Year: 2006

  • Art Museum Finds Beauty in Channel Providers

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Since opening in 1955, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute has built a reputation for offering the public an opportunity to view a wealth of art and artifacts. Less artful were the systems that supported the Williamstown, Mass., institute’s business processes. The museum’s human resources system—a manual system that was largely disconnected from the… Read more

  • House of IT Horrors

    Deborah Rothberg

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  • What to Make of Oracle vs. Red Hat?

    What to Make of Oracle vs. Red Hat?

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    The tremors from Oracle’s recent decision to support its own version of Red Hat Linux less expensively than Red Hat does are still being felt in the Linux community. Red Hat’s official statement is, “The opportunity for open source just got bigger. Oracle’s announcement further validates Red Hat’s technical leadership. We will continue to optimize… Read more

  • A Managed Security Solution for the SMB Set

    A Managed Security Solution for the SMB Set

    Scott Ferguson

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    Douglas Cottle knows something about security. For years, Cottle worked as an engineer for McAfee before starting his own venture, Secure Resolutions, based in Mesa, Ariz. The idea was to create a small company that would provide anti-malware, anti-spam, anti-virus, patching and other security solutions. Cottle started the company in 2000 and currently employees 25… Read more

  • Caspio to Give SMBs a Break from Database Coding

    Caspio to Give SMBs a Break from Database Coding

    Patrick Hoffman

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    Caspio announced today the unveiling of Caspio Bridge SOHO (small office/home office), a free package that will give small and midsize business users the opportunity to construct Web database applications without programming. Frank Zamani, founder and CEO of Caspio, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., said in an interview that he developed this package because he likes… Read more

  • Red Hat Exec: Oracle Linux Move ‘Positive for Us’

    Red Hat Exec: Oracle Linux Move ‘Positive for Us’

    Peter Galli

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    Red Hat executives are putting on a brave face and looking at Oracle’s Unbreakable Linux announcement as a positive for them, saying it is an acknowledgement that the future of software is open source and that its Enterprise Linux software is the gold standard. Oracle on Oct. 25 announced that it will provide the same… Read more