Articles by Matthew Beale

Power PC open-source software solutions provider LinuxPPC, Inc. has released an update to its version of the Netscape Web browser for Linux that focuses on security issues vital to conducting e-commerce transactions LinuxPPC has updated its Netscape Communicator 4.7 browser package with 128-bit encryption technology. Due to export restrictions, how...

Business software solutions provider Mainsoft Corp. is moving its MainWin product, a Windows platform developed for UNIX, to the realm of the Linux open-source operating system (OS) The move will, according to Mainsoft, accelerate the growth of Linux in the enterprise by expanding the development rate of business-critical applications available for...

Building upon a development and marketing agreement struck earlier this year, Wall Street sensation Red Hat Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) and Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) are partnering on enterprise-level user support for Linux in the corporate market Under the terms of the new agreement, Compaq will offer international enterprise users call ...

Pervasive Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: PVSW) has moved its SQL 2000 server for developinge-commerce applications into the open-source arena by making it available to developers working with the Linux environment. Simultaneously, the Austin, Texas-based database and Web application solutions provider has been ServerProven certified by IBM (NYSE: IBM) to run on the Netfinity server series. Announcing the intention to extend Linux support and to all of its development products, Pervasive will release its SQL 2000 for Linux product this quarter, making it available for the Caldera, Red Hat and SuSE Linux open-source operating system (OS) distributions.

eSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESFT) has added to the momentum of the open-source software market in the Asia-Pacific region by signing a distribution agreement with Singapore-based IT Resources Pte Ltd The deal will bring eSoft's TEAM line of Linux-based Internet appliances to value added resellers (VARs) in India and Singapore.

The Debian GNU distribution of the Linux operating system has taken a step closer to bringing the famous "non-commercial" software to a new commercial arena by garnering backing from industry mainstays VA Linux Systems, O'Reilly Associates and SGI, Inc Debian GNU/Linux, heretofore available almost exclusively by way of download from the Internet, w...

Full service provider (FSP) Breakaway Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: BWAY) has announced that it will distribute and host the StarOffice suite of office productivity tools now offered by Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) The move is the latest development for a product offering that some industry analysts feel will permanently change the Microsoft-dominate...

Enlighten Software Solutions, Inc. announced this week that its multi-platform administration software product will now be included with the expanding line of open-source operating system (OS) solutions offered by TurboLinux According to Enlighten -- a provider of workgroup administration management solutions -- its EnlightenDSM 3.4 will be bundled...

E-commerce and enterprise security solutions provider Baltimore Technologies (London: BLM) announced this week that it has become the Certificate Authority (CA) for the World Internet Secure Electronic Key Organization (WISeKey) "Located in a high security bunker in the Swiss Alps," said a company statement, "WISeKey will use Baltimore UniCERT to i...

This week, Internet business solutions provider Concentric Network Corp. (Nasdaq: CNCX) debuted an open-source Linux solution developed in collaboration with server appliance developer Cobalt Networks, Inc The new dedicated hosting solution -- ConcentricHost Managed Server Linux -- will utilize Cobalt's RaQ 2 server appliances to bring small-to- me...

Linux vendor and Wall Street sensation Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) has announced the launch of version 6.1 of its open-source operating system (OS) distribution. The updated release, which focuses on ease-of-use and installation features, is aimed at pushing business-level Linux adoption Red Hat Linux 6.1 will include Apache Web server support enh...

Internet and network security solutions provider CRYPTOCard's authentication server is set to ship with the application CD that will be included in boxed editions of the forthcoming Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) Linux operating system (OS) The CRYPTOAdmin 4.0 authentication server, coupled with the add-on API toolkit, will enable Red Hat users to add valu...

Seeking to widen its presence in the already-expanding Japanese Linux market, Linuxcare, Inc. announced Friday that it has entered into a certification, service and support-based strategic partnership with Inter Space Planning Corporation (ISP) The Linuxcare Labs, central to the agreement, will test ISP-deployed AQUILA servers in order to provide L...

Network Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETA) is taking an e-commerce security seminar series on the road this month, bringing product demos and security advice to 26 American cities According to Network Associates, the tour will feature two focused tracks -- "Active Security Solutions for E-Business" and "Sniffer Total Network Visibility Solutions for E...

This week, Linux-based hardware solutions vendor VA Linux Systems moved to support startup Web portal LinuxNewbie.com (LNC), a site aimed at introducing the public to the increasingly popular open-source operating system (OS) "LNC will, we hope, provide a source of news, information and guidance to the many new Linux users out there," commented sit...

Security solutions provider Diversinet Corp. (Nasdaq: DVNT) has announced a $1 million (US$) common stock deal to acquire the operating assets of Ubiq Communications Inc., and to accelerate its presence in the wireless e-commerce arena. The companies will collectively focus on a wireless trading initiative in collaboration with financial institutions...

Anti-virus solutions provider Trend Micro, Inc. (Nasdaq: TMIC) has entered into a strategic alliance with WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: WGRD) to push its InterScan VirusWall product WatchGuard, a provider of Internet broadcast security solutions, will add InterScan VirusWall to the services offered through a new channel of its LiveSecurity...

IT and network solutions provider Fujitsu Ltd. (Nasdaq: TMIC) has entered into a strategic alliance with Caldera Systems, Inc. to distribute OpenLinux. The deal marks Fujitsu's official entrance into the increasingly popular world of the Linux open-source operating system (OS) Fujitsu will factory-install OpenLinux 2.3 and future versions of Calder...

Online business developer idealab! has launched OpenSales, Inc., a new open-source software venture that will offer free e-commerce service, software and support The software, known as OpenMerchant, taps into the power and flexibility of the increasingly popular Linux operating system (OS) -- along with Perl and Apache -- to bring distributed and s...

Lineo, Inc., formerly known as Caldera Thin Clients, has announced an agreement with MeterNet Corp. that is designed to power the set-top TV Internet access market with the Linux operating system (OS) MeterNet's new wb8680L set-top product, designed for OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), will run Embrowser, Lineo's graphical embedded micro We...