eWeek articles from April 2006

eWeek archives from April 2006

France's Alcatel to Buy Lucent for $13.4B.(Lucent Technologies Inc.)
April 2, 2006... PARIS/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters)--French communications-equipment maker Alcatel said on Sunday it would buy smaller U.S. rival Lucent Technologies Inc. for $13.4 billion to gain market heft and broaden its product mix. Together, the companies...

Barron's: Microsoft Stock Alluring Despite Product Delays.(Brief article)
April 2, 2006... NEW YORK (Reuters)--The quality of new products and a strategy to promote them make shares in Microsoft Corp. an attractive bet despite a delay in rolling out its Windows Vista and Office 2007, Barron's April 3 edition said. The report...

Alcatel, Lucent Finalize Merger.(Lucent Technologies Inc.)(Brief article)
April 2, 2006... PARIS (Reuters)--Telecoms equipment companies Alcatel and Lucent Technologies said on Sunday they had entered a definitive agreement to merge and form a new group with revenues of around 21 billion euros ($25.4 billion). The transaction,...

EHRs Enter Patient-Doctor Relationships.(electronic health records)
April 2, 2006... When brought into the exam room, computers act as a kind of third member in the relationship between doctor and patient, concludes a study published in Annals of Family Medicine. Whether the computer enhances or weakens the relationship...

An Homage to Steve Jobs, and Apple.(Steve Jobs, Apple Computer Inc.)
April 2, 2006... How to pay homage to Steve Jobs and Apple as the company turns 30? I certainly can't add onto the plaudits being handed out by the millions. These days everyone loves Steve. Steve's even bigger than Bill, who is plenty big in his own right....

Bring Distinctive Competence to the Surface.
April 3, 2006... The transformation that's taken place in the market for development environments is also gaining momentum in operating environments. In much the same way that Borland elected earlier this year to move its distinctive life-cycle strengths to the...

Nortel to Test "Wireless Mesh" in Israel.(Nortel Networks Corp.)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... JERUSALEM (Reuters)--Nortel Networks said on Monday it received Israeli government approval to perform a test of its "Wireless Mesh" network in the Jewish settlement town of Ariel in the West Bank. Wireless Mesh networks have a far larger...

Mexico's Carlos Slim Buys Verizon's Latin American Assets.(Verizon Communications Inc.)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... MEXICO CITY (Reuters)--Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, the third-richest man in the world, will buy three Latin American operations from U.S. carrier Verizon as he extends his grip on the telecommunications market across the region. Verizon...

SAP Acquires Virsa for Compliance Capabilities.(Virsa Systems)
April 3, 2006... Honing its software compliance skills, SAP announced April 3 the acquisition of Virsa Systems, a privately held company that develops enterprise risk management software. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1996, Virsa has...

IBM Expands Data-Integration Software Business.(International Business Machines Corp.)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--IBM on Sunday said it would expand its business of selling software and services that enable businesses to more easily access information stored in myriad computer sources and systems, an area the company is eyeing for...

Microsoft Taps ProClarity for BI Capabilities.
April 3, 2006... Microsoft has again tapped the nether regions of the western half of the United States for software innovation. The company announced April 3 the acquisition of ProClarity of Boise, Idaho, a company that develops business intelligence software....

At Some AdSense Web Sites, 'Tipping' Is Encouraged.
April 3, 2006... Scott Karp realizes he needs help if he's ever going to collect any of the revenue he earns participating in Google's AdSense advertising program. So now his Web site encourages tipping. What Karp and a growing number of other Web site...

SFLC Establishes Conservancy to Give Aid to Developers.(Software Freedom Law Center)
April 3, 2006... BOSTON--Free and open-source developers looking for free financial and administrative help received good news at the LinuxWorld Conference here on April 3 with the establishment of the Software Freedom Conservancy. The Software Freedom Law...

Iona Releases New Version of Its ESB.(Iona Technologies Inc., Artix 4.0)
April 3, 2006... Iona Technologies has announced the availability of Artix 4.0, the latest version of the company's ESB. Dublin, Ireland-based Iona announced Artix 4.0 on April 3, claiming that the new Enterprise Service Bus improves customers' ability to...

