current news

Novell rolls out Linux Desktop 9
12 November, 2004 - NOVELL Inc. has just announced details of its latest Linux offering for desktop computers. more...

Details emerge on Datang 3G Linux phone
9 November, 2004 - CHINA'S government-owned TEM (telecommunications equipment manufacturer) has developed a 3G Linux mobile phone reference design, expected to appear in products in mid-2005. more...

Licensing anger driving users towards Linux
8 November, 2004 - SOFTWARE vendors who view licences as a form of taxation are alienating customers and must change their ways, according to industry experts more...

Novell counters Microsoft's Linux 'facts' with 'truth'
5 November, 2004 - COUNTERING the latest salvo of Microsoft's Get the Facts campaign against open-source software, Novell has launched a Web site devoted to "unbending the truth" about Linux in the enterprise. more...

Linux's Latest Moneymaker
4 November, 2004 - A SALT Lake City startup called Linux Networx has just closed a second round of venture funding for a staggering $40 million, further proof of investors' appetite for Linux as a solid, high-growth alternative to Windows and Unix. more...

UK Gives Open Source The OK
31 October, 2004 - THIS WEEK, United Kingdom government agencies got the go-ahead to use Linux (news - web sites) and other open-source products in a report published by the UK Office of Government Commerce (OGC). more...

Centrelink continues its crawl towards desktop Linux
28 October, 2004 - CENTRELINK, the Australian government agency responsible for distributing social security payments, is expecting delivery of Novell's Open Enterprise Server technology early next year -- another step on the organisation's path that seems to lead to the ubiquitous deployment of Linux. more...

Singapore government switches to OpenOffice.org
21 October, 2004 - THE MINISTRY of Defence in Singapore has decided to switch from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org, a move which could involve 20,000 PCs, according to reports. more...

Gartner Analysts Give Nod to Prime-Time Linux
19 October, 2004 - ANALYSTS at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo are finally acknowledging that Linux and open source should be part of a company's plans in every IT area. more...

Sharp puts hard drive in Linux PDA
15 October, 2004 - SHARP has announced that the next verison of its Linux-based Zaurus PDA will boast a 4GB hard disk drive. more...

Survey Shows More Companies Adopting Linux
15 October, 2004 - IN A SURVEY of 500 top companies in the IT industry, 89 companies said that they are migrating from Unix to Linux while 112 are migrating from Windows to Linux. more...

Lifesavers' big summer of data surfing
12 October, 2004 - SURF LIFE Saving Australia is racing to get its new online systems up and running before the start of the summer season. more...

Germans claim Linux lowers costs
11 October, 2004 - LINUX EVANGELISTS will be pleased that a second analyst report which says that the use of open source software can result in savings of about 30 per cent has just been published. more...

IBM backs SuSE for Canberra
12 October, 2004 - NOVELL, the number-two Linux software distributor, has combined with global tech giant IBM to target government departments with its SuSE flavour of the open-source operating system. more...

Novell CTO on hot Linux apps and closing gaps
10 November, 2004 - THE AGE of Linux maturity has begun, and the days of waiting for enterprise applications will soon be over, says Alan Nugent, chief technology officer and senior vice president, Novell Inc. of Waltham, Mass. more...

Switchover to Linux: Insurance majors to invest Rs 400 crore
12 November, 2004 - WHEN STEVE Ballmer, Microsoft?s chief executive officer, comes calling next week, he has to convince government-owned insurance companies that rival Linux is no alternative to Microsoft?s Windows when it comes to running their businesses. more...

Competitions Foster Next Generation Of Linux Talent
5 November, 2004 - IBM's Linux Scholar Challenge is one of a few programs to drum up enthusiasm among students worldwide in Linux and open-source software. more...

Adobe Eyes Linux Desktop Strategy
4 November, 2004 - SIGNS are pointing to a growing interest in desktop Linux and open-source software at Adobe Systems Inc., the maker of popular imaging and graphics software and the standard-bearer of PDF. more...

Vodafone inks global deal with Sun
29 October, 2004 - SUN MICROSYSTEMS has concluded a global deal with Vodafone to provide Java enterprise and desktop software to the mobile phone network's operations across more than 26 countries. more...

Dell to pre-install SuSE Linux on servers
29 October, 2004 - DELL will install Novell's SuSE Linux operating system on Dell PowerEdge servers as part of a worldwide agreement, the companies announced at the LinuxWorld conference in Frankfurt. more...

