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  • Novell Partners Embrace Its Linux Move

    SALT LAKE CITY—Novell Inc.’s 20th annual BrainShare tradeshow opened here Sunday with a different focus from years past. The reason: Linux. In recent years, BrainShare had been seen by the industry as a show chronicling the slow decline of a network giant and its flagship operating system, NetWare. This year, however, Novell is focusing on…

  • EU Ruling Could Further Alter Windows Bundling

    When European Union regulators rule this week in their antitrust case against Microsoft Corp., their decision will do more than possibly force the software maker to offer Windows without a bundled multimedia player. It appears likely to set a precedent for when and where Microsoft can integrate other software into the operating system and also…

  • Lindows Sues to Block Microsoft Foreign Injunctions

    Lindows.com Inc. has persuaded a federal district court judge to grant an expedited hearing on its motion for an injunction to thwart Microsoft’s international legal campaign against the Lindows name. U.S. District Court Chief Judge John Coughenour scheduled the hearing for March 24 at U.S. Western District Court in Seattle. The hearing will consider whether…

  • Novell Offers New Linux Certification

    SALT LAKE CITY—Novell Inc. announced Monday at its 20th annual BrainShare show here that it is launching immediately its newest certification: the Novell Certified Linux Engineer (CLE) Certification. Novell pioneered the now popular certification programs for IT technicians and administrators. In 1990, the company created the Certified Network Engineer—now Novell Engineers (CNEs)—program that would assure…

  • Cisco Acquisition Signals Network Security Push

    Cisco Systems Inc. on Monday continued its push into the security market by acquiring Riverhead Networks Inc., a small developer of tools to prevent denial-of-service attacks, for $39 million in cash. Cisco plans to add Riverhead to its Internet Switching Business Unit and use the company’s technology to enhance its Threat Defense System portfolio of…

  • Microsoft Kicks Off Developers’ Conferences This Week

    Microsoft will use this week’s VSLive/SpeechTek/Microsoft Mobile Devcon conferences in San Francisco to emphasize its message that Visual Studio is the single, unified development platform around which developers should rally. The trio of conferences, which kick off Wednesday with a keynote address by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, will be a launchpad for a handful of…

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