Linux in Business

Business News

Caldera Enters Partnership Agreement With Conectiva

Caldera and Conectiva have announced a partnership wherein Conectiva will resell Caldera's products in Brazil and, possibly, the rest of Latin America.

Comments (none posted)

Zope Corporation Launches EuroZope Foundation

Zope Corporation has announced the creation of the EuroZope Foundation, which will promote the use and development of Zope in Europe. Paul Everitt, co-founder and one-time president of Zope Corp. is leaving the company to go head the new Foundation.

Comments (none posted)

Web3D Consortium Releases X3D Final Working Draft

The Web3D Consortium announced the availability of the final working draft version of the X3D(TM) ("Extensible 3D") specification to bring state-of-the-art 3D graphics to the Web and broadcast environments for a wide variety of applications and devices.

Comments (none posted)

Linux Stock Index for July 19 to July 23, 2002

LSI at closing on July 19, 2002 ... 21.91
LSI at closing on July 23, 2002 ... 20.66

The high for the week was 21.91
The low for the week was 20.66

Comments (none posted)

Press Releases

Open Source Announcements

• Internet2(R) (ANN ARBOR, Mich.): Internet2 Releases Open Source Web Access Control Building Block; Reference implementation provides proof of concept for component of online identity services.

• Ionstream Ltd (Espoo, FINLAND): MimerDesk 1.5.3 for group collaboration released.

• Platform Computing (EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND): Sandia National Laboratories Selects Platform Globus in First Commerical Adoption of Globus Toolkit.

• RealNetworks, Inc. (SAN FRANCISCO): RealNetworks Announces Helix - The First Comprehensive, Open Standard For Digital Media Delivery.

Distributions and Bundled Products

• MontaVista Software Inc. (SUNNYVALE, Calif., PARIS and TOKYO): MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition 2.1 Now Shipping.

• SuSE Linux (Oakland, CA): SuSE Linux Leads Linux Into the Enterprise with a Commitment to Open Standards.

Software for Linux

• AMI (ATLANTA, GA): American Megatrends Inc. Releases the Industry's First Low Cost, System Independent NAS Software Solution.

• Alias|Wavefront (NEW YORK): Alias|Wavefront Launches Maya 4.5 at Macworld New York; Latest Version of Maya Complete Makes World Debut On the Mac.

• Borland Software Corporation (SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.): Borland Breaks New Ground with C++ Technology for Linux; Borland Kylix 3 Will Bring Rapid C++ Development to Linux Developers Worldwide.

• Green Hills Software Inc. (NEW ORLEANS): Green Hills Software Announces MULTI Integrated Development Environment And Optimizing Compiler For MSC8102 at Smart Networks Developer Forum.

• Interlink Networks (ANN ARBOR, Mich.): Interlink Networks Announces Latest RADIUS Server Software Release; Version 5.2 Release Provides Improved Browser-Based Interface.

• OPTX International (CHICO, Calif.): OPTX International and TMX Japan Ltd. Produce Japanese Version of ScreenWatch Software; TMX Resells ScreenWatch to Japanese Market.

• SGI (SAN ANTONIO): SGI Enhances Software Development Tools for High-Performance Visualization.

• Storix Software (San Diego, CA): Storix provides full-featured system backup and recovery software for Linux systems..

• Synopsys (MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.): Synopsys Speeds Resolution of Customer Support Problems With Real-Time Online Support; Synopsys' ViewConnect Extends Comprehensive SolvNet Online Support Services.

Products and Services Using Linux

• Lyrix, Inc. (BOSTON, MASS): Lyrix Unified Communication Solutions Now Powered By Red Hat Linux.

Hardware with Linux support

• ATI Technologies (MARKHAM, Ontario): ATI's New FIRE GL X1 Primed To Power DCC and CAD Workstations Into New Era of Content Creation.

• NetWinder Inc. (OTTAWA, Ontario): NetWinder targets Security and Storage providers with Turnkey Appliance Platform.

• Patriot Scientific Corp. (SAN DIEGO): Patriot Scientific Corp. Adds Linux for Ignite.

