Novell has anounced a pre-built "starter" system for Suse Linux Enterprise Server, which will eliminate the complicated procedure normally required to get Linux going on a mainframe, the company claims.
A US federal court judge has ruled that Novell, and not the SCO Group, is the rightful owner of copyrights covering the Unix operating system (OS), a ruling that should have a major effect on a number of lawsuits, including SCO's actions again Novell, IBM and Red Hat.
Novell will try to recover from earlier Linux fumbles by releasing major updates on Monday, adding Xen virtualisation software to its enterprise server product and glitzy graphics to the desktop counterpart.
Just weeks would be needed for Centrelink's identity management rollout to be streamlined to handle a proposed mass introduction of smartcards to either citizens or public servants, according to a vendor involved in the project.
The South Australian Police (SAPOL) will tie its disparate databases together into a new Oracle-based data warehouse.
Big Blue adds features, beefs up training efforts in China; rival Unisys debuts new line and pricing plan.
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To move ahead, big software companies are reaching back to a familiar strategy: offering customers a soup-to-nuts "stack" of software products.
Companies that offer virtualisation software are changing their business models and tweaking their software.
Production-quality XenSource virtualisation is the main selling point here, with optional clustering and storage virtualisation to go with it. But there's a lot more besides, making the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux a compelling solution for businesses of all sizes.
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