Linux gains are more than money
19 October, 2004 - THREE recent reports agree about one thing: Open source can save enterprises up to 30% over proprietary alternatives in areas such as office applications, servers, content management systems and databases. more...

Chicago Exchange makes Linux call
20 October, 2004 - THE CHICAGO Mercantile Exchange is moving to Intel-based servers running Linux. more...

FBI supplier readies secure Linux
20 October, 2004 - TRUSTED Computer Solutions is branching out from its Solaris roots with a secure version of Linux, due out in spring 2005. more...

Linux Taking Hold in China
17 October, 2004 - HEWLETT-PACKARD made a commitment to provide $24.1 million in software, hardware and relevant technology support and training for national software and integrated circuit public service platforms over the next three years to construct the MII-HP Linux software laboratory. more...

IBM Announces New P5 Servers That Run Linux
15 October, 2004 - IBM is putting rivals Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems on notice with the announcement of two new p5 servers capable of running Linux and Unix and allowing users to run 254 virtual servers on each machine. more...

France and China form Linux alliance
12 October, 2004 - THE FRENCH Atomic Energy Commission announced Monday that it plans to develop software based on the Linux operating system in cooperation with the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology. more...

Will City of Light become city of Linux?
12 October, 2004 - THE OPEN-SOURCE computer system known as Linux won a tough battle over Microsoft earlier this year when the city of Munich decided to change the operating software of 14,000 government computers... more...

archived news

TCO

Linux costs 30 per cent less than Windows
6 October, 2004 - OPERATING SYSTEM Linux has a total cost of ownership that is nearly a third cheaper than Windows, according to an independent study.more...

IBM Linux GM: Enterprises beyond TCO questions with Linux
28 June, 2004 - USED TO BE that nobody got fired for buying IBM. Big Blue's Linux general manager Jim Stallings, whose job it is to champion Linux use in the enterprise, seems to think times are changing. In this interview, he explains that IT departments worldwide are having to defend the presence of proprietary technology and explain why Linux and open source aren't being used in-house. more...

Four out of four experts agree: Linux lowers TCO
8 June, 2004 - CAN a company count on Linux to lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) of an enterprise system? Reaction to this question from CIOs and IT managers usually goes something like: "Well, of course it saves money on the bottom line. more...

government

NSW Government goes open source
1 October, 2004 - A PANEL of contracted suppliers has been formed to directly service government agencies that choose to adopt Linux systems. more...

City of Vienna gives staff a Linux option
11 August, 2004 - NEXT YEAR, users of 7,500 of the 16,000 desktop workstations in the municipality of Vienna will have the choice of moving to Linux, according to Erwin Gillich, head of the city's information services. An evaluation of this test will follow in 2006. more...

NSW makes open source move
24 June, 2004 - THE NSW GOVERNMENT has made official its push into open source, launching a $1.5 million deployment of what may be the state's largest-ever rollout of open source software on the desktop. more...

Linux in Government: How to Misunderstand the Enterprise Linux Desktop
23 July, 2004 - IF YOU ARE considering deploying open-source software in your organization, this article aims to help you draw appropriate distinctions for your business case. more...

Big Strides For Civic Linux
17 June, 2004 - IT SHOULD come as no surprise that the Linux industry has been targeting the government sector. In a string of wins for the open source operating system, Munich, Germany, and Bergen, Norway, both announced that they would be officially migrating to Linux. more...

Linux to work for welfare
15 April, 2004 - FEDERAL welfare agency Centrelink has established an internal Linux laboratory as part of increased research efforts into the potential cost savings or performance improvements the open source platform might deliver. more...

NSW opens door to Linux offers
29 September, 2004 - THE NSW Department of Commerce has released its eagerly anticipated Linux tender, calling for a panel of suppliers to provide enterprise-level software and services for government agencies.more...

NSW paves way for Linux move
13 August, 2004 - THE NSW Government is on the verge of putting its government-wide Linux plans into action, preparing to go to tender for a raft of enterprise Linux products to be used across state agencies in a project worth up to $50 million. more...

IBM claims world+dog moving to Linux
3 August, 2004 - BIG BLUE said at Linuxworld that governments worldwide are moving towards Linux. more...

Munich approves changeover from Microsoft to Linux open-source software
18 June, 2004 - FRANKFURT, Germany - City officials in Munich have approved a plan to change their 14,000 computers from Microsoft software to open-source Linux programs -- a process that will take until 2009. more...