• Resilience Corporation (SUNNYVALE, Calif.): New Resilience VPN/Firewall Appliance Delivers Twice the Performance at Half the Price of Competing Solutions.

Cross Platform/Porting Product

• MigraTEC: 64Express migrates Linux enterprise applications to AMD Opteron.

• Meeting Maker, Inc. (WALTHAM, Mass.): Meetingmaker is Web Service 'Ready'; Intellisync for Meetingmaker Ships: Enables Broad Enterprise Integration and Web Service Extensibility.

Linux at Work

• PNNL (EDINBURGH, Scotland): HP, PNNL Supercomputer to Become Largest Computing Resource on the Grid.

• Sun Microsystems, Inc. (SAN ANTONIO, SIGGRAPH CONFERENCE): Side Effects Software and Sun(TM) Grid Engine Software Power Linux-Based Distributed Rendering at Axyz Animation.

• YKK USA: YKK replaces AS/400 with SuSE.

Books and Documentation

• O'Reilly (Sebastopol, CA): "Java Management Extensions" Released by O'Reilly.

Trade Shows and Conferences

• ATI Technologies Inc. (MARKHAM, Ontario): ATI and Massive Render The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Real Time in Linux.

• StarNet Communications Corp. (SAN FRANCISCO): StarNet Debuts X-Win32 PC X Server at SEMICON West.

• Ximian, Inc. (BOSTON): Ximian CTO Miguel de Icaza to Demonstrate Mono Project Success at O'Reilly Open Source Convention.

Partnerships

• Alabanza (BALTIMORE and WELLESLEY, Mass.): Alabanza and GeoTrust Announce Strategic Partnership.

• Avnet Hall-Mark (TEMPE, Ariz.): Avnet Hall-Mark Announces Life Sciences Partnership Program; Distributor Joins IBM in Supporting Strategic Growth Initiative.

• Cyrusoft International, Inc. (PITTSBURGH, PA): Cyrusoft and Terra Soft Solutions Form Strategic Alliance to Co-Market Mulberry and YDL.

• IBM and Opera Software (San Francisco and Oslo): IBM and Opera Software Team to Develop Multimodal Browser.

• Jabber, Inc. (DENVER): Jabber Announces Licensing Agreement with Premier TechCorps.

• RealNetworks, Inc. (OSCON, SAN DIEGO): RealNetworks and Xiph.org Collaborate to Offer Helix Community Ogg Vorbis Open Source Format and Codec.

• Red Hat, Inc. (RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC): Red Hat to Provide Embedded Support and Enable Linux Development On Motorola's NEW PowerQUICC III Architecture.

• UXComm (SAN JOSE, Calif.): LynuxWorks and UXComm Team up to Provide Management Tools for Embedded Products; UXComm's XTend Management Available for BlueCat Linux and LynxOS.

• Zope Corporation (FREDERICKSBURG, Va.): AARP Launches Zope-powered Site; AARP Webplace Content Managed by Zope.

Financial Results

• MandrakeSoft: Mandrakesoft announces massive reduction in operating loss.

• PC Mall (TORRANCE, Calif.): PC Mall Reports Record Second Quarter Sales, a 19 Percent Increase Over Q2 2001; Q2 2002 Earnings Per Share $0.06 Before One-Time Non-Operating Charge.

Personnel and New Offices

• Angstrom Microsystems (BOSTON): Angstrom Microsystems Appoints Rhythm & Hues Vice President of Technology Mark A. Brown to Its Board of Advisors.

• CodeWeavers, Inc. (ST. PAUL, Minn.): CodeWeavers Appoints Laurent Gharda To Board Of Directors.

• Jabber, Inc. (DENVER): Jabber Names High-Tech Sales Veteran as Vice President of Sales; Appointment of John Houtsma Reflects Projected Revenue Growth.

• MigraTEC (DALLAS): Former Compaq and Texas Instruments CIO John W. White Joins MigraTEC's Board of Directors; Vice President of Sales and Marketing Wes Blair Elected Officer of Company.

• Sourcefire, Inc. (COLUMBIA, Md.): Sourcefire Continues Expansion With Key Senior Management Team Appointments.

Page editor: Rebecca Sobol
Next page: Linux in the news>>