Tech news roundup

(BNamericas.com Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) US software firm Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) is planning a Latin American tour to launch its new open source platform Suse Linux Enterprise 10, during October and November, the company said in a statement.

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The tour includes Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela and will be sponsored by other IT multinationals such as Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL), AMD (NYSE: AMD), Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) and SAP (NYSE: SAP).

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The Chilean government, through the education ministry Mineduc, non-profit technology transfer foundation Fundacin Chile and the website EducarChile, have signed an agreement with US internet search company Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) to offer educational applications, the government said in a statement.

Under the terms of the agreement, signed during the 2006 IT tour organized by Chile's universal access foundation Fundacin Pas Digital, Google will offer educational internet tools to EducarChile through Google Earth.

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Venezuela's science and technology ministry has launched a national center for research and development in open source technologies (Cenditel) located in the state of Mrida, local newspaper El Nacional reported.

The center aims to promote the use of information and communications technology (ICT) with open standards helping in the research and development of innovative solutions.

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US networking solutions provider Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) has launched a contest for SMEs in Argentina and Chile offering as a prize the renovation of their IT platform, including IP telephony, security, wireless networks, switching and routing, Cisco said in a statement.

The prize also includes support and guarantees for a year.

The contest is open to private companies that have been operating for at least three years with 30-250 employees and at least 20 PCs in their network.

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US software company Altiris (Nasdaq: ATRS) is about to sign an agreement with the Brazilian unit of US IT giant Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) to include its asset administration solutions in HP's PCs, regional news service TelcosIT reported.

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