From Microsoft Desktops To Linux Thin Clients
10 June, 2004 - CUT the flab, get fit? - Although it reads more like the snippet pasted on your gymnasium door, CTOs are pushing technology through rigorous exercise routines of their own. IT budgets have a tremedous potential to lose weight, and decision makers have started to 'workout' radical solutions. more...

banks & finance

Linux stars in Mission Critical
11 October, 2004 - LINUX is growing out of Unix's shadow and handling mission-critical tasks on its own. Check out its role at the NSE. more...

Linux finds Irish banking champion
29 June, 2004 - LINUX as found another powerful champion in the form of Allied Irish Banks (AIB) which has just signed a deal with Sun to switch its 7,500 branches' desktops from Windows to the Linux-based Java Desktop System (JDS). more...

Brazil goes for Linux
8 June, 2004 - OPEN-STANDARDS software is gaining momentum in Brazil with the help of the Government, which says it wants to develop domestic technology without having to pay hefty licence fees. more...

Australian Banks look at Linux switch
20 April, 2004 - LINUX and open-source software have a big future - at Microsoft's expense - in at least two of Australia's four big banks. more...

education

Linux is inching into college curriculums
4 June, 2004 - AMERICAN colleges and universities are often on the cutting edge of Linux and open source use - collaborating across campuses, enabling student and faculty open source projects, and providing unique experimentation and testing environments... more...

Cape schools get ten new Linux labs - in three hours
17 June, 2004 - THE SHUTTLEWORTH Foundation together with volunteers from the Schools Linux User Group (SLUG) yesterday installed more than 200 Linux-based PCs in ten schools around the city of Cape Town. more...

retail & telecommunications

Coles shops for open source
7 October, 2003 - COLES Myer has followed Telstra's lead and begun flirting with open-source software, such as Linux, as the retailer rationalises its IT operations. more...

Supermarket Chain Goes 'skinny' with Linux 'low-carb POS'
27 July, 2004 - What started out as an in-store point-of-sale (POS) hardware upgrade for Rouse's Supermarkets in Louisiana became a leap into thin-client, Linux-driven point-of-sale software for all its 15 grocery stores. more...

AT&T Tests Linux to Replace Microsoft's Windows on 70,000 PCs
5 October, 2004 - AT&T CORP. is testing Linux software as a replacement for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system, which runs the 70,000 personal computers used by its employees. more...

Telstra goes open-source
2 September, 2003 - TELSTRA, Australia's largest technology company, has nailed its colours firmly to the mast of open source software, creating a potential nightmare for Microsoft and sending shivers through a range of traditional platform providers. more...

miscellaneous

Police use Linux to comply with Freedom of Information
5 November, 2004 - A SCOTTISH POLICE force is extending its commitment to open-source software by developing a Linux-based system for ensuring it complies with the impending Freedom of Information Act legislation. more...

NEC boosting Linux systems maintenance
29 September, 2004 - NEC CORP has announced hat it plans to boost its Linux-related systems development business by strengthening maintenance services. more...

Novell CIO: Think About Easy Targets for Linux Migration
27 September, 2004 - "CIOs in general are pretty risk-averse people. I certainly am. This is not going to go away. But I believe we'll reach a point where Windows and Linux desktops co-exist. It'll be a viable alternative not just to consumers but in all enterprises to make the decision between Linux and Windows," said Anderson in her interview with vnunet.com. more...

Hewlett-Packard steps up Linux use
2 August, 2004 - HEWLETT-PACKARD is including the Linux operating system in its fastest servers for the first time, to court large companies that are trying to cut computing costs. more...

The business case for desktop Linux
2 August, 2004 - IT'S ONE OF the perennial questions facing the open source movement: Is Linux ready for the corporate desktop? Ready or not, Linux is coming. more...

Survey Says Linux Hacks Are Rare
28 July, 2004 - AN EVANS Data report says only 8% of Linux developers surveyed had ever seen a virus infect their systems. more...

More Linux with Motorola A780
27 July, 2004 - MOTOROLA'S latest device is the second in its push to bring Linux to mobile communications. Java + Linux + EDGE make up the new Motorola A780. more...

Oracle, Novell expand Linux work
9 July, 2004 - DESPITE building up a strong partnership with Linux vendor Red Hat, Oracle has announced its intention to facilitate a similar partnership with SuSE Linux's new owner Novell. more...

