* Buzz of the week - City of L.A.
o Extra Cost Of Google Email To LA Probably Worth It
o LA bets on cloud computing despite financial woes in Google Apps deal
o Novell tongue-lashes LA for Google cloud switch
o Free Email To Cost City $1.5 Million Extra
o Google And Cloud Computing Scores Win In Los Angeles
o Is this how Novell treats its customers?
o Novell to Los Angeles: Drop Dead!
o Los Angeles City Council votes in favor of Google Web services
o LA to Go with Google Apps on Condition . . .
o Los Angeles goes Google; dumps GroupWise; shuns Microsoft; ignores IBM
*Novell Corporate news
o Novell cuts 3 percent of its workforce, plus benefits
o Jobs go at Novell
o Novell BrainShare – definitely back in 2010
* SuSE related news
o La Curacao replaces Netware with Novell SUSE
o Symantec releases Linux version of Backup Exec System Recovery
o More interoperability, plus 3 years Red Hat support, only from Novell
* GroupWise related news
o Want a Droid for Work E-mail? It'll Cost You Extra
o Professors may switch to Gmail
o GWAVA Joins in Novell Hidden Gems Tour in South Africa
o GWAVA Extends Early Bird Pricing for GWAVACon
* Zombie related news (err, SCO related)
o Novell plans to petition Supreme Court in SCO case
o Trustee says SCO Group should pursue IBM, Novell lawsuits
o Bankrupt SCO Group to continue suits against IBM, Novell
o Novell aims SCO tussle at the Supremes
o SCO Terminates CEO Darl McBride
* Buzz of the week - City of L.A.
Extra Cost Of Google Email To LA Probably Worth It
mediabistro.com (blog)
From DailyFinance.com: Randi Levin, general manager of the city's
Information Technology Agency .... said that unlike the city's current
GroupWise system, ...
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/our_town/extra_cost_of_google_email_to_la_probably_worth_it_142009.asp
LA bets on cloud computing despite financial woes in Google Apps deal
SearchCloudComputing.com
He notes that the timing adds an unnecessary one-time cost of more than $1
million, and since the costs of running Google are the same as running
GroupWise, ...
http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid201_gci1373363,00.html
Novell tongue-lashes LA for Google cloud switch
Register
That Sunset Boulevard moment came for Novell last week after the LA City
Council unanimously voted to replace its existing Novell communications
systems ...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/02/novell_dissapointed_in_la_google_apps/
Free Email To Cost City $1.5 Million Extra
LA Weekly - Los Angeles,CA,USA
NetWare doesn't. Anyway, when companies choose Microsoft, they are sold a
bill of goods, IMO. Then the companies sink so much into MS technologies
that ...
http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/city-news/free-email-to-cost-city-15-mil/
Google And Cloud Computing Scores Win In Los Angeles
Coolest Gadget Reviews
The $7.2 million contract means the city will undergo a complete overhaul
of its city administration software, the slow and crash-prone GroupWise
(Novell ...
http://www.coated.com/google-and-cloud-computing-scores-win-in-los-angeles/
Is this how Novell treats its customers?
CNET News
But in what strikes me as a first, Novell has publicized a customer loss,
announcing to the world that the City of Los Angeles dropped it for Google
Apps, ...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10387502-16.html
Novell to Los Angeles: Drop Dead!
PC World
This must be a joke: A Novell corporate blog item that chastises the City
of Los Angeles for recently selecting Google Apps to replace Novell's
GroupWise ...
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/181119/novell_to_los_angeles_drop_dead.html
Los Angeles City Council votes in favor of Google Web services
TopNews United States
The new Google deal also marks the culmination of Los Angeles city's 7-year
contract, under which city workers were making use of Novell Inc.'s
GroupWise ...
http://topnews.us/content/27958-los-angeles-city-council-votes-favor-google-web-services
LA to Go with Google Apps on Condition . . .
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Maureen O'Gara The city of Los Angeles has okayed a $7.2 million deal
with CSC to rip out a lot of its existing Novell groupwise e-mail systems
and ...
http://openwebdeveloper.sys-con.com/node/1166582
Los Angeles goes Google; dumps GroupWise; shuns Microsoft; ignores IBM
Computerworld
The City of Los Angeles has had it with GroupWise, and will replace it with
Google Apps. It's a big win for la GOOG, especially as it beat Microsoft to
the ...
http://blogs.computerworld.com/14993/los_angeles_goes_google_dumps_groupwise_shuns_microsoft_ignores_ibm
*Novell Corporate news
Novell cuts 3 percent of its workforce, plus benefits
CNET News
This will come as small consolation to Novell employees, however, which
weathered another round of layoffs at the Waltham, Mass.-based company. ...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10389929-16.html
Jobs go at Novell
Register
Novell is also suspending contributions to employees' 401K pension pots.
