Caldera Announces Agreement With eLinux, Launches Volution Online - a Proactive Software Management Service for Linux.Business Editors & Technology Writers OREM, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2001 MIS Managers and System Administrators Can Now Use the Internet to Deliver Software Updates and Software Management Services; eLinux to Pre-load with Linux Servers and Brand the Service eLinux Caldera caldera: see crater. caldera Large, bowl-shaped volcanic depression that forms when the top of a volcanic cone collapses into the space left after magma is ejected during a violent volcanic eruption. The term is Spanish for “caldron. International, Inc. (Nasdaq:CALD CALD chronic active liver disease. ), today announced the launch of Volution Online, an Internet delivered, proactive software management service for Linux and UNIX systems. Simultaneously, Caldera and eLinux, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of PC Mall (Nasdaq:MALL), announced an agreement under which eLinux will pre-load and ship Volution Online with Linux server systems. The service will be branded by eLinux as eLinux Software Management (ESM (1) (Enterprise Storage Management) Managing the online, nearline and offline storage within a large organization. It includes analysis of storage requirements as well as making routine copies of files and databases for backup, archiving, disaster recovery, ). Volution Online saves system administrators time by monitoring the software assets running on single systems and networks of Linux servers and proactively delivers support alerts based on the information the user needs, including: security alerts, software updates and bug fixes. In addition, Volution Online provides advanced decision tools for an administrator to preview the impact of software updates and new installations by simulating a virtual installation. By subscribing to Volution Online, MIS managers and Linux system administrators can take advantage of the Internet for the delivery of software updates and software management services. This reduces the time Linux administrators and users spend searching, evaluating and implementing software patches, updates and security alerts. Other advantages include an understanding of the costs and benefits of software upgrades before installation; and administrators can stay ahead of security problems with e-mail and console alerts. Finally, administrators can manage their Linux software from any Web-enabled desktop through the Volution Web console. "Caldera continues to innovate and to bring Internet delivered services to our customers, in partnership with our reseller community," said Reg Broughton, senior vice president and general manager for Caldera International, Inc. "Volution Online is one of the wide range of Web-based services that Caldera offers." The combination of Volution Online software along with hardware from eLinux will be sold under the name eLinux Software Management (ESM). ESM will be offered and preinstalled on all eLinux Openserve servers and will be available as a trial subscription or an option on custom configured Compaq (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ), IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (NYSE:IBM) and Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HP) servers. Administrators of these systems will be able to access information about new software and alerts from the eLinux Web site www.elinux.com. "We recognize that online open source management tools significantly reduce the time required to analyze and implement software changes," said Brian Naylor
Pricing and Availability Volution Online is available today at http://www.volutiononline.com. Users can evaluate the service for 30 days free of charge. A yearly subscription to the service starts at US $180 per system, with discounts available for multiple systems. Caldera International, Inc. Caldera International (Nasdaq:CALD) is the leader in "Unifying UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). with Linux for Business." Based in Orem, UT, Caldera has representation in 82 countries and has 15,000+ resellers worldwide. For more information on Caldera products and services, visit http://www.caldera.com. Caldera, OpenLinux, UnixWare, Open UNIX, Caldera Volution and "Unifying UNIX with Linux for Business" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Caldera International, Inc. All other products, services, companies, events and publications are trademarks, registered trademarks or servicemarks of their respective owners in the U.S. and/or other countries. LINUX is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. . UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. Forward Looking Statements The statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company wishes to advise readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include the ability of the Company to successfully integrate the operation of the recently acquired SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. divisions which are significantly larger than the historical operations of the Company, the continued acceptance in the marketplace of the historical products of the acquired SCO divisions, the ability of the Company to develop and successfully introduce products integrating its products and services with those historically offered by the recently acquired SCO divisions, the failure of recently introduced and new products to operate as designed due to incompatibility The inability of a Husband and Wife to cohabit in a marital relationship. incompatibility n. the state of a marriage in which the spouses no longer have the mutual desire to live together and/or stay married, and is thus a ground for divorce with some platforms or other defects; our reliance on developers in the open source community; new and changing technologies and customer acceptance of those technologies; the Company's ability to compete effectively with other companies; failure of our brand to achieve the broad recognition necessary to succeed; unenforceability of the GNU general public license A software license from the Free Software Foundation (FSF) that ensures every user receives the essential freedoms that define "free" software, which is free of restrictions (see free software). and other Open Source licenses; our reliance on third party developers of components of our software offerings; claims of infringement of third-party intellectual property rights; and disruption in the Company's distribution sales channel. These and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially, are also discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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