QuickTransit To Run With Hyper-V

July 25, 2008 -- Cross-platform virtualization solutions provider Transitive Corporation has announced its QuickTransit software is compatible with Microsoft's new Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.

Open-Xchange Offers Server Ed. Beta

July 3, 2008 -- Open source collaboration software provider Open-Xchange announced on Tuesday it is offering the new version of Open-Xchange Server Edition in beta release, which enables document sharing anywhere, anytime, with any device.

Starting from scratch....

Posted on 2008-06-21

You're looking to start hosting a website.  This could be for yourself, you family, friends or as a full on business.  With all the choices out there, where to begin can be a bit daunting (even more than a bit).  Not too long ago, I wa

Parallels Releases Templates Catalog

February 14, 2008 -- Parallels announced on Thursday that it has released a templates catalog for Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, a library of more than 350 software downloads.

The Web Host Industry Week in Review

January 18, 2008 -- This week's biggest news was mostly peripheral to Web hosting itself, but involved a pair of as-big-as-they-come type acquisitions.

Open-Xchange Appoints New CEO

January 14, 2008 -- Open source collaboration software provider Open-Xchange recently announced that it has named co-founder and chairman of the board, Rafael Laguna, its new CEO.

Novell Supports BMW Group

June 2, 2007 -- Linux distributor Novell announced on Monday that automobile manufacturer BMW Group has selected SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell with integrated Xen virtualization software to implement virtualized workloads in its data center.

The Web Host Industry Week in Review

April 13, 2007 -- In a bit of a departure from the ordinary, much of this week's interesting Web hosting news was, in a manner of speaking, about Web hosting news, with some revelations from Netcraft, and even an announcement from theWHIR itself.

Novell Joins The Green Grid

April 12, 2007 -- Linux distributor Novell recently announced it has joined The Green Grid, a global non-profit organization focused on reducing growing power and cooling demands in data centers worldwide.

The Web Host Industry Week in Review

March 16, 2007 -- Most significant among this week's news trends, as been the case more often than not since the beginning of the year, was the announcement by several hosting providers that they had expanded their footprints with new facilities.

SWsoft Delivers Virtuozzo with SUSE

March 15, 2007 -- Server automation and virtualization software provider SWsoft announced on Thursday it will deliver its Virtuozzo server virtualization software bundled with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell.

Wal-Mart Expands with Microsoft

January 23, 2007 -- Retail giant Wal-Mart announced on Tuesday that it turned to software giants Microsoft and Novell to build out the company's Web operations.

Microsoft to Offer Sales Support for SUSE Linux? What's the World Coming To?

Posted on 2006-11-02

I heard the news from a friend at Microsoft. "Wha???" he asked. Believe it or not, Microsoft is now a pro-Linux, pro-open source Web 2.0 company that believes in hosted software.

IBM Supports Linux Virtualization

July 17, 2006 -- IBM announced on Monday its portfolio of middleware and systems platforms will support Novell's new SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 offerings, as part of its ongoing strategy to embrace virtualization across its entire product portfolio.

IBM, Novell Partner for Linux

March 17, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Linux distributor Novell (novell.com) and IBM (ibm.com) said on Wednesday that they will help software vendors certify and adopt new applications based on Novell's SUSE LINUX on IBM eServer and middleware platforms. The companies say the initiative will enable software vendors to port new applications to SUSE LINUX more quickly and cost effectively, giving customers running Linux-based applications more choices.

Opsware Supports SUSE Linux 9

March 14, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center automation software developer Opsware (opsware.com) announced on Monday that it would provide automation support for Novell's (novell.com) SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 platform. The company says porting its solution to Novell's platform will help enterprises realize greater efficiencies, reducing total cost of ownership.

Novell Announces New Linux Version

March 10, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Information solutions provider Novell (novell.com), unveiled its latest Linux product on Thursday. Suse Linux Professional 9.3, set to hit the marketplace in mid-April, includes a complete Linux operating system, over 3,000 open source packages and hundreds of open source applications.

Novell Expands Linux for Data Center

February 16, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Linux distributor Novell (novell.com) said on Tuesday that it plans to leverage its SUSE LINUX Enterprise Sever platform to expand its line of data center solutions.