McAfee Touts New Integrated Approach.
April 3, 2006... Software maker McAfee is changing the way it sells and markets its security applications to emphasize the integration built into the products and address customers' increasing desire for unified defense management tools. Introduced under...

LinuxWorld: Novell Tunes Linux for .Net, Enterprise Desktops.
April 3, 2006... BOSTON--Novell opened the LinuxWorld Conference here with the introduction April 3 of the beta program for Mono 1.2, its open-source implementation of the Microsoft .Net Framework designed to help corporate IT and ISV developers migrate...

OnSecurity: eEye's Unofficial IE Patch.(Microsoft Internet Explorer)(Podcast)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... eWEEK Senior Writer Ryan Naraine talks with Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer of eEye, to discuss the company's decision to release an unofficial patch for the latest zero-day exploit of Internet Explorer. This is eWEEK Podcast #60. ...

AOL Enhances Mobile Phone Offerings.(America Online Inc.)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... At CTIA Wireless AOL on Monday announced several improvements to its mobile offerings, including an enhancement to its mobile search service that would format any page for the mobile screen, an expanded relationship with Sprint and new mobile...

Big Brother Cleans up Crime in New Jersey Town.
April 3, 2006... EAST ORANGE, New Jersey (Reuters)--Lenox Avenue in suburban East Orange was long a hotbed of drugs and gun mayhem and one of New Jersey's toughest streets. But Big Brother has cleaned it up. Police here say that thanks to new technology...

Symantec Makes New Bid to Secure IM.(Symantec IM Manager 8.0)
April 3, 2006... Security software maker Symantec is hoping to cash in on enterprise customers' growing headaches around managing and protecting instant messaging applications, including the freely available IM clients so popular among today's users. While...

Google Has Multimedia on Its Mind.
April 3, 2006... Internet search provider Google appears more serious than ever about preparing features for home electronics. In the past few weeks, the Mountain View, Calif.-based firm has begun looking for employees to make Google TV and radio products...

There's No Privacy Interest in Public.
April 3, 2006... I get burned up when I see public surveillance cameras referred to with the term "Big Brother" as in this news story. Referring to cameras such as those described in the article in this way trivializes actual totalitarianism. I don't buy...

Application Acceleration Market Hits $1.2B.
April 3, 2006... The worldwide market for application acceleration technology grew to $1.2 billion in 2005, a 36 percent spike over 2004, according to Gartner in a new report issued April 3. The market is made up of application delivery controllers and WAN...

Emulex Targets SAN Flexibility with HBAnyware Upgrade.(storage area network)
April 3, 2006... In an effort to give IT managers more flexibility in managing their SANs (storage area networks), Emulex of Costa Mesa, Calif. has introduced the first major upgrade of its Fibre Channel HBA (host bus adapter) management suite in two years. ...

Microsoft Tackles Bioinformatics.(by forming BioIT Alliance)
April 4, 2006... Microsoft on April 4 announced the formation of the BioIT Alliance, a cross-industry group created to enhance the ability to use and share biomedical data, at the Life Sciences Conference and Expo in Boston. The working group will take on a...

IBM Stakes SOA Claim.(International Business Machines Corp.)(Service oriented architecture )
April 4, 2006... In the scheme of all things SOA, IBM is staking a huge claim. The company announced April 3 eight new products and 20 product enhancements--all geared toward helping companies implement a service-oriented architecture. The biggest story...

Linux Muscling to the Top in Oracle Shops.
April 4, 2006... In the coming year, Linux is set to push Unix out of its traditional reigning role as the Oracle operating system of choice, a new survey predicts. Solaris, Sun's flagship Unix operating system, now dominates Oracle sites. It's installed...

Computer Sciences to Restructure.
April 4, 2006... Computer Sciences Corp. announced that it will undergo major internal restructuring over the next year, even as the company's directors consider potential buyout offers from Wall Street. CSC Chairman Van Honeycutt detailed the plans in a...

Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible.
April 4, 2006... LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.--In a rare discussion about the severity of the Windows malware scourge, a Microsoft security official said businesses should consider investing in an automated process to wipe hard drives and reinstall operating systems...

Sendmail Sets Sights on Open Source.
April 4, 2006... BOSTON--Messaging company Sendmail is looking at open-sourcing more of its technologies, including its commercial administration tool, Sendmail Switch MTA, and its Sendmail Mailstream Manager. "We are looking at open-sourcing those products...

