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MandrakeSoft Launches Strategic Partner Programs for Market Players

MandrakeSoft, a publisher of the Linux-Mandrake operating system, announced that it will launch strategic partner programs for different market players including software and hardware vendors, as well as systems integrators (SIs). The company has created specific partner programs for each type of alliance to support its partners' development in the …

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Remote Debugging Now Possible with PDK 2.0 from ActiveState

ActiveState, a leading supplier of products and services supporting open source infrastructure software, announced today the availability of a new version of the Perl Dev Kit (PDK 2.0). The new version allows remote debugging of Perl scripts running on Unix and Windows platforms as well as on a Web …

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Sun Microsystems Brings GNOME Desktop to People with Disabilities

Sun Microsystems announced it will establish an Accessibility Technologies Lab to work on technology development for people with disabilities. The lab will develop an assistive technologies framework for utilities, device drivers, and voice interaction capabilities for the upcoming GNOME 2.0--a free, open-source, and easy-to-use user environment. Sun also announced …

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TurboLinux powers China's largest sports web site with high availability Internet solution

TurboLinux, Inc., a high-performance Linux company, announced that China's largest sports Web site, Shawei.com, hosts the Sydney 2000 Olympics webcast and all of its other content on a high availability Internet site built around TurboLinux clustering, caching, and load balancing software solutions powered by an Oracle database on Compaq …

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Linux NetworX Introduces Evolocity 1240s: A New Paradigm Shift in Web Serving

Linux NetworX introduces Evolocity 1240s, a new product that uses cluster technology to manage and optimize Web traffic in the Internet market. The server contains all of the tools needed for high availability Web serving, including Apache Web server, Sendmail, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), PHP, ModPerl, MySQL, Secure Shell (SSH …

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MontaVista Software Teams with Intel to Deliver Embedded Linux Solutions

MontaVista Software has announced participation in the Intel Applied Computing Platform Provider Program (ACPP). The company will work with Intel to deliver embedded Intel Architecture-based board and system level solutions to applied computing customers. MontaVista's open-source software solutions and comprehensive service model add additional depth to the program, helping to …

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RockSolid Enterprises Unveils First Internet Access Device in the RockSolid Box Family

RockSolid Enterprises, a provider of innovative Information Appliances including routers, Internet Access Devices and Business / Residential Gateways, is unveiling its first RockSolid Box line of Internet Access Devices (IADs) at the Networld+Interop / Linux Business Expo 2000 trade shows in Atlanta. The devices are powerful and secure, with local and …

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VeriSign Selected as Default Provider of Web Site Digital Certificates for Penguin Computing's Secure Linux-based E-commerce Servers Equipped with Nuron's Encryption Acceleration

VeriSign has been selected as the default provider of Web site digital certificates for Penguin Computing's Secure Linux-based E-commerce Servers equipped with Nuron's Encryption Acceleration.

This integration enables the automatic generation of 'digital keys' required to create a Web site digital certificate, and allows administrators to seamlessly enroll and purchase …

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SLUG Invited to Present Linux Solutions at Computers and Technology Showcase in Tampa

The Suncoast Linux Users Group (SLUG) has been invited to give a presentation at the upcoming Computers and Technology Showcase in Tampa on September 27th and 28th.

The event is an open invitation to all interested parties, and SLUG is extending the invitation to all Florida-based LUGs to attend. SLUG's …

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MontaVista Secures $23 Million in Equity Investments for Linux Embedded Market

MontaVista Software Inc., a developer of the Hard HatTM Linux operating system for embedded computers, has received over $23 million in equity investments from investors including WR Hambrecht + Co., RRE Ventures, US Venture Partners and Alloy Ventures.

The funds will be used to accelerate the adoption of Linux in the …

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Open CASCADE used by French National Institute for Nuclear Safety and Protection for modeling extremely precise 3D environments

The French National Institute for Nuclear Safety and Protection (IPSN) has developed a new application called Moret Graphic Editor, which is based on Open CASCADE open source modeling components.

The application calculates extremely precise 3D environments in which the IPSN simulates neutron behavior and neutron interaction within matter to determine …

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First Credit Bank of Los Angeles Chooses TurboLinux Server for Enterprise Infrastructure

First Credit Bank of Los Angeles has chosen TurboLinux Server as the underlying operating system for its enterprise infrastructure. The bank's officers were looking for a secure product and found that TurboLinux out-of-the-box installs without security holes found in other Linux distributions. The installation process was quick and easy, taking …

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LINUX Business Expo-Atlanta: Expanding the Linux Dialogue Beyond Developers

LINUX Business Expo-Atlanta is a unique event that brings together business-to-business providers who are incorporating open-source operating system into their business enterprise. The event, co-located with NetWorld+Interop, will feature keynote addresses by top-tier Linux companies such as Red Hat and Caldera Systems. The keynotes will address the challenges associated …

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Linux NetworX Introduces RapidFlow Line of Switches at Networld+Interop 2000

Linux NetworX is introducing its RapidFlow line of switches at the Networld+Interop 2000 trade show. The RapidFlow Switch Architecture offers scalability, flexibility, ease-of-use and manageability for customers requiring accelerated data routing and reliability. RapidFlow switches are fully managed, wire-speed, non-blocking, stackable Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet switches that are …

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VA Linux Systems Moves Up in US and Worldwide Linux Server Market Share

VA Linux Systems has moved up in US and worldwide Linux server market share since Q4 1999, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).

The company now ranks second in the US and third worldwide in terms of factory revenue. VA Linux grew its US market share to 20% in Q2 …

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Yggdrasil Computing Ships World's First Linux DVD9-ROM

Yggdrasil Computing, Inc., a company that created the Linux CD-ROM industry, has shipped the world's first Linux DVD9-ROM, which contains over eight billion bytes of open source software. The product is designed to address the problem of having to switch among multiple discs for current Linux users. The manufacturing process …

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DashCenter Partners with VA Linux for Storage-for-Rent Service

DashCenter, Inc., an Application Service Provider (ASP), has selected network-attached storage (NAS) appliances from VA Linux Systems, Inc. as the basis for its new storage-for-rent offering called DashStorage. The service will offer managed RAID storage and back-up services from AboveNet Communications' co-location centers worldwide. The VA Linux 9205 NAS system …

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Tuxtops Launches Easy Loading Linux CD

Tuxtops is a company that specializes in pre-loaded and configured Linux laptops, and now they are expanding into the software field with an easy loading, one step Linux CD. The CD works on a variety of laptop models and lists the current flavors of Linux they've customized (Red Hat and …

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BeOpen.com Launches PythonLabs Professional Services Program

BeOpen.com, a worldwide leader in Python technologies, has launched its PythonLabs Professional Services Program. The program offers custom application development, technical support and Python technology development for dotcoms and major enterprises. Companies can contract BeOpen PythonLabs on a project basis and can also sponsor development of the Python language …

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Linbox Appoints Jean-Pierre Laisné as President and CEO

Linbox has appointed Jean-Pierre Laisné as its president and CEO.

The company has recently raised Euro 2.5 million in its first venture capital round and is moving rapidly to develop and expand the Linux-based network computing market where it enjoys a leading position in Europe. Linbox offers a range …

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