BUSINESS: Linux Business Applications

This page contains a list of references to commercial sites that make use of Linux to support their day-to-day business function. It's intended to be useful if you would like to find out more about how Linux is being used in commercial and other ``production'' (i.e., not at home, not just for fun) environments.

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Internet service companies

A great number of ISPs and other Internet-related companies use Linux to handle dial-in, web, mail, news, firewalling
and other services. Here is a tiny sample of these:

• Deja News, Inc.
• iConnect Corporation
• Rogers Cable
• BokNet
• Sandhill Solutions
• Preferred Internet, Inc. (sells Linux-based ISP startup kits)
• Blue Marble Live
• Telnet Canada Enterprises, Ltd.
• The Reference
• Internation
• Seafare Access Ltd.
• The Net Result System Services, Inc.
• Vigilant Internet services Ltd.
• WebJack.com
• Websense.Net
• Creanet
• Dataplus
• IN*KA e.V.
• CymruNet Ltd
• 'NET - AT - WORK' GmbH
• The Web Site Inc.
• Cybernet Pty Ltd
• Dynamic Solutions
• HogiaNet
• Comfo Access Information Network Canada Corp.
• NIKOMA MediaWorks GmbH
• Electropolis
• Softcraft Impresa
• Hex.Net Superhighway
• Web Point Communications
• Internet Discovery Ltd
• Vest Internett a/s
• CyberSites, Inc.
• Sonoma.Net
• InfiNet
• WaW
• Internet Gateway Inc.
• Datasync, Inc.
• Kralizec Pty Ltd
• Genesis Internet Services Limited

Software developers and computer consultants

• M-Tech Mercury Information Technology, Inc.
• Seattle Software Labs, Inc.
• ARDI -- makers of Executor Mac emulator software
• Wolfram Research
• Progressive Computer Concepts, Inc.
• Voxar Ltd
• Realtime Software Solutions, Inc.
• Byte Designs Ltd.
• Proven Software Inc.
• Bent Media Inc.
• tummy.com, ltd.
• Elektrondata AB
• Image Integration Inc
• Executive Consultants
• Vertek Corporation
• MostlyLinux
• Pacific Digital Interactive
• Obsidian Systems CC
• Datapat GmbH
• Knox Software
• BeFree SA/NV
• TIS Software Limited
• The Clan Partnership Ltd.
• Logica PLC
• Syntel
• Intelligent Alternatives
• Fly-By-Day Consulting, Inc.
• Emit Sp z o.o.
• SysNet
• Software Builders
• C&B Consulting
• I/S LiquidCom
• Better Access NV
• Linux Canada Inc.
• Integrated Technologies Corp.

Telecommunications companies

• Telechamada, Chamada de Pessoas, SA
• RTV Regional-TV Services GmbH
• Sony WorldWide Networks
• LoopExpert Technologies
• Century Computers
• Digital Video Systems, Inc.
• Cisco Systems Inc.
• SpellCaster Telecommunications Inc.
• Century Computers

Instrumentation and control systems

• Fluke Corporation
• Erik Thiele (who built an autonomous robot)

Engineering companies

• Townsend Engineering Services, Inc.
• RMD Engineering Inc.
• UNITED RAILWAY SIGNAL GROUP, INC.
• Virginia Power (under ``Engineering companies'' because of their cool applications!)
• Atrax Engineering
• Sony Electronics Inc

Manufacturing

• Triton ETD

The retail sector

• Universal Computer Services (reference is regarding their client)

The oil and gas industry

• Decollement Consulting, Ltd.
• Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

The publishing industry

• Byte Magazine (McGraw Hill)
• The Linux Journal (Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc.)
• Digisoft Software Development
• The Auto Channel, Inc.
• Linux-Magazin Verlag

The financial industry

• INTECH
• Sallie Mae Inc.
• Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency

The automotive industry

• Debis Systemhaus CCS GmbH
• Mercedes-Benz AG

The healthcare sector

• The Alberta Provincial Mental Health Advisory Board

The military and its support industries

• Science Applications International Corporation
• U.S. Army Publications and Printing Command
• U.S. Navy: Personnel Support Activity, San Diego

Agriculture

• Agdia, Inc.
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Sports and recreation

• The Calgary Winter Club

Real Estate, Construction

• Wellsford Residential Property Trust
• Keyline Building Materials

Tourism and travel

• Allied Tours
• Intransco
• Travel Concepts of Atlanta

Transportation

• Yellow Cab Service Corporation

Vendors of Linux hardware, software, books, etc.

• Apache Digital Corporation
• Linux Systems Labs
• Revolutionary Software, Inc.
• Craftwork Solutions, Inc.
• Sangoma Technologies Inc.
• Numerical Algorithms Group, Inc.
• All-Linux Shopping Mall
• WorkGroup Solutions, Inc
• Real Magic LINUX
• VirtuFlex Software Corp.
• Quality Software Solutions, Inc.
• DCG Computers, Inc.
• S.u.S.E. GmbH
• LiSA Consulting
• Red Hat Software, Inc.
• Cyrix apparently uses Linux to test their x86 CPUs.
• AMD apparently uses Linux to test their x86 CPUs.

Educational and research institutions

• Calif. Polytechnic State Univ.
• Chair for Technical Thermodynamics
• New Zealand Forest Research Insitute
• GLACIER
• Institut für Informations- und Datenverarbeitung
• Millbury Public Schools

Government organizations

• National Disaster Communication Response Team

Non-profit and charitable organizations

• Community Information & Referral