While other vendors offer access to e-mail via WAP, the Sendmail deal makes it one of the first U.S. companies to offer i-mode, a proprietary wireless protocol from NTT DoCoMo.

BigStorage has successfully installed 10TB of its iRAID and nearline data storage at EMusic.com, an e-commerce music company that specializes in the distribution of MP3 audio files over the Web.

An esoteric buffer overflow bug in OpenBSD has been upgraded in importance after it was discovered that, in certain conditions, it could allow a cracker to gain remote access to a server.

SteelEye claims that its LifeKeeper for Linux high availability clustering software monitors database, server, network and application health, maintains client

connectivity, and provides continuous data access.

Openmail's Linux support means that any company adopting it has the option of deploying Linux as the server platform, replacing the NT 4 or Win2k servers that are required by MS Outlook.

It is now possible to take a test drive version of the OpenNMS open source management solution. The new version is a single-server solution with features appropriate for Internet service providers to small and medium-sized companies.

The lack of right-sized, right-priced systems management solutions for Linux has been a problem for many IT managers. Here is a look at new systems management solutions being offered by Caldera Systems, Red Hat, and Acrylis.

The new release is out there for you to download. New in this release is Darwin/Mac OS X support, updated MESA, more drivers and the usual round of bug fixes.

The new release is out there for you to download. New in this release is Darwin/Mac OS X support, updated MESA, more drivers and the usual round of bug fixes.

Sendmail, a company that sells a proprietary version of open-source software for email servers has acquired Nascent Technologies, makers of software for accessing email via cell phones or the Web. The acquisition is one in a series of moves designed to add features to Sendmail software.