Informix says Informix Foundation.2000, its data and content management platform for the Internet, and Cloudscape 3.5, the Java database for embeddable systems and distributed e-business applications, are available on Linux.
The world`s largest Linux supercomputer, comprising of 1 024 IBM X-Series servers, is to be built for Shell International Exploration & Production BV to run seismic and other geophysical applications.
The Linux operating system is growing in popularity as an application server platform, believes Jeremy Matthews, MD of Dax Data.
IBM says a Japanese convenience store chain will install more than 15 000 IBM computers running Linux to allow for Web access in stores, in the largest commercial use of the alternative operating system to date.
Mondipak, the packaging division of Mondi, has implemented Lotus Notes and Domino running on a second tier Linux server to enhance the e-mail delivery performance of its Brakpan-based factory.
Appian Graphics has announced the availability of a Linux operating system driver for the PCI version of its Jeronimo 2000 graphics card. [Local rep: Axiz]