Apple Update Tunes Mac for Enterprise Networks.(Mac OS X 10.4.6 )
April 4, 2006... Apple Computer on April 4 released an update, recommended for all users, aimed to improve features and fix problems on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macintosh systems. The Mac OS X 10.4.6 Update is currently available for download from...

AIM Troubles Haunt East, West Coasts.(America Online Inc.'s Instant Messenger )
April 4, 2006... America Online Instant Messenger users experienced outages, dropped conversations or other missed messages for a number of hours April 4. The AIM outage may be a symptom of a bigger problem, according to The SANS Institute. Problems...

A Jones for Rhythm and News.(Tom Jones and his performances)(Microsoft Corp.'s Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer opinions)(CA Inc.'s Sanjay Kumar and Steven Richards accused for accounting fraud)
April 4, 2006... It's not unusual," laughed the Lynx when he heard that 65-year-old Welsh singer Tom Jones was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace March 29. "What is unusual is watching The New York Times report that Google has faced the fact...

AMD Begins Chip Production at Second Fab.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)
April 4, 2006... Advanced Micro Devices said April 4 that it has begun shipping its first microprocessors from its second fab, Fab 36 in Dresden, Germany. The announcement, originally released from Germany, said that AMD plans to also shift the fab from...

Spyware-Powered Click Fraud Traced to Yahoo.(Ben Edelman )
April 4, 2006... Anti-spyware activist Ben Edelman has flagged a spyware-powered click-fraud scam using Yahoo's Overture advertising service to fleece advertisers. Edelman, a security researcher renowned for his meticulous work exposing the dark side of...

MPC Launches 2U SAN Device.(MPC Computers L.L.C.)(Brief article)
April 4, 2006... MPC Computers is adding a 2U iSCSI SAN device to its lineup of DataFrame storage offerings. MPC on April 4 rolled out the DataFrame 240 iSCSI storage area network, a 2U rack system that supports 12 hot-swappable 250GB Serial ATA II hard...

Dell, EMC Target SMBs with New Clariion Models.(EMC Clariion AX150)(EMC Clariion AX150i)
April 4, 2006... SAN DIEGO--Pouncing on the growing demand for iSCSI and Fibre Channel system diversity to enhance storage management for SMBs and remote branch office architectures, Dell and EMC on April 3 launched the EMC Clariion AX150 and AX150i systems at...

Medium Is Message at Pulver.com.
April 4, 2006... On the first day of the Freedom2Connect conference outside Washington on April 3, the medium truly was the message. The message: It is vital to American democracy that users retain the freedom to connect to the Internet, which must remain...

Virtually Speaking at LinuxWorld.(Virtualization)(Brief article)
April 4, 2006... There are only a handful of people at LinuxWorld Boston on Monday, but I've already heard some of them saying, "Why is everyone talking about virtualization?" Mea culpa. Here at the Ziff Davis family of publications, we've been covering...

EDS to Buy Majority Stake in Indian Outsourcer Mphasis for $380 Million.(Electronic Data Systems Corp.)(Mphasis BFL Ltd.)
April 4, 2006... ORLANDO, Fla.--Electronic Data Systems is making an offer for 52 percent of Mphasis BFL Limited, an applications and business process outsourcing services company, in Bangalore, India. "This offer is complementary to our overall strategy to...

Two Plead Guilty in Huge US CD Piracy Bust.(Ye Teng Wen)(Hao He)(Brief article)
April 4, 2006... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--Two men involved in what U.S. authorities called the largest bust of pirated music CDs and computer software in America each pleaded guilty to five criminal counts on Monday, law enforcement officials said. The...

Samsung Delays US Blu-ray Player Launch to June.(Samsung Electronics Company Ltd.)(Brief article)
April 4, 2006... SEOUL (Reuters)--South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said on Tuesday it has delayed the U.S. launch of its next-generation DVD player for a month, to late June, in order to complete testing. Japan's Toshiba Corp. last week started...

The Lessons of the $100 Laptop.
April 4, 2006... BOSTON--The $100 laptop is coming together, its founder says, but without the famous crank. Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop Per Child, said in a keynote at LinuxWorld here that OLPC is preparing to deliver its first 5 million...

