Obsidian Systems acquires The Linux Warehouse

Obsidian Systems, a Johannesburg-based Linux company, says it has acquired The Linux Warehouse, a Cape Town Linux retailer, in a move designed to allow the company to hand its retailing responsibilities to The Linux Warehouse.

Dell SA, Red Hat to accelerate Linux adoption

Dell SA and Red Hat have announced an alliance to accelerate commercial adoption of the Linux operating system and to support businesses building Internet infrastructures.

Dexchange releases Emulex Linux drivers

Dexchange, a local Emulex distributor, has announced the availability of Emulex Linux drivers, which can be used with the Caldera, Red Hat and TurboLinux operating systems.

Dell selects Linux as third global operating system

IA-64 developers kit available for Linux

Hewlett-Packard and Intel have released a free IA-64 developer`s kit that enables the Linux community to develop, test, debug and run IA-64 applications for the upcoming Intel Itanium processor.

Progress adds Linux support for SonicMQ

SGI helps prime Linux for IA-64

SGI has made its Pro64 compiler technology available to the open source community in its ongoing attempt to establish Linux as a commercially viable platform.

Choose Linux for its versatility

Too much is being made of Linux as a free operating system, when its real benefits are its features, says Sean Moony, chief technical consultant at MIP Holdings.

IDC uncovers drivers for Linux, NT server sales

A study conducted by the International Data Corporation (IDC) has found similar workload patterns between Windows NT and Linux with more than 60% of NT spending and 55% of Linux spending going to infrastructure workloads.

Continuous online backup for Linux

Dexchange says its Continuous Online Backup (COB) software from Hiarc is available for Linux. COB is an automated data replication and recovery program that guarantees company data remains online

Linux competitors join forces

LinuxMall.com and TheLinuxStore announced yesterday at Comdex Spring 2000 in Chicago that they have formed a business alliance. The partnership creates TheLinuxStore.com outlet within the LinuxMall.com collection of sites.

StarNet lets thin clients access Linux servers

StarNet Communications has announced X-Win32 Version 5 for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT/2000 computers, which features thin client access to Linux servers and simultaneous connection to multiple Linux systems.