Dell Bundles SUSE LINUX Enterprise 9

October 29, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Dell (dell.com) and Linux distributor Novell (novell.com) announced on Wednesday that they have completed an agreement to offer Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 on select Dell PowerEdge servers.

BladeLogic Updates Data Center Software

October 19, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center automation software developer BladeLogic (bladelogic.com) announced on Monday that it has released BladeLogic Operations Manger 6. The latest version of the company's flagship data center automation software allows organizations to simplify the management of data center environments by modeling and managing services so that provisioning, change and compliance actions are executed at the service level while the underlying devices and associated configuration settings are automatically managed in the background.

Netline Open Sources Email Server

October 8, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- German software company Netline Internet Service GmbH (netline-is.de) said this week that version 0.7.3 of its Open-Xchange email server, a competitor to Microsoft Exchange, recently went into beta testing.

Novell Unveils New Suse Linux Platform

August 4, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Novell (novell.com) announced on Wednesday that it has released Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9. The company said the latest release extends the company's lead in the Linux market by offering the first enterprise-class Linux server built on the new Linux 2.6 kernel and supported by hardware and software vendors, including AMD, Computer Associates, HP, IBM, Intel, Oracle and others.

Versora Introduces Migration Solution

July 9, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Versora (versora.com), a provider of Linux and Windows migration solutions, announced this week that it had introduced Progression Web, an automated migration solution that moves Windows IIS servers to Apache Web servers.

HP, IBM Expand Linux Partnerships

March 25, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Hewlett-Packard (hp.com) signed an expanded agreement with Novell on Wednesday that will see Novell's (novell.com) recently-acquired SuSE Linux operating system supported on both HP Compaq server and desktop systems. Under the agreement, Novell SuSE Linux will become the standard Linux distribution for HP's line of desktops and notebook computers. The agreement expands an existing deal certifying Novell SuSE Linux on HP Proliant and HP Integrity servers in North America. HP said it would extend this arrangement to other countries at a later date.

Red Hat Offers Warranty on Linux Software

The warranty, part of Red Hat's Open Source Assurance Program, comes on the heels of a similar announcement made last week by SuSE Linux, recently acquired by Novell, who said it would offer legal protection to users of the Linux open source operating system.

SCO Files Lawsuit Against Novell

According to the report, SCO is accusing Novell of slander and seeking a court order that would require Novell to assign to SCO all UNIX-related copyrights and to withdraw any statements that lay claim to ownership of UNIX. The suit also seeks unspecified punitive damages and injunctions that would transfer to SCO any UNIX-related copyrights obtained by Novell.

Veritas Releases Server Provisioning Software

The company said the solution helps reduce the cost and total amount of resources required to deploy servers across networks running in heterogeneous environments. According to VERITAS, OpForce 3.2 supports SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, IBM AIX and Sun Solaris. VERITAS said the solution also supports provisioning of Intel 64-bit Itanium processor-based servers.

HP Generates $2.5 Billion in Linux Revenue

January 16, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Hewlett-Packard (hp.com) said on Thursday that it generated a company record $2.5 billion in Linux-based revenue for the fiscal year 2003.

Novell Completes SUSE Linux Acquisition

The deal was first agreed upon in early November.

SUSE LINUX Releases Service Pack 3

November 26, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- SUSE LINUX (suse.com) said yesterday that it has released Service Pack 3 for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8. SUSE LINUX said the enhancements in the service pack include improved hardware support and enhanced storage access.

Novell to Acquire SuSE LINUX

November 5, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- International software developer Novell (novell.com) said today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire SuSE LINUX (suse.de), a Linux software developer based in Nuremberg, Germany, for $210 million in cash. In conjunction with the announcement, Novell said that IBM (ibm.com) would make an investment of $50 million in the company once the acquisition is completed.

SUSE LINUX Releases Standard Server 8

October 8, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- SUSE LINUX released today SUSE LINUX (suse.co.uk) Standard Server 8. The latest SUSE LINUX platform is available for Intel (intel.com) and AMD (amd.com) 32-bit processors (x86) and supports up to two CPUs.