NetFlash: Motorola sues Zafirovski, Cisco invests in India and more

Opinion
Oct 20, 20052 mins

* Motorola sues Zafirovski over Nortel job * Cisco bets a billion dollars on India * High-tech dorms move to head of the class at colleges * IBM taps VMware, Citrix to create blade PCs * Oracle patches 88 holes in quarterly security update * Today on Layer 8

Motorola isn’t too keen on Mike Zafirovski going to Nortel to take Bill Owens’ job. In fact, Motorola is suing him over it. Motorola sues Zafirovski over Nortel job http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102005-motorola-nortel.html?net&story=102005-motorola-nortel

Motorola isn’t too keen on Mike Zafirovski going to Nortel to take Bill Owens’ job. In fact, Motorola is suing him over it.

Motorola sues Zafirovski over Nortel job

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102005-motorola-nortel.html?net&story=102005-motorola-nortel

Cisco bets a billion dollars on India

Cisco plans to invest $1.1 billion in India over the next several years. Let’s see, in rupees, that’s… well, it’s a boatload of cash no matter how you slice it. Most of it is headed for R&D and venture capital investments in Indian companies.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101905-cisco-india.html?net&story=101905-cisco-india

High-tech dorms move to head of the class at colleges

Student dormitories at Case Western Reserve University and Duke University show how living on campus increasingly means being networked and digitized. The residence halls incorporate sophisticated wired and wireless data networks, environmental and building management systems backhauled over the campus IP network, and a wide range of services such as streaming video, networked clothes washers and improved cellular voice coverage.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101705-wired-dorms.html?net&story=101705-wired-dorms

IBM taps VMware, Citrix to create blade PCs

After spending the past few years on the sidelines, IBM Wednesday jumped headlong into the blade PC market, announcing partnerships with Citrix and VMware to provide users with the means to manage desktop PCs from a secure, centralized location.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101905-ibm-blade.html?net&story=101905-ibm-blade

Oracle patches 88 holes in quarterly security update

Oracle released a bundle of critical security patches for its software Tuesday, fixing 88 vulnerabilities in products including its database and application servers and some PeopleSoft and JD Edwards applications. Oracle recommends applying the patches as soon as possible.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101905-oracle-patch.html?net&story=101905-oracle-patch

Today on Layer 8, now fully gruntled:

Google drops Gmail name in U.K.; the secret code hidden in your printer discovered; Ballmer: We’re working super hard; Google angers China; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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