Platform Computing Looks to ISVs to Open Enterprise Doors.
April 4, 2006... Platform Computing is looking to partnerships with software vendors as a way of getting its grid computing products into enterprises. Enterprises tend to be more comfortable with packaged software offerings, so forming OEM partnerships with...

Software Maker Corel Plans 8 Million Share IPO.(initial public offering)
April 4, 2006... WASHINGTON--Canadian software maker Corel Corp. filed with U.S. regulators Tuesday for an initial public offering of up to 8 million shares at $18 to $20 a share. The company plans to sell 5 million shares, and Vector Capital, the private...

Linux Leaps Toward KDE/GNOME Compatibility.
April 4, 2006... The Open Source Development Labs, the consortium dedicated to the adoption of Linux, and freedesktop.org, the open-source project focused on interoperability for X Window System desktops, announced the technology preview of the first set of...

Coraid Rolls Out Low-Cost Linux-Based NAS Gateway.(CLN20-FT Redundant Linux NAS )(Brief article)
April 4, 2006... Coraid, a San Clemente, Calif., company that bills itself as an alternative to higher-cost iSCSI and Fibre Channel, has bolstered its Linux NAS Gateway products with failover capability that helps protect data and ensure business continuity....

Making Your Apps Work with Internet Explorer 7.
April 4, 2006... Microsoft is under increasing pressure to do something with Internet Explorer 7. Like little dogs nipping at its heels, other browsers have raised the bar of user expectations. Microsoft has had to respond. If you haven't looked at IE7...

Intel, EMC Ink Pact Targeting SMB Storage.(small and medium businesses)
April 4, 2006... SAN DIEGO--Targeted at improving storage functionality and options for SMBs, Intel and EMC announced a new multiyear OEM agreement and strategy on April 4 while also unveiling plans to co-develop storage technology. Per the joint agreement...

Gadget Merges Telecommuting with Listening to Tunes.
April 4, 2006... Nothing gives away an at-home worker more than dialing them up on the phone, and hearing their music cranking on the stereo in the background. But now comes an answer from Skype Limited, the Internet telephony division of San Jose,...

Power.org Member Rapport, IBM Unveil Low-Power Cell Processor.(Rapport Technologies)(International Business Machines Corp.)(Brief article)
April 4, 2006... Chip maker Rapport Technologies and IBM have developed the Kilocore1025, a new breed of cell processor technology both companies claim will bring disruptive technologies to the low-power computing market. The Kilcore 1025, will feature...

Study: It Behooves IT Staff to Sharpen Business Skills.
April 4, 2006... A study released last week by SIM (the Society for Information Management), a professional society of IT executives, identified business capabilities as five of the top 10 skills that are critical to keep in-house between now and 2008. ...

Microsoft Readies 'BitVault' Self-Healing Data Store.
April 4, 2006... Microsoft is working to commercialize "BitVault," a Microsoft Research technology designed to store large volumes of seldom-changing information--the kind of material that overwhelms enterprises needing to house lots of compliance and reference...

Readers Respond: Microsoft Shuts Windows on New PC Firmware.(Letter to the editor)
April 4, 2006... I read John G. Spooner's article on UEFI ("Microsoft Shuts Windows on New PC Firmware," March 20) with great interest because my future as a computer user is already harnessed to this emerging firmware standard. I wasn't terribly surprised...

Exabyte Sizes Upgradable Tape Drive for SMBs.(VXA-172 Packet Drive)(small and medium businesses)
April 4, 2006... Exabyte has introduced what it says is the first upgradable tape drive. Aimed at SMBs (small and midsize businesses) that may be short on cash but expecting to grow over time, the VXA-172 Packet Drive starts at a 172GB capacity, which can...

Free Add-On Outfits Windows CE for DVRs, IP-STBs.(digital video recorders)(Internet protocol set-top boxes)(Brief article)
April 4, 2006... Microsoft on April 4 unveiled a Windows CE add-on intended to simplify the development of next-generation DVRs (digital video recorders) and IP STBs (Internet protocol set-top boxes). The free "Networked Media Device Feature Pack" aims to...

