posted 03 June 2000 09:54 AM               

VA LINUX SYSTEMS BOLSTERS SUPPORT DIVISION
WITH NEW PROGRAMS, TALENT

Posted at May 08, 2000 03:41 PM

IN A MOVE to cash in on users' need to bolster their e-businesses, VA Linux Systems on Monday broadened its Professional Services Division (PSD) by adding new programs and engineering and business talent.

The support group's new program, called VA Linux ISP Jump Start Program, is intended to help users in the planning, design, and implementation of their Internet infrastructure solutions.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/05/08/000508hnvalinux.xml
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LINUX KERNEL UPGRADE FACES MORE DELAYS

Posted at May 4, 2000 03:03 PM

EXECUTIVES AT LINUX vendors Caldera Systems and Red Hat Thursday said they expect no ill effects from continuing delays in the shipment of an upgrade of the open-source operating system's kernel.

The Linux 2.4 kernel originally was expected late last year but was delayed to July. Now it looks likely to slip a few more months beyond that date, with products based on the new kernel unlikely to be available before fall.

For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/pi/xml/00/05/04/000504pilinux.xml
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LINUXCARE SHIES FROM RENEWING IPO PLAN

Posted at May 3, 2000 09:20 AM

LONDON -- AFTER calling off its initial public offering and replacing its chief executive officer on the same day last month, Linux services provider Linuxcare is still not in any rush to jump back in line to go public.

"We really had the company in high gear heading for the IPO, but as we approached it, we decided to make some changes in the company," Arthur Tyde, the company's cofounder and executive vice president, said here Wednesday in a telephone interview.

For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/pi/xml/00/05/03/000503pilinuxcare.xml
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LINUX FITS IN WELL, BUT ADDS COSTS

Posted at May 5, 2000 01:01 PM

IN THIS ANALYSIS, I examined the business impact of integrating Smallco's network of PCs connected to a Red Hat Linux 6.2 server into Bigcorp, an existing enterprise environment. Smallco is a start-up company with a simple infrastructure.

I found it important to look at the cost issues involved. Were expensive third-party tools needed to make things work? Would the IT staff at Bigcorp need to make changes to the company's existing infrastructure?

For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/00/05/08/000508tclinux.xml
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

"There's gold in that-there data. ... Visualization is compelling because the human eye has a sophisticated capacity for seeing patterns in data."

--Bill Evans, vice president of marketing for Blue Martini.
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ic/xml/00/05/03/000503icmartini.xml