More Novell cuts, follow Microsoft cuts

If 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...
With Cisco-EMC pairing, what’s up with VMware?

The HP vs. Cisco/EMC/VMware hype fight this week re-emphasized that Cisco and EMC (and its subsidiary VMware) are joined at the hip in their aggressive grab for data center share. Recurring...
Google and Microsoft trading places in mail

So, Google wins a big, prestigious $7.2 billion email account --for 30,000 Los Angeles municipal workers . Google Apps Premier is displacing Novell Groupwise there. But Google beat out the...
Vblock done, Cisco to launch new unified collaboration attack

Cisco and its best friends forever EMC and VMware finally came clean about their Vblock plans on Tuesday. Now watch for Cisco next week to shift gears--a tad--and unveil a slew of unified collaboration gear from...