Net Neutrality Measure Set for Vote.
April 4, 2006... Lawmakers charged with overseeing telecommunications are poised to vote on the most controversial legislative measure in telecom this year: network neutrality. The measure, which could determine whether the Internet remains accessible to...

Security Worries Hang Up Mobile Plans.
April 4, 2006... New research indicates that many companies are putting a hold on the introduction of new wireless technologies based on concerns over IT security. Published by security applications maker Symantec and the research arm of UK-based newsmaker...

EnterpriseDB Picks Up PostgreSQL Super-Developers.(Bruce Momjian and Simon Riggs)
April 4, 2006... BOSTON--EnterpriseDB has scooped up Bruce Momjian, a leading PostgreSQL developer and member of the open-source database's Core Team, to serve as senior database architect, the company announced here at LinuxWorld on April 4. The company...

Secret Service Sting Targets Web Con Artists.(Editorial)
April 4, 2006... In sharing information about an undercover federal investigation of Web frauds involving credit cards and stolen tax refunds, the Secret Service demonstrated that it can adapt with the times. The seven initial arrests stemming from what the...

IBM and Tivoli 10 Years Later: A Match Made in Heaven?(International Business Machines Corp.)(Tivoli Systems Inc.)
April 4, 2006... IBM late last week quietly celebrated the 10th anniversary of its acquisition of Tivoli Systems, marking a 10-year roller coaster ride in the network and systems management market. Although IBM in the early years made significant profit on...

Lane: U.S. Software Faces Loss of Global Dominance.
April 4, 2006... SANTA CLARA, Calif.--The U.S. software industry is losing its dominant position in the global market as India and China graduate far more software engineers than graduate from U.S. universities, says Ray Lane, general partner with venture...

PC Magazine's First Digital Drive Awards.(Brief article)
April 5, 2006... The average american spends weeks each year in a car. It's no wonder we're demanding smarter, safer, and more entertaining automobiles. Yet for all the billions spent on development, the fusion-powered flying cars of science-fiction movies...

Open-Source Advocates: Microsoft's Development Model Is Failing.
April 5, 2006... BOSTON--Proponents of the free and open-source software development model are using the recently announced delays in the shipping of Microsoft's Windows Vista and Office 2007 products as an example of how the company's software engineering...

Update: Apple 'Boot Camp' Software Boots Windows On Macs.(Apple Computer Inc.)(Brief article)
April 5, 2006... Apple on Wednesday introduced Boot Camp, a program to allow Windows XP to run on an Intel-based Macintosh. Although Windows has already been successfully booted on several Macs, the software is Apple's acknowledgement that customers are...

Show of Hands: Who Wants Windows XP on Their Macs?(Apple Computer Inc. developing an operating system)(Brief article)
April 5, 2006... Apple says, due to overwhelming user demand, it is developing software that will allow customers to dual-boot Windows XP and Mac OS X on Intel-based Macs. Apple rolled out on Wednesday a public beta version of "Boot Camp," which it plans...

Apple Sends Macs to Windows Boot Camp.(Apple Computer Inc.)(Brief article)
April 5, 2006... Apple is opening some Windows. The computer maker has begun offering software that will allow its latest Macs to run Microsoft's Windows XP, in addition to the Apple Mac OS X. Apple on April 5 began offering a public beta of Boot Camp,...

Pennsylvania Hospitals to Share Patient Data.
April 5, 2006... Community hospitals and family physicians in rural and suburban Pennsylvania have taken up a plan to make sure a patient's general practitioner knows what treatment the patient received in the hospital, and vice versa. Medical errors often...

Virtualization Headed Toward Client Space.(says Kevin Kettler)
April 5, 2006... BOSTON--The paths for both Linux and virtualization, which have gained ground in the data center, are headed directly toward the client space, according to Dell's top technology executive. In his keynote here at the LinuxWorld Conference &...

Samsung to Sell Thinnest Cellphone in the US.(Samsung Electronics Company Ltd.)
April 5, 2006... LAS VEGAS (Reuters)--South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said on Wednesday it will sell the slimmest cell phone in the United States, aiming to compete with U.S. market leader Motorola's popular Razr line. Equipped with a color...

