Inus Gouws, a senior information management consultant at Computer Associates Africa, discusses the trends that have developed in the ongoing open source versus non-open source debate.
Novell has appointed Arkateq as a business partner.
In today`s technology roundup: Linux option for cellphone carriers, RealNetworks versus Apple, and Symantec to offer patching tool.
Sun Microsystems has introduced several new products thanks to open source software licensing, says Javier Hermida, product manager at African Legend Indigo.
Unisys Africa has implemented two ES7000 servers running SuSE Linux Enterprise Server at Medscheme.
Empowerment company Sechaba has unveiled a Linux-based solution that allows companies to run SMS promotions.
The Authentium Anti-virus solution for Linux and Novell infrastructures has been released through local distributor AfricaSD.
Acronis has released version 8 of its True Image and True Image Server backup and disaster recovery tools, says local distributor Synapsys.
Novell received three LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards at the event held recently in the US.
IBM has named Idion Technology Holdings` subsidiary Vision Solutions as a Leader for Linux for its Orion Switched Disk for Linux solution.
Global open source development site Sourceforge.net says SA-designed TurboCASH Accounting is now among its most popular projects, with a user base of 20 000 sites.
Computer Associates International has announced the availability of Ingres r3 under the CA Trusted Open Source Licence.