* LAPD Bails on Google Apps Because of Security & Privacy Concerns * Los Angeles Axes Plans to Add Police Email to Google Cloud * Hillingdon council puts 3500 staff on Google Apps * Jury Hung in $1B Microsoft-Novell Antitrust Case * Novell Vs. Microsoft Ends In Mistrial * Microsoft: Novell lacks evidence in antitrust case * Hold-Out Juror Saves Microsoft in Novell Antitrust Suit * Microsoft to ask for dismissal of Novell lawsuit * Microsoft, Novell Lawsuit Ends With Sopranos-Style Mistrial * Novell antitrust case against Microsoft ends with a one juror deadlock * Even hold-out juror believed Microsoft acted unfairly * Some big thoughts on big data and cloud for 2012 * 5 Stocks Trading On Very High Volume * Big Winners and Losers of 2011 * WinInfo Short Takes: December 23, 2011 * What Technology Companies Can Learn From The Key Factors Behind ... * Network Management Software enhances end-user productivity. * IntraLinks Appoints Ronald W. Hovsepian New CEO * GEORGE KENNEDY: Sales background is good foundation for UM presidency * ownCloud Goes Commercial with Open Source File Sharing LAPD Bails on Google Apps Because of Security & Privacy Concerns Wired News Google got a dose of the same medicine on Wednesday, with the LA Times reporting that the LAPD is now backing out of its contract with Google so it can stick with its on-premises Novell platform for e-mail. The LAPD and the city attorney's office ... http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2011/12/lapd-bails/ Los Angeles Axes Plans to Add Police Email to Google Cloud Government Technology The city's $7.2 million contract with systems integrator CSC — signed in 2009 to move all 30000 city employee email accounts from Novell GroupWise to Gmail — will be modified so that the LAPD and others that need heightened security will remain on ... http://www.govtech.com/policy-management/Los-Angeles-Axes-Plans-to-Add-Police-Email-to-Google-Cloud.html Hillingdon council puts 3500 staff on Google Apps Information Age The council is replacing Novell's Groupwise collaboration tool and Microsoft's word processing and spreadsheet software for its 3500 staff, it said in a statement. The switch is expected to save the council £3 million over the next four years. ... http://www.information-age.com/channels/the-cloud-and-virtualization/news/1680113/hillingdon-council-puts-3500-staff-on-google-apps.thtml Jury Hung in $1B Microsoft-Novell Antitrust Case Infopackets A federal jury has failed to reach a verdict in the $1 billion case of Novell versus Microsoft. Novel has charged that Microsoft falsely encouraged it to develop WordPerfect, a legacy word processing program, then reneged on its assurances. ... http://go.infopackets.com/m20111221-02 Novell Vs. Microsoft Ends In Mistrial InformationWeek Jurors unable to reach a verdict on Novell's claims that Microsoft intentionally sought to destroy WordPerfect and Quattro. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek Novell's years-long antitrust case against Microsoft came to an abrupt end in a federal ... http://informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/232300838 Microsoft: Novell lacks evidence in antitrust case TechFlash (blog) Attorneys representing Novell say they plan to seek a new trial. But an attorney representing Microsoft has filed a letter in federal court saying Microsoft plans to renew its motion for judgment as a matter of law. That's a legal move to have the ... http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/12/microsoft-novell-lacks-evidence.html Hold-Out Juror Saves Microsoft in Novell Antitrust Suit Corporate Counsel After seven years of litigation and two months of trial, Novell's $1 billion antitrust case against Microsoft ended in a hung jury. But Novell's lawyers at Dickstein Shaprio could take some consolation from the fact that the one hold-out on the jury ... http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202536202603&HoldOut_Juror_Saves_Microsoft_in_Novell_Antitrust_Suit Microsoft to ask for dismissal of Novell lawsuit ITWorld Canada BANGALORE -- Microsoft Corp. intends to ask the court to dismiss a Novell US$1.3 billion antitrust lawsuit, after a hung jury in Utah could not come to an accord on the case last week. Novell filed the lawsuit seven years ago, claiming Microsoft abused ... http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/microsoft-to-ask-for-dismissal-of-novell-lawsuit/144526 Microsoft, Novell Lawsuit Ends With Sopranos-Style Mistrial WebProNews After seven years in court, Microsoft is expected to ask the US federal judge to dimiss the antitrust suit filed against them by Novell. Novell made their closing arguments in the case last week but a jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision, ... http://www.webpronews.com/microsoft-novell-dismissal-2011-12 Novell antitrust case against Microsoft ends with a one juror deadlock TECH.BLORGE.com by Mike Ferro It seems like the current chapter in a dispute that is seven years old is coming to an end between Novell and Microsoft. Recently, Bill Gates testified in court after Novell accused Gates of anticompetitive practices to squeeze Novell out ... http://vista.blorge.com/2011/12/20/novell-antitrust-case-against-microsoft-ends-with-a-one-juror-deadlock/ Even hold-out juror believed Microsoft acted unfairly Network World A fuller picture is emerging of exactly how close Microsoft came on Friday to losing its interminable antitrust tussle with Novell, a defeat that could have cost the company up to $1.3 billion. Not only was there a hung jury, but the hang-up was with a ... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/79437 Some big thoughts on big data and cloud for 2012 GigaOm You know, the NetWare server that's run since the late 1990s. It ain't glamorous, but it works. “Customers want an environment where they have one throat to ... http://gigaom.com/cloud/some-big-thoughts-on-big-data-and-cloud-for-2012/?utm_source=gigaom&utm_medium=specialtopics 5 Stocks Trading On Very High Volume Seeking Alpha Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has been up a bit the past few days, and it appears that the company won't have to deal with a lawsuit from Novell Inc. for the time being. Novell, former maker of the WordPerfect software, claims that Microsoft allowed it ... http://seekingalpha.com/article/314967-5-stocks-trading-on-very-high-volume Big Winners and Losers of 2011 OStatic (blog) This same commenter also put Novell in the big loser column with, "Novell for selling their soul." I'm not sure I agree with that. When I think of Novell selling their soul, I think more of the Microsoft deal than the Attachmate acquisition. ... http://ostatic.com/blog/big-winners-and-losers-of-2011 WinInfo Short Takes: December 23, 2011 Windows IT Pro An often irreverent look at this week's other news, including some thoughts on Microsoft's exit from the Consumer Electronics Show, an Xbox LIVE glitch that's ruining the holidays for some, Microsoft's Christmas wish for the Novell lawsuit, ... http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/wininfo-short-takes-december-23-2011-141713 What Technology Companies Can Learn From The Key Factors Behind ... Seeking Alpha BlackBerry OS is in position to follow the path of an operating system such as Novell's (NOVL) NetWare. I guess to summarize, my recommendation to any ... http://seekingalpha.com/article/315946-what-technology-companies-can-learn-from-the-key-factors-behind-the-mobile-revolution Network Management Software enhances end-user productivity. ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) PROVO, Utah -- Novell today announced the availability of Novell® Open Enterprise Server 11. The latest release is built on SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1, providing customers with more flexibility and choice. Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 ... http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/Network-Management-Software-enhances-end-user-productivity-607012 IntraLinks Appoints Ronald W. Hovsepian New CEO MarketWatch (press release) Most recently, Mr. Hovsepian served as president and chief executive officer of Novell, Inc. from 2006 until Novell's acquisition by The Attachmate Group in April 2011. He joined Novell in 2003 as executive vice president and president, worldwide field ... http://www.marketwatch.com/story/intralinks-appoints-ronald-w-hovsepian-new-ceo-2011-12-16 GEORGE KENNEDY: Sales background is good foundation for UM presidency Columbia Missourian Our new leader, Timothy Wolfe, was bought out as president of Novell Americas after one of those mergers that always seem to result in higher profits and fewer jobs. The $450000 plus incentives we'll pay him sure beats unemployment compensation. ... http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2011/12/15/george-kennedy/ See all stories on this topic: http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2011/12/15/george-kennedy/&hl=en&geo=us ownCloud Goes Commercial with Open Source File Sharing Digital Media Wire Rex, former executive with SUSE/Novell, will serve as chief executive officer. The new company also announced a funding round led by General Catalyst but did not disclose the terms. The company believes it offers a more secure and better managed ... http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2011/12/15/owncloud-goes-commercial-with-open-source-file-sharing

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