AfriBiz is exploring Linux education due to the shortage of Linux-educated personnel.
From hacker pastime to robust enterprise-ready operating system, Linux has matured rapidly over the past couple of years, and while it still has its faults and shortcomings, it is quickly silencing its critics.
Obsidian Systems has won the sole local distribution rights for the Red Hat Linux operating system.
JD Edwards (JDE) is planning to offer JDE customer relationship management (CRM) applications built on a Linux-based infrastructure from IBM.
The newly formed Linux Users Association took its first official step today with the announcement of Linux and Opensource 2002, a local Linux conference to be held in November.
Oracle has announced partner support of the Oracle9i database on the Linux operating system.
Computer Associates International (CA) has announced support for the recently launched UnitedLinux uniform version of Linux for business.
MGX says Veritas has added Linux support to its Foundation Suite of storage virtualisation software.
Veritas Software says its Veritas Foundation Suite now supports Red Hat Linux.
Borland Software says Apropos Retail Management Systems has chosen the Borland Kylix 2 solution for its Linux-based retail offerings.
MandrakeSoft has released the long-awaited version 8.2 of its Linux distribution which includes improved security features as well as the latest versions of KDE, Gnome and StarOffice.
Prism Holdings has announced the Linux AirTrax short message service (SMS) platform.
AfriBiz says it has moved into the Linux arena due to the cost savings offered by the open source platform.