LinuxWorld Expo

LinuxWorld Expo kicks off at the Moscone Convention Center in
San Francisco this week, with a slew of announcement from major
vendors. As usual, the new products focus on the use of Linux in
high-end enterprise server platforms. Linux and open
source-based client products and software development platforms
are also being demonstrated.

Among the products being announced at the show this week are:

* Red Hat is expected to launch its first Java application
server, a product that will compete with platforms from BEA, IBM
and Oracle.

* Novell is expected to unveil SuSE Enterprise Server 9.0, which
runs on the Linux 2.6 kernel, providing better support for
multiprocessor systems. It's been reported that systems running
on pre-released versions of the software can scale to 32 Intel
Itanium II processors and handle as much as 512G bytes - that's
Gigs not Megs - of memory.

* HP is expected to announce a range of Linux products,
including Linux-based midrange and high-end Integrity servers
and a Linux thin client, the HP Compaq t5515. It will also
showcase ProLiant servers with Intel's new 32-/64-bit
technology. HP will announce an expanded Linux services and
support team.

* IBM will announce broader third-party software support for
Linux on its Power processor and will unveil xSeries servers
with Intel's 32-/64-bit technology.

* Veritas is expected to announce that the latest versions of
its storage and clustering software are all certified on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. Among the tools certified include Veritas
Storage Foundation, Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC,
Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System and Veritas
Volume Replicator.

* Computer Associates plans to announce that it will open source
its Ingres r3 database, which runs on Linux and will be made
generally available Sept. 30.