In today`s technology roundup: MS, Sun at LinuxWorld; Web services standards; and Dell-EMC in joint storage system.
AfriBiz is exploring Linux education due to the shortage of Linux-educated personnel.
Reading about the hackers of yesteryear makes you realise how much of the "hacker ethic" has been lost as technology marches on to offer almost endless capacities, high-level programming languages and commercial software development houses.
The Computer Associates (CA) Advantage EDBC 1.1 solution, which provides access to mainframe data from Windows, Unix and Linux platforms, has been released.
The open source community should be thanking Microsoft for the free marketing it is receiving, thanks to the company`s antagonistic behaviour and high-handed approach.
Business had until yesterday to sign up for Microsoft`s new Software Assurance programme and those that haven`t will not have another chance to do so.
From hacker pastime to robust enterprise-ready operating system, Linux has matured rapidly over the past couple of years, and while it still has its faults and shortcomings, it is quickly silencing its critics.
Software patents make a mockery of the collaborative network that is the Internet and today`s drive towards open standards in the technology industry.
The Borland Kylix 3 rapid application development solution for the C++ and Delphi languages on the Linux operating system has been released.
In today`s technology roundup: Hitachi floats water-cooled laptop, China plans own Windows 98, New York Times fully digitised.
The hype around better and more comprehensive online identification systems is driven by one thing: money. The fact that my details may get sucked into a corporate-controlled database in the supposed interests of "convenience" terrifies me.
Obsidian Training Red Hat Certified Engineer courses are being offered in SA, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Mauritius.
Minolta-QMS will support the Common Unix Printing System and PDQ printing system in its current colour and monochrome network printers.