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Linux and Business

SuSE closes funding round. SuSE Linux announced the successful completion of a financing round amounting to EUR 15 million (13.9 million USD). The new lead investor e-millennium 1 is a Venture Capital Fund with an industrial investors' network such as Accenture, Beisheim Holding, Deutsche Bank, La Caixa, and SAP. Also tucked into the announcement is the fact that SuSE will be laying off 120 people by the end of the year.

C|Net sells LinuxDevices.com. LinuxDevices.com has returned to its roots. Founder Rick Lehrbaum has formed a company called DeviceForge, LLC and bought back the rights to the site from C|Net, which acquired the site from ZDNet when the latter company was absorbed.

Linux Professional Institute. The September edition of LPI News includes information on the Level 2 Beta Exams and a report on LPI's presence at LinuxWorld San Francisco.

LPI announced the next locations in a series of one-day events designed to introduce its new Level 2 certification program.

Alta Terra Ventures Corp.. Alta Terra Ventures, provider of BearOps Linux products, announced that it has signed an agreement with the major shareholders of Univolve Corporation to purchase the company. Univolve is a private Alberta-based software company whose major thrust is reactive keyboard and compression technology with text-prediction software that is built on a Linux platform.

Alta Terra Ventures also announced that it has appointed Kudzu Enterprises LLC of Minneapolis, MN, to act as its primary software title distributor in the United States.

More information about the BearOps line can be found on this week's Distributions page.

Linux Stock Index for September 27 to October 02, 2001.
LSI at closing on September 27, 2001 ... 21.00
LSI at closing on October 02, 2001 ... 21.37

The high for the week was 21.53
The low for the week was 21.00

Press Releases:

Open source products

• Global Retail Technology and Linux Developers Group (AUSTIN, TEXAS): Linux Developers Group, Global Retail Technology announce joint venture.

• Open CASCADE (PARIS): Open CASCADE Confirms Its Commitment to Facilitating Universal Data Exchange With the Release of Three Advanced Components in Open Source (Open CASCADE public license).

• Stratabase (ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia): Stratabase Announces Biometric Security Solution for CRM - Relationship With Identix. Stratabase's Open Source CRM software is released under the GNU General Public License.

• Ximian Evolution (BOSTON): Ximian Evolution Named Best Graphical Email Client by Linux Magazine.

Distributions and bundled products

• Fastcenter Corporation (SAN FRANCISCO): Fastcenter Corp. Releases Managed Service for Oracle On SuSE Linux.

• Unlimited Scale, Inc. (ST. PAUL, Minn.): Unlimited Scale, Inc. to Boost the Productivity and Manageability Of High-Performance Linux Clusters.

Hardware running Linux

• Penguin Computing (SAN FRANCISCO): Penguin Computing Announces New Workstation; Dual Intel Pentium III Workstation Ideal for 3D Graphics and Application Development.

Proprietary Products for Linux

• Computer Associates International, Inc. (ISLANDIA, N.Y.): Unicenter Wins Editors' Choice Award From Linux Magazine.

• IP Metrix Software Inc. (EULESS, Texas): IP Metrics NIC Express for Linux Enters Beta Test.

• TIBCO Software, Inc. (PALO ALTO, Calif.): TIBCO Software Announces Support for Linux on IBM's Mainframe Hardware.

Products and Services Using Linux

• ApplianceWare, Inc. (FREMONT, Calif.): ApplianceWare, Inc. Announces Launch of AW 3.3 NAS Software.

• Global Information Group USA, Inc. (ROCK HILL, S.C.): Global Information Group Releases GIG3DGO(TM) Version 3.3 - Linux-Based 3D Graphics Software, Enhanced and Available for Sale at www.gig3d.com.

• Lineo, Inc. (SALT LAKE CITY): Philips and Lineo Partner to Provide MHP on Linux-based Digital Media Solution.

• Micro Sharp Technology, Inc. (Vancouver, WA): Micro Sharp Technology signs a partnership agreement to market Astaro Firewall products.

