishing the CA Enterprise Linux Advisory Council The Council, a business initiative that will focus on identifying and defining new projects and products, will work with Computer Associate...

Originally a division of Nortel Networks in Ottawa, Canada, Entrust Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU) spun off as a separate international provider of electronic security solutions in December of 1996 The Plano, Texas-based company has three product lines, including core PKI, toolkits and desktop solutions, and is currently entering the market for ...

In an effort to bolster consumer confidence in e-commerce for the holiday season, TransNet Security, Inc. has launched a program to guarantee the security practices of Web sites across the Internet The company will give its TransNet Seal of Approval to e-commerce sites that pass a series of security tests. Interested online merchants can contact th...

As the Linux Business Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada drew to a close, Cybernet Systems Corp. announced that it has garnered distribution support for its NETMAX open-source servers series from Ingram Micro, Frank Kasper & Associates and Navarre Corporation The deals, along with several retail agreements, will help to push the "easy-to-use Linux server so...

In an effort to implement its newly-announced e-commerce strategy, Enlighten Software Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFTW) has launched Internet-centric administration software that is designed to run on the Red Hat Linux distribution The move, disclosed at the first annual Linux Business Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, coincided with the launch of the compan...