The Open Solutions Alliance interviewed Elizabeth Ziph for their September OSA Alert:

OSA Alert: As open source continues to mature, have you seen any change in the way CIOs and CEOs view open source business applications?

Elizabeth Ziph: Some CIOs have been open to it all along and deployed open source wherever it was possible and reasonable to do so. The change is the increase in the number of CIOs and CEOs that are considering open source software as yet another excellent option that they have along with all other options. The support infrastructure and the continuous improvement reduce the risk of using open source.

ANN ARBOR, MI., August 18, 2009 – Joining a broad cross-section of more than 1,000 companies, academic institutions, communities, related groups and individuals, The Linux Box is now part of Open Source for America, a unified voice for the promotion of open source in the U.S. Federal government sector. Open Source for America strives to effect change in government to encourage broader support of open source technologies and the open source development community.

August 13, 2009. From CIOZone —

 

Elizabeth E. Ziph is quick with her response when asked why companies should use open source software. "It raises quality, lowers cost and doesn't take as long to bring a project online," she says.

 

As president and CEO of the Linux Box in Ann Arbor, Mich., Ziph might have some bias—her company makes its living from open source consulting, development and integration.

 

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August 12, 2009. From OStatic:

 

I've discovered that open source software is bursting at the seams with dedicated and innovative people. On the one hand, it's wonderful to be working with so many who fit this description -- on the other hand, it's sometimes hard to follow and zero in on open source endeavors that deserve a shout out, simply because so many do.

 

This is why I was thrilled when I heard about The Linux Box. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, The Linux Box offers a variety of open source software services. But there are a few things that set The Linux Box apart -- and are decidedly positive signs for open source software's future.

July 11, 2009 –

Elizabeth Ziph, CEO of The Linux Box, was interviewed on the Gutsy Geeks Computer Show.

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Revenues Grew 17 Percent in 2008; New Client Wins Comprised 28 Percent of Growth

ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 7, 2009 -- The Linux Box, a professional services organization specializing in open source technology, is marking its ten-year anniversary by adding custom software products to its suite of services.

Founded in 1999, the Ann Arbor-based company is a bespoke software development consultancy that customizes open-source projects for blue chip clients such as McKesson, Harvard Management Company, Borders Group, FedEx and Answers.com. The Linux Box currently provides professional, commercial services for companies looking to gain competitive advantage, reduce IT costs and increase the control they have over their open source technologies.

NEW YORK and ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 22, 2009 – The Linux Box, a professional services organization specializing in open source technology and the Linux platform, has appointed Feintuch Communications as agency of record.

Founded in 1999, Ann Arbor-based The Linux Box is a bespoke software development consultancy specializing in customization and enhancement of open-source programs. Its blue chip clients include McKesson, Harvard Management Company, Borders Group, FedEx and Answers.com. The company is ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System certified. The Linux Box is dedicated to the open source movement and provides software and other support to the community in addition to its commercial endeavors.

Ann Arbor, MI, August 25, 2008- Linux Box continues to grow; the company is hiring additional two to three new employees this  quarter.  This growth follows on a 17.5% revenue growth in 2006 and a 29.2%  in 2007 for the company that turned nine in June of 2008. thus helping Ann Arbor sustain the reputation of being one of the best economic regions in the state of Michigan.  

ANN ARBOR, MICH. – May 12th , 2008 – The Linux Box Corporation announced it is sponsoring the fifth-annual International 2008 OpenAFS and Kerberos Best Practices Workshop. This years workshop, which will be held at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, has expanded: Alistair Ferguson of Morgan Stanley will deliver the keynote address, and for the first time, Microsoft Corporation will be present. The Linux Box CTO, Matt Benjamin, will also present a paper on OpenAFS Linux client performance improvements Linux Box has developed (a cache-bypassing mechanism allowing the OpenAFS client to write directly to the Linux virtual memory cache).

OpenAFS – A Network Distributed File System

ANN ARBOR, MICH. – April 24th, 2008 Ann Arbor based Linux Box Corporation is pleased to announce that it will be participating in the exciting 2008 Google Summer of Code on behalf of the OpenAFS project (http://openafs.org).

Matt Benjamin, the CTO of Linux Box Corporation, will be mentoring Andreas Matsikaris implementing per-file access control lists for OpenAFS, one of 5 OpenAFS projects selected for funding in the 2008 Google Summer of Code.

This is the fourth year of Google Summer of Code – a program that has brought together over 1500 students and 2000 mentors from 90 countries worldwide, all for the love of code. This year, Google is welcoming 1125 student contributors and 175 Free and Open Source projects into the program. You can find out more about each participating organization and abstracts of their accepted students' proposals by visiting each organization's page, below. We'll be posting regular news about the program to the Google Open Source Blog (http://google-opensource.blogspot.com).

OpenAFS is a distributed file system product, that offers a client-server architecture for federated file sharing and replicated read-only content distribution, providing location independence, scalability, security, and transparent migration capabilities. OpenAFS is available for a broad range of computer systems including UNIX, Linux, MacOS X, and Microsoft Windows