The company also confirmed yesterday that it will post results for the
fourth ...
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/11/04/novell_job_cuts/
Novell BrainShare – definitely back in 2010
iTWire
by David Heath After a one-year hiatus, Novell's BrainShare conference will
be returning in 2010, bigger and better than ever. At the time, John
Dragoon, ...
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28768/53/
* SuSE related news
La Curacao replaces Netware with Novell SUSE
Search Enterprise Linux
Moving from Netware to SUSE Linux also kept La Curacao at Novell and made
it something of a poster child for Novell's plan to migrate old Netware
users to ...
http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1373418,00.html
Symantec releases Linux version of Backup Exec System Recovery
Search Storage
For more advanced Linux users or for Linux distributions other than Red Hat
and SUSE, Symantec would offer Veritas NetBackup. The latest edition of
Backup ...
http://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid187_gci1373349,00.html
More interoperability, plus 3 years Red Hat support, only from Novell
TechRepublic
Overview: With one, unified management tool for both Linux and Windows,
your mixed environments become completely interoperable, dramatically more
efficient ...
http://dw.com.com/rubicsclk?ver=2&ts=2009.10.23.11.29.48.PDT&edId=&onId=&ptId=&sId=&appId=4&offId=4597&unitId=6&poolId=2&f1=&f2=-0&f3=-0&alg=1&&opt=0&linkPos=2&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitepapers.techrepublic.com.com%2Fabstract.aspx%3Fdocid%3D1006331%26promo%3D100503
* GroupWise related news
Want a Droid for Work E-mail? It'll Cost You Extra
PC World
Like most smartphones, the Droid does not support IBM's Lotus Notes or
Novell's Groupwise. It does support Google's Gmail in addition to Exchange.
...
http://www.pcworld.com/article/181232/want_a_droid_for_work_email_itll_cost_you_extra.html
Professors may switch to Gmail
GW Hatchet (subscription)
The committee was considering a move to Groupwise, Microsoft Exchange or
Gmail, Steinour said, though he added he thinks the Google option will be
the final ...
http://www.gwhatchet.com/news/2009/11/02/News/Professors.May.Switch.To.Gmail-3819832.shtml
GWAVA Joins in Novell Hidden Gems Tour in South Africa
ITNews - Roma,Italy
GWAVA is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the Novell Hidden Gems Tour
in South Africa. The Novell Hidden Gems Tour is a must-attend for those who
want ...
http://www.itnews.it/news/2009/1030073202579/gwava-joins-in-novell-hidden-gems-tour-in-south-africa.html
GWAVA Extends Early Bird Pricing for GWAVACon
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
MONTREAL, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- GWAVA is pleased to announce that the
early bird registration discount for GWAVACon has been extended to December
1, 2009. ...
http://www.sys-con.com/node/1165830
* Zombie related news (err, SCO related)
Novell plans to petition Supreme Court in SCO case
Computerworld
Novell wants to takes it case against SCO to the Supreme Court and is
asking a federal appeals court hearing the case to give Novell a 90-day
stay. ...
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=A095D7CF-1A64-6A71-CE8B0F4FB3BF2A7E
Trustee says SCO Group should pursue IBM, Novell lawsuits
Trading Markets (press release)
SCO's claims against IBM and Novell "should be pursued aggressively," Cahn
told US Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross, according to Bloomberg News. ...
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2602264/
Bankrupt SCO Group to continue suits against IBM, Novell
Salt Lake Tribune
SCO Group Inc. the bankrupt software developer that claims to own
copyrights to the Unix operating system, will pursue its lawsuits against
Novell Inc. and ...
http://www.sltrib.com/technology/ci_13626713
Novell aims SCO tussle at the Supremes
Register
Novell wants the US Supreme Court to review its seemingly-never-ending
legal tete-a-tete with SCO over the famous UNIX and UNIXware copyrights.
...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/28/novell_sc0_case_supremes/
SCO Terminates CEO Darl McBride
InformationWeek
Under a restructuring plan, the company will continue to pursue
intellectual property litigation against, among others, IBM and Novell. ...
http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/legal/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220700381