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  • IBM puts Linux converts on display

    Big Blue is on a mission to convince others that the operating system is worthy of real-world use, though it acknowledges that its own interests are a motivation.

  • Virtualisation companies vie for advantage

    Three companies selling software to let servers run software more efficiently will try to advance their respective fortunes in the US on Monday with new software, a new partnership and a new promotion.

  • Linux lands big Reuters win

    Reuters is soon to announce plans to bring its financial information software to Linux in conjunction with Red Hat, Intel and Hewlett-Packard, sources said, a major achievement for the comparatively young open-source operating system.

  • The greening of Linux

    For Martin Fink, life is good these days.

  • Linux revives the mainframe

    Mainframes should take up the biggest space at this year's LinuxWorld as the OS breaths new life into the old industry standby. Corporations are beginning to take notice .

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  • Will open source force a sea change in IT?

    Imagine a world where most software licenses are fee-free. Your careers, your IT strategies, and your vendor relationships would be utterly transformed. Could this come to pass?

  • Sun servers to get new multi-OS abilities

    With logical domains, Sun's Niagara systems will catch up this year to rival Unix and x86 servers.

  • Two Davids, no Goliath

    David Thomas, ManageSoft's Asia Pacific director and David Lenz, sales and marketing director at Novell Asia-Pacific, go head to head on their respective offerings.

  • Is Linux on the move?

    CIOs have moved from the sidelines to the playing field in the search for a successor to traditional data centre products. Have they found one in Linux?

  • Java does the business

    After the initial hype following its introduction, has the computing world lost its addiction to Java? Not on your life.

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