March 5, 2010 3:50 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Elliot,
IP,
IT channel products and services,
Novell,
patents,
UnixNovell, trying to calm the roiled waters over an unexpected buyout bid, sought to reassure partners that it's "business as usual."
That was the message in an email sent by Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian...
November 9, 2009 3:54 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
layoffs,
Microsoft,
NovellIf the recession is, in fact, winding down, employment truly is a trailing indicator, with tech companies continuing to cut headcount.
Last week, both Novell and Microsoft cut jobs. Novell sliced 3% -- or about 100 to 130 -- of its...
December 17, 2008 1:55 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Cisco,
Colin Steele,
Linux,
News,
NovellNovell has canceled BrainShare 2009, its long-running customer and partner conference.
BrainShare 2009 was scheduled for March in Salt Lake City. John Dragoon, Novell's senior vice president and chief marketing officer, said the...
December 3, 2008 11:19 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele,
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
Novell,
Open-sourceMicrosoft has spent a surprising amount of time, effort and money on open source initiatives this year.
At Interop back in April, Bob Muglia spent nearly an entire keynote discussing Microsoft's
September 21, 2008 11:58 AM
Posted by: rivkalittle
Application development,
Cisco,
Collaboration software,
Email -- Exchange, Outlook,
Enterprise applications,
IBM,
Microsoft,
Networking technology,
News,
Novell,
Open-source,
Software as a service (SaaS)Cisco Systems has acquired open source instant messaging and presence company Jabber less than a month after it picked up e-mail and calendaring software provider PostPath. The move signifies Cisco’s ongoing moves to reach out of the network and onto the desktop.
Terms of the deal have not yet...
September 19, 2008 2:31 PM
Posted by: rivkalittle
Cisco,
Enterprise applications,
Information technology services,
Networking technology,
Novell,
Open-source,
VoIP over IP (VoIP)I was truly confused Wednesday morning when I jumped off the bus near the Jacob Javits Center in New York for Interop and saw armies of tight skirts and multi-colored stilettos trotting up the ramp to the convention center. This is not IT conference wear. These are not tech rats. No...
September 16, 2008 6:14 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Microsoft,
News,
Novell,
Virtualization,
VMwareLAS VEGAS -- I just left a Q&A session with VMware CEO Paul Maritz, where I asked him about the "poker chip" guerrilla marketing campaign that Microsoft launched this morning at...
September 12, 2008 10:20 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Channel partner programs,
Linux,
News,
NovellMore than a month after former channel chief Pat Bernard left Novell, the open source company has named her successor.
