In the news: Nortel trial; Vocus hiring; Tengion $15M; ABB backs Marbles; Red Hat’s JBoss; Elster execs

Some of the best tech and life science news is just a click away in today’s Bulldog Blog:

• Defense counsel for three former Nortel execs says ‘no dishonest acts’ as trial wraps up.
• E-mail marketing firm Vocus is hiring at its Morrisville operation. 
• Life science firm Tengion in Winston-Salem is raising $15 million. 
• ABB is backing a smartgrid project at Raleigh’s Marbles museum. 
• Red Hat is launching a name change contest for a version of its JBoss software.
• Smartgrid and cleantech firm Elster names some new executives.