Red Hat teams with communication server maker
Red Hat, the Leading Linux software company announced a major partnership with
Digi International, a communications hardware and software company. Digi will
bundle the Red Hat Linux operating system with communications servers that will
be marketed to small- and medium-sized businesses.
The bundled servers will let distributors, resellers and integrators offer
small and medium-sized businesses Linux-based communications servers designed
specifically to meet their needs. Linux-based servers are extremely cost
effective due to the minimal cost of the OS. This makes the machines
particularly attractive to smaller businesses looking for a low-cost, reliable
platform for key business communications applications such as routing, point of
sale, remote access and fax.
Rambus sues Hitachi for patent infringement
Chip design house Rambus of Mountain View this week filed a Federal patent
infringement lawsuit against Hitachi, accusing the Japanese company of
wrongfully using its innovative PC performance-enhancing DRAM memory chips
technology.
Rambus has four key DRAM patents that vastly increase the speed at which data
can be transferred between the microprocessor and the system memory. Instead of
making its own DRAM chips, Rambus has licensed its technology to most of the
leading DRAM chipmakers and the company will receive royalty fees when Rambus-based
DRAMs are sold. The lawsuit accuses Hitachi of illegally importing and selling
chips that incorporate its patented inventions.
"Rambus has invested hundreds of engineer-years and over $100 million''
to develop its chips, protected by more than 80 patents worldwide, a Rambus
statement. The company is asking the court to force Hitachi to stop using its
technology and award damages and legal fees.
Sony wants to be an online banker
Would you let Sony finance your home? Are you ready to have you paycheck
deposited into a Sony online checking account? The Japanese consumer electronics
giant, perhaps taking advantage of the widespread dissatisfaction with the
traditional Japanese banking system, announced this week it intends to offer
Internet-based banking services in Japan, including taking deposits, making car,
home and other consumer loans and other bankng services.
Sony said it is preparing to apply for a license that would allow it to offer
online banking services in addition to the company’s existing life insurance
services. The banking services could be in place as early as April.