Network World on Linux

Thumbs up for Android and the G1

Mark Gibbs — 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z

Gibbs has had a close look at the T-Mobile G1, the first phone based on the Android platform, and he's more than impressed -- in fact, he likes it more than the iPhone and might even stick with T-Mobile. Now there's a surprise.

Microsoft, Novell toast anniversary with tools, support coupons

John Fontana — 2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

Marking the two-year anniversary of their partnership, Microsoft and Novell said Wednesday they were releasing tools to help users manage and support SUSE Linux.

Novell lays out Red Hat attack plan

John Fontana — 2008-11-11T00:00:00Z

Novell Tuesday took aim at rival and Linux market leader Red Hat with a migration service designed to help move Linux users onto Novell's Suse enterprise servers.

Flying high with open source

2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sabre Holdings' IT department supports the Travelocity Web site, the Sabre Travel Network and Sabre Airline Solutions, and the company has been using open source tools for some 10 years, according to CTO Robert Wiseman.

IBM, Sun release OpenSolaris OS on mainframe

Jon Brodkin — 2008-11-03T00:00:00Z

A mainframe version of the OpenSolaris operating system is now available for download.

Lenovo targets new netbook at students

John Cox — 2008-10-30T00:00:00Z

Lenovo this week unveiled a netbook PC designed to be the first mobile PC for K-12 students and a "secondary device" for college students.

IBM aims for Linux customers with 'baby' mainframe

Jon Brodkin — 2008-10-21T00:00:00Z

IBM offers a stripped-down mainframe geared at midsize businesses, Linux applications.

Cisco unveils new app module, contest for ISRs

Jim Duffy — 2008-10-14T00:00:00Z

Cisco this week unveiled an enhanced third-party application module for its branch office routers that offers increased memory and performance over previous versions.

Project releases version 2.0 of open source .Net

John Fontana — 2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

The Mono Project, which develops an open source implementation of the .Net Framework, released the long-awaited 2.0 version on Monday.

Smartphones are opening - but just a crack

Joanie Wexler — 2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

There are several definitions of "open access." One is making open source code available to a community of smart cookies who can debug and modify it using open source mechanisms. Another is offering up low-cost or free software development kits (SDK) to encourage creative applications for a given platform. Another is offering middleware that allows an application developed once to run on multiple platforms. And, finally, in mobile networks, open can mean using a phone and its applications on any carrier's compatible network.

Is your data center ready for tomorrow's applications?

2004-04-12T00:00:00Z

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