Enterprise

Is there a hybrid approach to e-mail messaging that allows you to choose the best from both the open standards community and your legacy proprietary systems technology? An emphatic yes! Today a majority of enterprises work in a Microsoft Exchange environment. Microsoft has been able to monopolize th...

Information security firm OpenLogic announced on Wednesday a product that will scan Windows, Linux and Solaris machines for all installed open source software. OpenLogic Discovery will help enterprise customers inventory their installed open source software to help them remain compliant with interna...

Dell plans to offer the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system on its computers, the company announced Tuesday. In a partnership with Dell, Ubuntu's distributor Canonical will provide technical support and service to Dell customers for an additional fee. Both Dell and Canonical hint that this could be ...

SourceLabs released on Wednesday the Open Source Management System to help control the legal, security and operational risks associated with open source software. The OSMS is a platform to centralize and manage open source software code. The new platform will help organizations maximize the benefits...

Open source software -- it's fast, it's popular, it's practical, and, best of all, it's free. Chances are you're using some of it somewhere in your enterprise; in fact, you're probably using it in multiple places. One of the most frequent questions security professionals get asked is how open sourc...

Red Hat continues to enhance its line of middleware products with its agreement to acquire information management software firm MetaMatrix. Once the transaction is complete in approximately 60 days, MetaMatrix will be folded into Red Hat's JBoss division, said Tim Yeaton, senior vice president of en...

IBM released open beta software Monday that enables x86 Linux applications to run on IBM's System p servers. The IBM System p Application Virtual Environment (System p AVE) is designed to allow some 2,800 Linux applications to run on the System p Unix platform without code modifications. Unlike the ...

Verio, a provider of business solutions online, announced on Wednesday the availability of its Managed Private Server on the Linux platform as part of its 360-Degree Managed Servers suite of services. Verio's Linux MPS is built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 and comes bundled with dedicate...

Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu have released the Sparc Enterprise Server line, six new servers designed to address a growing demand for increased computing power and energy efficiency. The companies introduced the T1000 and T2000 entry-level servers that run on the Sun-designed UltraSparc T1 processor...

IBM and Yahoo on Monday launched an upgraded version of their free OmniFind enterprise search offering. The new IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition includes some 60 new features and corrects 22 bugs. Designed for use by businesses and other organizations, the no-charge application is installed on a server an...

Jennifer Goodwin is on a mission -- and a budget that doesn't go beyond five digits. Goodwin is gearing up to expand her company, InternetGirlFriday.com, which provides virtual business administrative support. "I have been turning away business for a couple of years now, in some part due to the lack...

There seem to be as many variations on the SOA consolidation theme nowadays as there are vendors lining up to provide some kind of SOA value. Part of the consolidation attraction comes from newer SOA players hooking up with older enterprise software players, with their still-rich veins of revenue to...

Although virtualization seems to be the newest catch phrase, the concept has actually been around since the '60s when IBM created a research system that was designed to explore new computing concepts focused on resource time sharing and hard drive partitioning. Today, businesses are increasingly tur...

XenSource released a new version of its flagship commercial server virtualization product Monday. XenEnterprise 3.2 brings to business consumers more advanced deployment options for versions of Windows and Linux as well as boosted power and flexibility of Windows guests via SMP support. Based on the...

Network security software firm StillSecure released Monday the beta version of its Cobia unified network platform, which allows network and security functions with plug-n-play software modules running Windows or Linux operating systems. Designed for use in small to medium businesses and enterprise r...