Novell news for December 27th, 2011

Tuesday, December 27 2011 @ 07:24 AM CST

Contributed by: kkbass

* 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/
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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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