HP Touts Four-in-One Linux PC
14 July, 2004 - DESKTOP allows up to four users to share its processing power. more...

Oracle touts Linux at AU talkfest
7 July, 2004 - ORACLE continued its bullish optimism for its Linux strategy at its OpenWorld customer event in Melbourne today, revealing that 90 per cent of new Australasian customers had deployed its database on the operating system over the last 12 months. more...

Wimbledon expects ace service from Linux
17 June, 2004 - THE INTRANET for this year's Wimbledon Tennis Championships, which start next Monday, is based on a Linux-based IT infrastructure for the first time. more...

Linux Gaining Corporate Mind Share
27 June, 2004 - THE RESULTS of the second annual ITtoolbox IT Spending Survey demonstrate that IT budgets have increased over 2003. more...

IBM has global plans for Linux
17 June, 2004 - IBM is continuing its crusade to make Linux the world's most popular operating system. more...

StarOffice Slashes Seat Costs
15 June, 2004 - IT WASN'T long ago that Microsoft Office, at $500-plus a seat, was the only option for businesses seeking an integrated office suite. Times are changing, however. more...

The Linux Phenomenon
10 June, 2004 - RECENTLY, Hewlett Packard and Novell in collaboration with other Open Source (OS) supporting entities rounded off a global Linux road show in Lagos. more...

Big business opens up to Linux
15 March, 2004 - IF LINUX was a niche operating system within the enterprise a few years ago, today it is gaining traction as a secure and reliable central business platform, according to CommSecure’s managing director Ray Loyzaga. more...

Does Linux really offer improved IT security?
30 September, 2004 - WITH COSTS of software flaws exacting a huge toll on organizations -- NIST pegs it at nearly $60 billion annually in the U.S. alone -- many security experts advocate the use of open-source applications, which they say have fewer undiscovered, unpatched flaws. more...

Is Linux a threat to Microsoft?
2 October, 2004 - IN THE Middle East, the answer depends upon who gets asked the question. But many are now asking such questions about Linux. more...

Would you bet your business on Linux?
2 September, 2004 - A RECENT roundtable organised by The Banker looked at issues surrounding the non-proprietary Linux operating system. more...

Microsoft Ordered to Pull Anti-Linux Ad
26 August, 2004 - THE BRITISH watchdog agency charged with monitoring fairness and accuracy in advertising has ordered Microsoft to pull print ads comparing the total cost of ownership of Linux and Windows. more...

Server Sales Favor Linux
25 August, 2004 - LINUX SERVERS are on the rise again thanks in part to low-end and x86-64 based servers, according to a new survey by market research firm Gartner. more...

HP unveils its first Linux laptop
03 August, 2004 - HEWLETT-PACKARD Co. on Tuesday began shipping its first ever notebook computer to come pre-installed with the Linux operating system. more...

Low-fare airline flies from Windows Server to Linux
9 July, 2004 - A SMALL, regional airline is using Linux to help reshape itself into a new national low-fare air carrier. more...

Isn't Now the Time to Try a Linux Desktop?
9 July, 2004 - WORRIED sick about the latest rash of Internet Explorer security problems? I have the perfect solution for you, one that's even better than switching to Mozilla, Firefox or Opera. Switch operating systems: Go to Linux. more...

Sensis CIO mulls Linux mass movement
24 June, 2004 - IT IS THE EXTREME IT makeover Bill Gates never wanted to see. Sun Solaris and Linux have emerged as the big winners in a comprehensive IT architecture and infrastructure overhaul to make Sensis, Telstra's $2 billion directory, search and content cash cow, a lean, mean Web services machine. more...

Leading CRM software company E.piphany relies on Novell's Linux solutions
26 June, 2004 - E.PIPHANY, a leading CRM software company, chose SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server as its central application development architecture, moving away from Microsoft Windows, citing a reduction in overall maintenance and virtually zero downtime as the main reasons for the shift. more...

Linux behind the magic of Shrek 2
29 June, 2004 - ANIMATORS used Red Hat Linux 7.2 to create everyone's favourite ogre more...

The jury is still out on open source
27 June, 2004 - PROPRIETARY BATTLE: Open source software could make the next generation of Internet businesses successful under the principle of `many hands make light work' more...

Don't Fear Linux
1 April, 2004 - LINUX will not only save you licence fees - and your bacon - by preventing system crashes, it will also reduce your IT staffing costs. more...

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