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Symark Software has released PowerBroker version 5.0 for the Linux operating system, the company announced Monday. Symark makes security administration solutions for heterogeneous IT environments. PowerBroker provides Unix and Linux workstations and networks with increased security and accountabilit...

Information security firm OpenLogic announced on Wednesday a product that will scan Windows, Linux and Solaris machines for all installed open source software. OpenLogic Discovery will help enterprise customers inventory their installed open source software to help them remain compliant with interna...

Consumers are becoming more conversant with the use of the Linux OS embedded in many of their products, such as auto accessories, remote controls and cell phones. An even bigger secret is the extensive use of Power Architecture to run most everything else consumers and gamers touch. For instance, re...

What do you do when a thriving segment of the computing industry has an identity crisis because few people beyond key vendors know it exists? That's the dilemma many of the supporters of Power Architecture are trying to fix. One approach to establishing a better identity is to gather software vendor...

Databases have been a tool for business and research analysis since computers replaced typewriters in the workplace. Once the domain of proprietary database management programs, database development is now seeing more influence from open source programming. Several industry surveys show a trend amon...

SourceLabs released on Wednesday the Open Source Management System to help control the legal, security and operational risks associated with open source software. The OSMS is a platform to centralize and manage open source software code. The new platform will help organizations maximize the benefits...

Power.org, an association of hardware technology companies, software and individual developers of Power Architecture, hosted a first-of-its-kind Software Summit in Austin, Texas, on April 19. Kai Staats, CEO of Yellow Dog Linux developer Terra Soft and founder of the HPC Consortium, presented a key ...

Canonical, the London-based commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, released on Thursday version 7.04 of its OS family, known as "Feisty Fawn." The latest releases contain upgrades for both the Ubuntu Server Edition and the desktop version. These versions use the standard Linux Gnome de...

Verio, a provider of business solutions online, announced on Wednesday the availability of its Managed Private Server on the Linux platform as part of its 360-Degree Managed Servers suite of services. Verio's Linux MPS is built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 and comes bundled with dedicate...

Using the Hawaiian word "wiki" meaning "quick," Ward Cunningham coined the concept of WikiWikiWeb as a Web site for speedy interaction among targeted users. In its most basic form, a wiki Web site allows any user to create, add, remove or edit content and pages. Forrester Research recently surveyed ...

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, announced Monday an update of the Linux Standard Base with LSB 3.1 and the release of a new testing toolkit. The update to LSB 3.1 introduces new automated testing toolkits for distributions and applicati...

Network security software firm StillSecure released Monday the beta version of its Cobia unified network platform, which allows network and security functions with plug-n-play software modules running Windows or Linux operating systems. Designed for use in small to medium businesses and enterprise r...

Consumers and enterprise workers will not likely soon see cute marketing labels such as "Linux Inside" or images of penguins pasted on the outer casings of their favorite entertainment and communications products. Nor will products they buy be touted as using Linux in advertising campaigns. Regardle...

Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 by Terra Soft Solutions may not yet have the name recognition of Red Hat Linux, Novell Suse Linux or relative newcomer Ubuntu Linux by Canonical, but it is already well-established as an OS provider to some of the biggest names in the Power Architecture computing industry. Terra...

Red Hat announced Wednesday the release of its Enterprise 5.0 Server and desktop/workstation versions of its open source Linux operating system. Red Hat also announced the availability of the Linux Enterprise 5.0 Advanced Platform, which provides the architecture to manage end-to-end open source app...

Consumers and network administrators often become complacent about security, trusting their anti-intrusion efforts to security product self-updates and older security technology. RSS reader software can heighten the potential for intrusion, warn some security experts. IT managers often fail to ensur...

Enterprise and consumer computer buyers will have to speak louder if they want to influence manufacturers to offer Linux and open source applications preinstalled on new computers. Without stronger guarantees of consumer and enterprise interest, computer makers have no financial incentive to offer n...

IT management firm Kace released this week an enhanced version of its Kbox 1000 series systems management appliances. While previous versions of the Kbox supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4, a key component of the latest Kbox release is enhanced support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, which...

Open source is experiencing unprecedented growth, according to OpenLogic CEO Steve Grandchamp. His company maintains a library of several hundred certified open source projects that it integrates into customers' computer configurations. Customers can combine these projects or use them individually.

Sun Microsystems announced this week the release of an optimized AMP stack for its Unix-based Solaris 10 operating system and an expansion of its open source developer tools. Sun released a new distribution of its Solaris Express, Developer Edition and announced an expanded pricing structure for its...