Part of Microsoft Windows Server System, Microsoft's legacy interoperability system - known as Host Integrator Server (HIS) - will allow customers to integrate Windows applications with current IBM mainframe technology.

BEA confirmed today our exclusive reports from this morning, by formally announcing that it was open-sourcing, under the Apache License 2.0, the runtime to the WebLogic Workshop application development framework.

While hypothetical case studies are sometimes interesting, nothing beats examining a real company offering a real product. A few years ago, our team sat down to create our first product, called eventSherpa. In sharing our experience with building this product, we hope to illustrate why...

Whether you like to think of it as Really Simple Syndication or RDF Site Summary or Rich Site Summary, this lightweight multipurpose extensible metadata description and syndication format is here to stay. And its uses are becoming more and more diverse. Not wishing anyone to be left be...

As with its last software update, the Apache Software Foundation said that 2.0.46 was the 'best version of Apache available' and recommended that users of prior Apache versions upgrade.

So you know your Beatles from your Beach Boys, do you? And Elvis from Elvis Costello? Do you pontificate on the fine differences between Bebop and Hard Bop? Tired of DJs that don't know anything about the music they are playing and who never play the songs you want to hear?

phpBB is a good forum package despite its limitations. It's snappy, has all of the necessary features for a basic forum and is incredibly easy to set up and manage. (1,200 words)

Upgrading our LAMP application, Nola, proves little more difficult than changing a light bulb. Also: things our author did that you'll want to avoid! (3,200 words)

Installing a full-function, multi-user, open-source business accounting package for Linux requires Apache, MySQL, Nola, and precious little hardware. Part 15 in our 'Linux for Peanuts' series. (4,900 words)

A minimalist Red Hat 7.2 server installation provides a standardized platform to build Nola and the rationale behind our selection of this free accounting software revealed. Part 14 in our 'Linux for Peanuts' series. (6,300 words)

In part 13 of the Cheap and Easy Linux Network for Peanuts, we discuss the required components needed to install Nola, the GPL licensed, open-source, Linux-based accounting system. (4,050 words)

This snake is quick, but it doesn't bite! The Boa Web server teams up with cgiemail as we apply the final additions to our text-messaging gateway. (1,900 words)

Adding features to a Linux Network for Peanuts is a piece of cake, but we want to make sure we aren't using stale ingredients! Don't let anyone tell you Debian is outdated. Debian isn't old, it's refreshed with Apt. (1,900 words)

You don't need to spend $1,000 to get a quick, reliable, easy-to-use system that sends text messages to pagers and PCS cell phones. All you need is an old PC, Linux, free software, and a dusty old modem. (3,200 words)

Details on configuring XFree86 with xf86config. Also, how to create a Web server that handles text communications from desktop machines to digital cell phones, PCS phones, and alpha pagers. (3,000 words)

Debian has a reputation for being difficult to install. Relax, it just takes a little time to reveal Debian's true nature: It's a good, solid, easy-to-use distribution that doesn't break down under the weight of automation. (4,200 words)

Nitty-gritty detail on installing the newest versions of Slackware and Red Hat remotely. Plus, how to configure the firewall in the latest Red Hat distribution & handling humongous software suites. (5,000 words)

Network installation of Linux doesn't differ greatly from a standard installation that uses a local CD-ROM, and you will find that it meets our twin criteria of Cheap and Easy. Cheap, because it eliminates redundant hardware. As for Easy, well, keep reading and find out for yourself. (...

In this series, we show how little you need to spend to outfit your organization -- big or small -- with hardware some might consider worthless, while giving away nothing in utility, speed, reliability, ease of administration or use. Sound impossible? It's not! (3,100 words)

In this series, we show how little you need to spend to outfit your organization -- big or small -- with hardware some might consider worthless, while giving away nothing in utility, speed, reliability, ease of administration or use. Sound impossible? It's not! (2,400 words)

In this series, we show how little you need to spend to outfit your organization -- big or small -- with hardware some might consider worthless, while giving away nothing in utility, speed, reliability, ease of administration or use. Sound impossible? It's not! (1,500 words)

In this series, I'll show how little you need to spend to outfit your organization -- big or small -- with hardware some might consider worthless, while giving away nothing in utility, speed, reliability, ease of administration or use. Sound impossible? It's not! (1,400 words)

Ximian's motives, plans and ambitions for Mono, a free clone of Microsoft's .NET, including the C# language. (1,200 words)

In the next several installments of the Penguin Brief, Nick will share the tricks he learned in setting up a new Website for VarLinux.org, a nonprofit portal, after he got through to his ISP. (1,200 words)

If you develop Java on Linux, there is a good chance that you use WebLogic. Discover the new features in version 6.0 and find tips on installing, configuring and deploying that widely used server. (2,400 words)