Iomega Corp. CEO Werner Heid has resigned from the firm. Heid, who had headed the struggling storage company since 2001, will be replaced on an interim basis by Iomega Chairman Stephen David. The company did not disclose a reason for Heid's departure. Iomega expects severance payments to Heid to total about US$950,000, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Novell to Support Virtual Iron Software

Novell Inc. has agreed to provide start-up Virtual Iron Software Inc. with support for its data center virtualization and management software. The software will ship as a preconfigured kernel with the latest version of Novell's enterprise-level SUSE Linux operating system. Novell said it plans to include the Virtual Iron kernel in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 10, which is due out at the end of May.

Johns Hopkins Awards Pact to ACS

Johns Hopkins HealthCare has awarded a business process outsourcing contract to Affiliated Computer Services Inc. to provide call center services. Starting this month, ACS will be responsible for the general management and operations of the dedicated JHHC call center in Indianapolis under a three-year contract. The center handles a subset of Medicaid calls for the health care provider.