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Custom Technology Distributes Scalix, a Full-Featured Email and Calendaring Solution on Linux

Custom Technology is distributing Scalix, a robust new HP OpenMail-based alternative for businesses seeking a full-featured Email and Calendaring solution on Linux.

The company announced a distribution partnership with Scalix Corporation to bring the product to the Australian market. Scalix offers rich email and calendaring functionality on a highly reliable …

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Nuxeo releases CourierCPS: a mail management solution for Collaborative Portal Server 3 (CPS)

Nuxeo has released CourierCPS, a mail management solution for Collaborative Portal Server 3 (CPS). The software module allows organizations to dematerialize the processing chain for incoming and outgoing mail. Developed in partnership with Capgemini and funded by the French Ministry of Interior, of Internal Security and Local Rights (MISILL), CourierCPS …

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Mandrakesoft Launches Personalized Solutions and Maintenance Program for Small and Medium Businesses

Mandrakesoft has created a new program for Small and Medium Businesses, Academic Institutions, Value Added Resellers, Non-Profit Organizations, Resellers, Gov't Agencies and Partners. The program is designed to provide One-Stop complete Open Source solutions (Products/Support/Updates/Services) to customers. The "Personalized Solutions and Maintenance Program" (PSMP) is an easy-to-use …

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NeTraverse and Mandrakesoft Team Up to Offer Windows-to-Linux Migration Platform

NeTraverse and Mandrakesoft have formed a strategic alliance to offer award-winning Windows-to-Linux migration capabilities to users and organizations contemplating Linux solutions but have dependencies on legacy Windows applications. The popular Win4Lin and Win4Lin Terminal Server products allow organizations that are enthusiastic about the significant cost, security and reliability improvements to …

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Mandrakesoft Announces Improved Partner Relationships with Independent Software Vendors and Includes Third-Party Software in Mandrakelinux Retail Packs

Mandrakesoft has announced improved partner relationships with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and the inclusion of a carefully selected collection of third-party software for the recently released Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official range of retail packs. The ISV software provided with Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official addresses areas such as support for certain …

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Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official for AMD64 Platform Released

Mandrakesoft has announced the availability of Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official for the AMD64 platform. The new release delivers all the features and robustness of Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official to the 64-bit platform from AMD, with an average performance gain of 20% compared to the IA32 version. Mandrakelinux 10.0 for …

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froglogic Announces Availability of Squish for Qt/Embedded and Qtopia

froglogic has announced the availability of Squish, an automated GUI testing framework for Qt applications, including Qt/Embedded and Qtopia. The distributed architecture of Squish allows for easy integration into any development or test environment. Squish is a high-quality tool that follows the guiding principle of Qt: making life easier …

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ICS Qt Developers Conference: A Focus on User Interface Tools for Mission-Critical Software

Integrated Computer Solutions (ICS) announced that engineers from various industries will converge on the Boston area next month for a conference focusing on user interface (UI) tools for the creation of mission-critical software using Trolltech's Qt framework and ICS's graphical user interface (GUI) add-on tools. The conference highlights include a …

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Linux Distribution Market Update: Red Hat Discontinues Retail/Community Distro

The Linux distribution market has undergone significant changes, with Red Hat Software discontinuing its 'Retail/Community' distro in favor of an Enterprise distribution. The Linux Training Center has updated its course offerings to reflect the new realities among Linux Distributors and prepare IT professionals to support Suse Linux/Novell, Red …

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LinuxQuestions.org Launches New Forum for Linux User Groups

LinuxQuestions.org is proud to announce the addition of a Linux User Group (LUG) forum, which will allow members of LUGs around the world to post announcements, attract more members, coordinate meetings and communicate with other LUGs. It also provides a resource for people who are interested in joining a …

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McObject Announces Final Beta Release of Embeddable HTTP Server for Intelligent Devices

McObject has announced the final beta release on Linux of eXtremeWS, its embeddable HTTP server for intelligent, connected devices. With a footprint of less than 30K, low CPU consumption and support for devices without a disk or file system, eXtremeWS extends the benefits of Web browser-based access to a wide …

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Mandrakesoft Reports Positive Operating Result and Net Income for First Half of Fiscal Year 2004

Mandrakesoft reported a positive operating result of 0.21 million euros and net income of 0.31 million euros for the first half of fiscal year 2004, with sales increasing by 36.8% and gross margin improving to 84%. The company attributes these results to the progress in E-Commerce, Royalties …

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LinuxQuestions.org Launches Enterprise Linux Forum

LinuxQuestions.org has announced the launch of an Enterprise Linux forum to provide free community-based help for enterprise users running, migrating to or researching Linux implementation. The forum will offer quick tips and solutions that traditional support contracts may not cover. LinuxQuestions.org is a free, friendly and active Linux …

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F-Secure Expands Its Line of Antivirus Products for Linux Environments

F-Secure Corporation is expanding its line of antivirus products for Linux environments with the introduction of F-Secure Anti-Virus(tm) for Samba Servers, which automatically detects, cleans, removes and disinfects viruses from files stored on Samba file servers. In the Spring, F-Secure will launch a new centrally manageable, real-time scanning anti-virus …

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Mandrakesoft releases Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official

Mandrakesoft has announced the availability of Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official, a full-featured operating system that includes a full suite of desktop and server applications. The release offers increased performance with Linux kernel 2.6, an enhanced desktop experience with KDE 3.2, GNOME 2.4 and Mandrakegalaxy II, unbeatable hardware …

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Open Development Process Yields New Open Motif with over 25 Bug Fixes

Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. (ICS) announced the release of Open Motif 2.2.3, a publicly licensed version of Motif, the industry standard user interface toolkit for UNIX systems.

The new release includes over 25 critical bug fixes requested by developers of enterprise applications. ICS led a worldwide team of …

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Secluda Technologies Announces Final Beta of BlockMaster

Secluda Technologies announces final beta of BlockMaster, a perimeter gateway server software that ensures wanted messages are delivered despite errors or unwanted blocking by RBL's and other anti-spam technologies. The software is available on Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X operating systems and requires no rule or filter updates …

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GNU/Linux Vendors Respond to Forrester Report on Linux Security

GNU/Linux vendors Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, and SUSE have joined together to respond to a Forrester report that claims Linux is less secure than Windows. The vendors believe the report treats all vulnerabilities as equal, regardless of their risk to users, and ignores the expertise of security response teams …

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Mandrakesoft Exits Chapter 11 Protection with First Profitable Quarter in Four Years

The Commerce Court today accepted Mandrakesoft's exit plan from 'redressement judiciaire' (Chapter 11 like protection).

The plan provides for the payment of creditors, without recapitalization as a precondition, over a period of nine years. The turnaround was largely made possible by improvements in the company's financial results -- Mandrakesoft recently recorded …

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MontaVista Linux powers Thales' new advanced and secure electronic car park fare collection system

MontaVista Software and Thales Group have successfully implemented MontaVista Linux in their new advanced and secure electronic car park fare collection system, Largo WiLi, at Paris Orly and Charles de Gaulle airports.

The system incorporates state-of-the-art technology and has been operating successfully since May 2003 and November 2003. MontaVista Linux …

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