Triangle headlines: Cisco loses patent suit; IBM sues exec joining Informatica; Lenovo-EMC pact ending; RBS picks Red Hat; Lenovo’s big tablet

In this afternoon’s wrapup of technology news affecting Triangle companies:

Cisco loses a $23.5 million security patent infringement suit
IBM sues a former executive who has joined Informatica
Lenovo’s server relationship with EMC is ending
RBS picks Red Hat
Lenovo working on huge 18-inch tablet

The details:

Cisco loses suit

Bloomberg reports that Cisco has been ordered to pay $23.5 million in a security patent lawsuit with SRI international.

“Jurors in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, concluded Thursday that San Jose, California-based Cisco used technology owned by SRI International, the former research arm of Stanford University, without permission. The panel rejected Cisco’s arguments that it didn’t infringe or that the two at-issue patents weren’t valid,” Bloomberg reported.

See details at:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-12/cisco-told-to-pay-23-5-million-over-hacker-security-patents

IBM sues former exec

IBM is suing the former exec who led its cloud computing unit who joined Informatica.

Reusters says IBM is “accusing [Louis Attanasio] of violating his non-compete agreement by joining a rival software company and misappropriating trade secrets before leaving.”

Big Blue also wants $500,000 in non-salary compensation back.

See details at:

http://www.reuters.com/article/usa-employment-noncompete-idUSL2N1881DA

Lenovo: Server pact with EMC ending

The forthcoming merger with Dell will lead to the end of EMC’s server agreement with Lenovo, says Lenovo COO Gerry Smith.

Smith told CRN “there was ‘no question’ that arch rival Dell’s more-than $60 billion acquisition of EMC this year would end Lenovo’s four-year relationship with the data storage giant.”

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Triangle headlines: Cisco loses patent suit; IBM sues exec joining Informatica; Lenovo-EMC pact ending; RBS picks Red Hat; Lenovo’s big tablet