Israeli Firm Launches Free E-mail Via Cell Phones.(Emblaze Systems Ltd.)
April 5, 2006... JERUSALEM (Reuters)--Israel's Emblaze Ltd. launched a service on Wednesday that allows cellular phone, Palm Pilot and Pocket PC users to receive their e-mails for free, in similar fashion to a BlackBerry. The service is aimed at "executives...

RIM to Add Yahoo Web Services to BlackBerry.(Research in Motion Ltd.)
April 5, 2006... TORONTO (Reuters)--Research In Motion will put such Yahoo Inc. Web offerings as search, e-mail, instant messaging, and news on its BlackBerry devices, and will start rolling out the service in 60 countries in about two weeks, the two companies...

Microsoft Sheds More Light on Windows Hypervisor Technology.(Viridian technology)
April 5, 2006... BOSTON--While Microsoft's Windows Hypervisor technology, code-named Viridian and currently under development, will not be ready when Windows "Longhorn" Server ships sometime next year, company officials are optimistic that it will be available...

Boot Camp: Apple's Enterprise Trojan Horse?(from Apple Computer Inc., used to install Windows XP on macintosh computers)
April 5, 2006... "Apple has no desire or plan to sell or support Windows, but many customers have expressed their interest to run Windows on Apple's superior hardware now that we use Intel processors," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of...

Cell Phones, Web Browsers to Get VOIP Feature.(from JaJah, an internet telephony services company)
April 5, 2006... An Internet phone service called JaJah will become standard on a significant cell phone operating system, and the Opera Web browser for computers and cell phones, the company announced April 5. The announcement was expected from the Palo...

Lucent Sues Microsoft over Technology in Xbox 360.(Lucent Technologies Inc.'s patent case)(Brief article)
April 5, 2006... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday it was reviewing a lawsuit filed against it by Lucent Technologies Inc. alleging Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console contains technology that infringes on a Lucent patent. Lucent...

Census Bureau Signs Largest Windows Mobile Deal.(Microsoft Corp.)
April 5, 2006... The U.S. Census Bureau signed an IT services contract that will make it the largest user of Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system as part of its preparations to conduct the 2010 citizen head count. Under a new deal signed between the...

Portland Project Brings Desktop Linux's Best Day Ever.(Brief article)
April 5, 2006... It's sad but true that until recently some of the Linux desktop's best supporters were also its worst enemies. By constantly flaming each other and refusing to work together, the GNOME and KDE desktop developers were ensuring that no Linux...

Adobe Signs First Flash Deal on Mobile Phones.(with Verizon Wireless Inc.)
April 5, 2006... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--Adobe Systems Inc. unveiled a deal on Wednesday with Verizon Wireless, the second largest U.S. wireless provider, to build Flash animation software into Verizon mobile phones. Adobe, which did not disclose financial...

McAfee Gobbles Up Web Ratings Security Startup.(acquires SiteAdvisor)(Brief article)
April 5, 2006... Anti-virus security specialist McAfee has wasted no time gobbling up SiteAdvisor, a 1-year-old startup that rates the Web to determine if a site's content includes spyware, spam, viruses, browser-based exploits or online scams. McAfee...

Microsoft to Have Its Say on Virtualization at LinuxWorld.
April 5, 2006... BOSTON--When Bill Hilf, Microsoft's director for platform technology strategy, takes to the stage on April 6 to deliver his keynote address at the LinuxWorld Conference here, he is going to talk a lot about virtualization. Hilf is also...

Nokia Launches Four Handsets for N. America.(Brief article)
April 5, 2006... HELSINKI--The world's largest handset maker Nokia unveiled four new phones aimed at the North American market on Wednesday, including three new CDMA models and a slim GSM/EDGE phone with a camera and music player. The Finnish company,...

Ubuntu Linux Courts Business with Certification Test.(Brief article)
April 5, 2006... Ubuntu, one of the most popular community Linux distributions, is continuing its march toward becoming a more business-friendly distribution. In its latest move, Canonical Ltd., Ubuntu's sponsor, and the LPI (Linux Professional Institute),...

Intel, Red Hat Team to Help Users Move to Linux.(Brief article)
April 5, 2006... Intel and Red Hat announced at LinuxWorld in Boston on April 4 the creation of a global training and support program that will help customers plan for, accelerate and optimize their Linux deployments. "The Red Hat and Intel Solution...