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  • Aus stockbroker picks Oracle Linux support

    Melbourne company Opes Prime Stockbroking has declared it will drop Red Hat for its underwhelming Linux support service and switch to Oracle instead.

  • NAB to tie down tricky SOA

    The National Australia Bank (NAB) today said it had allocated resources to understanding the potential impact of the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) concept on its technology operations.

  • Oracle to offer Red Hat Linux support

    Oracle will sell support to Red Hat Linux customers and offer its own free clone of the open-source operating system, Chief Executive Larry Ellison said on Wednesday in the US, posing a major competitive challenge to the leading Linux seller.

  • Comparing four major Linux distributions

    With dozens of Linux distributions to choose from, it can be difficult to select the distribution that's right for a particular environment. How do Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, and SuSE measure up?

  • Oracle yet to tip Red Hat

    Oracle is yet to provide evidence Australian customers are switching to its Red Hat Linux support program despite announcing new business deals for the last quarter.

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  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    OpenWorld closed

    Whenever the industry's top execs come together to speak to the masses, expectations are high. This year's Oracle OpenWorld conference provided an insight into which vendors have intriguing grand plans, and which ones prefer to rely on marketing bluff.

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  • Comparing four major Linux distributions

    With dozens of Linux distributions to choose from, it can be difficult to select the distribution that's right for a particular environment. How do Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, and SuSE measure up?

  • Oracle's Linux clustering hits Australia

    Oracle hopes to take advantage of Australian IT professional's interest in Linux, with the release of a new version of its 9I database, which can be run across multiple Linux servers in a configuration known as clustering.

  • Oracle Linux vs. Oracle Windows

    Each OS claims superiority based on benchmarks. Examine the benchmarks before you decide to purchase your next server.

  • Microsoft and Novell's bridge to Linux

    The longtime rivals make nice with a plan to help businesses use the open-source operating system along with Windows. Red Hat, meanwhile, moved quickly to pour cold water on the partnership.

  • Australian businesses more than comfortable with Linux support

    While UK businesses worry that Linux lacks the technical support options to make it an enterprise player, Australian businesses believe the open source operating system already enjoys the robust support they need to put it to work.

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  • Comparing four major Linux distributions

    With dozens of Linux distributions to choose from, it can be difficult to select the distribution that's right for a particular environment. How do Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, and SuSE measure up?

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3: An overview

    One of the newest enterprise versions of Linux on the scene is Red Hat's Enterprise Linux 3-the latest version of Red Hat's industrial strength open source server. Here's a highlight of its most important features.

  • Itanium gets supercomputing software

    Researchers build full Itanium support into software that can be used to assemble supercomputers out of clusters of Linux computers.

  • Red Hat helps you hang out your e-sign

    Red Hat's E-Commerce Suite contains all the tools necessary to quickly and easily allow companies to open an online store for their products or services. However it may not be suitable for large-scale e-commerce projects.

  • Red Hat, Sun to boost desktop Linux

    Red Hat and Sun Microsystems are gearing up to sell Linux for desktop computers, the companies' chief executives said Tuesday.

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