Articles by Matthew Beale

Caldera Systems, Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with MacMillan Publishing USA to market the OpenLinux operating system (OS) to the corporate world The new imprint, Caldera Press, will publish business-related materials that are based upon the Caldera Systems OpenLinux distribution. MacMillan expects the advanced instructional content...

CyberTrust, a GTE company and provider of secure business-to-business e-commerce solutions, has received U.S. government approval to export its brand of digital certificate technology to eligible companies in 45 countries worldwide The CyberTrust certificate authority (CA) product will allow non-U.S. companies to issue and manage digital certificat...

Diversinet Corp. (Nasdaq: DVNT), a provider of security solutions for wireless e-commerce, has announced a strategic partnership with BellSouth Wireless Data to develop and offer secure end-to-end e-commerce solutions based on its Passport security software Customers of the BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network will have access to Diversinet's ser...

Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) has announced that its Oracle8i for Linux, a database designed specifically for the Internet, has been certified to run on the Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) distribution of the open-source operating system (OS). The announcement officially launches a strategic partnership between the two companies that is aimed at advancing corporate adoption of Linux...

This week, Caldera Systems, Inc. entered into a distribution deal with Tech Data Corp. (Nasdaq: TECD), fueling speculation that the Orem, Utah-based Linux vendor could be "the next Red Hat." Tech Data, an e-commerce solutions provider, recently announced a Linux Support Center The deal will help to push Caldera Systems' line of business and end-use...

PC Week has issued an open challenge to hackers everywhere by offering $1,000 (US$) to anyone who can penetrate the security of a special Web site that is running both Windows NT and Linux In what it calls a major test of the security of the two platforms -- NT and Linux -- PC Week Labs has created a Web site with comparable classified-ads engine a...

Magic Software Enterprises (Nasdaq: MGIC) unveiled the latest version of its e-commerce server Friday, a product powered by the Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) distribution of the red-hot Linux operating system (OS) The Magic Enterprise Server v.8.3, which will ship in October, features the ability for e-commerce developers working on other platforms ...

eSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESFT) announced this week that it will exclusively use the Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) version of the increasingly popular Linux operating system (OS) in the development of its products The provider of Linux-based Internet appliances and services is working on a new product "roadmap" that will give their products a consistent ...

TheLinuxStore.com, a division of EBIZ Enterprises, Inc. (OTC BB: EBIZ), further fueled the Linux movement this week by offering e-commerce patrons a low-end PC that ships with a factory-installed copy of the open-source operating system (OS) by Wall Street sensation Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) A fully-configured Intel Celeron 333 MHz processor-driven sy...

Trend Micro, Inc. (Nasdaq: TMIC), a provider of virus protection and security services, has debuted a new online virus scanning service that is intended to enhance Internet Service Provider (ISP) offerings and increase its strength in the antivirus solution market Last week, Taiwan's HiNet ISP was the first to use its Web site to deliver the HouseC...

E-commerce solution provider Unify Corp. (Nasdaq: UNFY), announced this week that two of its forthcoming Internet software releases will be certified to run on the Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) distribution of the Linux operating system (OS) The move, which builds upon a strategic developer partnership established in May, will allow users of Unify's...

Seeking to bolster its position in the online video sales market, e-commerce giant Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) is featuring footage not used in either the box office or home video version of The Blair Witch Project, a low budget production that has improbably become the most profitable film ever produced The "newly discovered" footage is the first li...

Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ), the "better answers" company, and Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) have entered into an agreement that will secure Compaq online business servers running on the UNIX platform. The pact is the latest development in a 14-year relationship Central to the new agreement is the integration of Novell's Directory Services (NDS...

V-ONE Corp. (Nasdaq: VONE), a security software solutions provider, announced this week that the release of its new Instant Extranet Server (IXS) product will ship with version 6.0 of the Linux operating system (OS) distribution from Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) A provider of Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions that enable businesses to engage in sec...

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), seeking to add value to its highly analyzed acquisition of StarDivision, recently tapped Linuxcare, Inc. to provide service and support for its new StarOffice productivity suite offering Under terms of the agreement, Linuxcare will supply technical support for both developers and end-users of StarOffice for Li...

In an attempt to foster e-commerce, the European Union (EU) assembly proposed a set of rules this week that would, among other things, work toward diminishing unsolicited junk e-mail -- otherwise known as spam The EU announcement builds on an e-commerce regulatory proposal drafted in May by its civil service and executive branch, the European Commi...

Linux vendor MandrakeSoft announced a strategic partnership with LinuxOne this week. They intend to develop Chinese language business and personal software solutions, advancing the cause of open-source in a potentially explosive Internet and computing market Under terms of the partnership, MandrakeSoft and LinuxOne -- a newly formed Mountain View, ...

VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), a provider of online trust services, and Internet service provider (ISP) MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSPG) have announced a strategic partnership to promote e-commerce through an enhanced secure online business offering MindSpring Biz, the focal point of the new agreement, will offer a suite of e-commerce an...

E-smith, formerly known as Powerframe Internetworking, joined the recent flurry of Linux-related activity by announcing version 3.0 of a server and gateway product that turns a PC into a turnkey Internet server The e-smith server and gateway -- which is designed to provide small and medium-sized businesses with Web hosting services -- features an A...

By debuting an online collectibles auction house in China, Greg Manning Auctions, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMAI) is gearing up to become a major player in the burgeoning Asian e-commerce market GMAI-ASIA.com, a Greg Manning subsidiary, will launch the official version of its Chinese and English auction site in October and link to other new endeavors including...