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June 15, 2005: Linux Business-Desktop Options Grow

Xandros Inc. announced the latest release of its Xandros Business Desktop with improved support for authentication against Active Directory and Linspire Inc. announced the release of MyBooks Professional, an SMB accounting and finance software solution from InsynQ Inc. eWeek has the story.

April 25, 2005: UK company replaces Outlook with Kontact

Video equipment designer and manufacturer Access Devices has moved entirely from Windows desktops to Linux. When looking for a replacement for Microsoft Outlook, Access Devices came across Kontact, KDE's own email and scheduling program. Newsforge has the story.

February 18, 2005: Xandros Desktop Management Server

The Xandros Desktop Management Server, xDMS is an attempt to fill the void between the roll-your-own Linux shops and the rather expensive Enterprise offerings from the likes of IBM. Linux Times.Net has a review.

January 5, 2005: A Practical Planning and Implementation Guide for Migrating to Desktops Linux

IBM has published a lengthy guide to help enterprises migrate their systems from Windows to Linux. It pays special attention to the users who want to migrate from MS Office to equivalent Linux-based products. The guide also covers the use of Kiosk tool to limit the configurability of the KDE desktop and contains an appendix about desktop automation and scripting talking about KJSEmbed, DCOP, Kommander and other tools.

November 22, 2004: Policy Based Linux Desktop Environment

Novell consultant Adri� Malaguti explains step-by-step how to apply restrictive policies to a Linux Desktop, manage Linux users from eDirectory, authenticate through LDAP and store user's data and profiles in a remote NFS server for centralized management.

November 9, 2004: Installing the Linux Business Desktop

On InformIT.com Marcel Gagne shows how to set up the various distributions of the Linux Business Desktop as part of his book on the same topic.

July 23, 2004: Linux in Government: How to Misunderstand the Enterprise Linux Desktop

Linux Journal has a story explaining why moving from Microsoft Windows to Linux makes sense for businesses, as well as discussing some myths and perceptions.

June 27, 2004: Preview on kNX Client and FreeNX Server for LinuxTag Visitors

A working preview of the FreeNX Server and kNX Client using the NX Terminal Server technology was showcased at LinuxTag2004. NX technology is expected to have a huge impact on Thin Client architectures as well as mobile computing. More information about the kNX client and FreeNX Server can be found at dot.kde.org.

June 3, 2004: Bull to Offer Services on Linux/UNIX-Desktop KDE

Bull Netherlands announced on their website that they will offer services on the KDE desktop. You can find an English translation of the press release on the KDE News website.

May 13, 2004: Interview with International Hout

Walter Stolk talks in this interview about International Hout and their usage of KDE within their organization.

May 1, 2004: The highest Internet Access Center in Europe uses KDE!

An article/interview by Gérard Delafond of KDE-France

April 29, 2004: Korporate Desktop Article Added

An article by Aaron J. Seigo called KDE:The Korporate Desktop Environment has been added.

December 11, 2003: Interview with MandrakeSoft

Gaël Duval, co-founder of MandrakeSoft and creator of Mandrake Linux talks with KDE::Enterprise about MandrakeMove, a new KDE-based product from MandrakeSoft.

December 05, 2003: Open Source Enterprise Resource Planner (ERP) Announced

In an article on dot.kde.org a new GPL'ed Enterprise Resource Planner (ERP) named ZERP has been announced. ZERP will come with a KDE user interface appropriately dubbed KERP. The project is being developed by Inzignia through a business contract and is expected to be put in production soon.

May 15, 2003: Interview with Display Works Inc.

Recently, Tim Brodie from Display Works Inc. sent KDE an email thanking them for their great work. Christopher TenHarmsel had a chance to follow up with some questions, and the answers.

February 8, 2002: Interview with TrustCommerce

This behind the scenes interview is with TrustCommerce. Go and give it a read!

January 18, 2002: Interview with Conectiva

Another in depth interview is available, this time with Conectiva. Check it out!

January 10, 2002: KDE::Enterprise Business Directory opens

Another brand spanking new section has opened up today. The KDE::Enterprise Business Directory is for those companies who support KDE through distribution, on site/phone support etc. This service lets people search for KDE related companies on KDE::Enterprise.

January 10, 2002: Focus On ... opens up with SuSE

Yet another new section has opened up on KDE::Enterprise. This new section called Focus On ... will look at companies or individuals that have helped shape KDE in the enterprise. We kick off the section with SuSE. Check it out here.

January 9, 2002: Interview with Eric Mayo from Pozicom Technologies

An interview has been added with Eric Mayo from Pozicom Technologies. Check it out here.

January 6, 2002: The deployment dilemma article added and more updates

An article by Jono Bacon called The deployment dilemmahas been added. The site has had some small updates and the FAQ had some additional questions added. There is also a new events section. This is the start of some more updates.

October 29, 2001: Interview with Andrew Hatfield from SecureONE

Andrew Hatfield from Internet security company SecureONE has given us an interview on how they utilise KDE. See the Interviews section.

October 18, 2001: First article added on the desktop and the business

Jono Bacon has written the first article for the Articles section of the site. Go and have a read!

October 2, 2001: Interviews section opens up with theKompany interview

The new Interviews section of KDE::Enterprise has open with an interview with Shawn Gordon from theKompany.

September 24, 2001: KDE::Enterprise on the Dot

The KDE::Enterprise project has officially been announced on the dot.kde.org site. We look forward to bright future bringing KDE to the enterprise. :)

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