• Visara, Inc. (RALEIGH, N.C.): Visara Announces Enhancements to Linux Thin Client Desktop.

Products With Linux Versions

• Circata (MINNEAPOLIS): Circata Introduces Exellar 2.0 - The First Low Cost, Easy-to-Use, Extendable Mobility Platform for the Enterprise.

• Conduant Corporation (Longmont, Colorado): Conduant Expands StreamStor Solutions to Support 2.5" IDE Drives.

• H.A. Technical Solutions (MINNEAPOLIS): Leading Provider of High Availability Solutions Strengthens Clustering Software with New GUI.

• InterWorking Labs (SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.): InterWorking Labs Releases New Tests for SNMP Counters and Interfaces.

• PLX Technology, Inc. (SUNNYVALE, Calif.): New PLX Technology Software Development Kit Enables Linux-based PCI in Wide Range of PCI Devices.

• Simile Software (NEW YORK): Simile Software Releases Simile Media Server.

• Tech Soft America (Alameda, CA): Real-time Collaboration added to latest FREE ParaHOOPS 3D Part Viewer from Tech Soft America.

• Visara, Inc. (RALEIGH, N.C.): Visara Announces Enhancements to Management Platform Supporting Thin Clients and Communications Servers, Including Linux-Based Desktops.

• VSI, An Esker Company (LAKE FOREST, Calif.): VSI-FAX and VSI-FAX for Notes Flow Through the Esker Channel to European Customers; Localized Versions of VSI-FAX 4.1 and Lotus-Endorsed VSI-FAX for Notes 3.0 Now Shipping.

• WebEvent, Inc. (ANDOVER, Mass.): WebEvent Announces Release of WebEvent 4.0 With Increased Customization Capabilities and User Features.

Java Products

• Fujitsu Software Corp. (SAN JOSE, Calif.): Fujitsu's INTERSTAGE Application Server 4.0 Tested Compatible With Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition Specifications for Three Major Operating Systems.

Books & Training

• Eastmont Computing Center (Oakland, CA): Eastmont.net announces three free Linux classes.

• Linux OpenCERT (): Announcing a new Linux Certification program.

• OpenNA Inc. (MONTREAL, QC): Announcing availability of "Securing & Optimizing Linux: The Ultimate Solution".

• O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. and the Pearson Technology Group (BOSTON): O'Reilly and Pearson Launch Joint Venture; Flagship Product Offers Revolutionary Online Information Retrieval Service for Worldwide Enterprise IT Market.

Partnerships

• AuthentiDate International AG (SCHENECTADY, N.Y.): AuthentiDate Announces Agreement to Make Authentidate ME Available to Sendmail Users.

• Caldera International (LONDON): Caldera and MERANT DataDirect Team will offer a stable Linux development operating system designed for commercial applications, SUN Java Virtual Machine and Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) tools..

• Persistence Software, Inc. (SAN MATEO, Calif.): IBM Selects Persistence as an Advanced Business Partner.

• REDSonic, Inc. (SANTA ANA, Calif.): REDSonic Joins the MIPS Alliance Program.

• Stratacache (HOUSTON & DAYTON, Ohio): Stratacache and iMimic Networking Announce Caching Software License Agreement.

Personnel & New Offices

• IDG's InfoWorld Media Group (SAN MATEO, Calif.): Russell Pavlicek Joins IDG's InfoWorld Editorial Team; Linux Advocate Signed On as Open Source Columnist.

Financial Results

• Corel Corporation (OTTAWA): Corel Corporation Announces Third Quarter Results, Company Posts Third Consecutive Profitable Quarter.

Linux At Work

• Shell Oil Company (HOUSTON): Shell Oil Selects IBM to Pilot Wireless Gas Station.

Other

• The International Engineering Consortium (CHICAGO): Infovision Award Program Winners Announced By The International Engineering Consortium. Motorola-Advanced High-Availability Software for Linux

Section Editor: Rebecca Sobol.

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