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Novell details modular infrastructure plan
Mar. 17, 2008
Novell Monday laid out a technical strategy that would let users mix and match physical and virtual machines along with management tools, identity services, collaboration software, and open source operating systems.
Microsoft targets CA, HP with new management attack
Apr. 29, 2008
LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft Tuesday said it plans to become a major management platform vendor to battle the likes of CA and HP and said it would extend its System Center software to encompass Linux and Unix-based machines.
Novell releases SUSE Linux OS beta geared for appliances
Apr. 16, 2008
Novell Wednesday released the beta of its new
Novell acquires open source collaboration vendor
Feb. 13, 2008
Novell, seeking a real-time makeover for its collaboration wares, announced Wednesday that it has acquired SiteScape, the developer of open source collaboration tools.
SCO gets $100 million from private equity firm
Feb. 14, 2008
Embattled SCO Operations Thursday reached an agreement with a private equity firm that plans to provide the vendor as much as $100 million and take SCO private.
Linux showing signs of solid growth: IDC study
Apr. 08, 2008
Austin, Texas – Workloads running on Linux servers are shifting to become more business oriented, including databases and line-of-business applications, and the operating system appears headed for measurable growth over ...
Report: Number of GPL v3 projects tops 2,000
Mar. 31, 2008
The number of open-source projects that use the GNU General Public License Version 3 has grown to more than 2,000, according to Palamida, which sells software and services for tracking open-source code within a customer ...
Novell's lagging position in the messaging and collaboration market
Mar. 27, 2008
My annual visit to Novell BrainShare last week was, as always, enjoyable and informative. While the vendors with whom I spoke weren't all that pleased with the level of traffic on the exhibits floor, the event seemed ...
Some nice interface changes within GroupWise
Mar. 25, 2008
Novell has certainly had its problems with GroupWise in terms of losing market share to rivals like Microsoft and IBM. Whatever has caused those problems, however, is due far less to the company's technology than to ...
Novell CEO picking his battles
Mar. 20, 2008
Novell wants to shed historical comparisons with industry titans and focus on developing its core technologies into a set of infrastructure services it says will define its success going forward, according to company ...
VMware patches holes; Supreme Court allows Novell case against Microsoft
Mar. 18, 2008
VMware has identified and fixed seven security bugs in the free version of its hypervisor; The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a request by Microsoft to halt an antitrust suit that Novell filed against the company.
HP adding Novell's Linux to its desktop lineup
Mar. 18, 2008
Novell Tuesday plans to announce that HP will begin loading Suse Linux 10 on its desktops, joining Dell and Lenovo as partners who pre-install the open source operating system.
High Court: Microsoft vs. Novell case can go forward
Mar. 17, 2008
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a request by Microsoft to halt an antitrust suit that Novell filed against the company for anticompetitive behavior it said harmed its WordPerfect and QuattroPro business in the ...
New security threats from every which way
Mar. 17, 2008
The rise of virtualization, SOA and mobility within the enterprise is creating new network security threats.
Review: LANDesk's automation shines in client management review
Feb. 04, 2008
In this Network World Clear Choice Test of client management product we review products for a myriad of traditional desktop management capabilities such as asset inventory, client configuration and software distribution ...
Novell details modular infrastructure plan
Mar. 17, 2008
Novell Monday laid out a technical strategy that would let users mix and match physical and virtual machines along with management tools, identity services, collaboration software, and open source operating systems.
Nortel, Microsoft ship unified communications products
Mar. 12, 2008
As expected, Microsoft and Nortel this week announced availability of four unified communications products developed under their Innovative Communications Alliance.
VMware vs. everyone
Mar. 06, 2008
VMware is the undisputed champion of the virtualization market. Can anyone knock them out?
Novell execs talk Microsoft interop announcement
Mar. 05, 2008
A pair of Novell executives Wednesday touted the company's recent financial performance, but questions during the press conference at Cebit in Hanover, Germany, focused more on Microsoft's recent, high-profile pledge to ...
SUSE Linux desktop and server help Novell post solid earnings
Feb. 28, 2008
Novell reported net income of $16.8 million for its fiscal first quarter of 2008, reversing a sour performance in the same quarter last year that netted a loss of $19.5 million.
Novell bids $205 million for virtualization management firm PlateSpin
Feb. 25, 2008
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SCO Group: Prolonging death or what?
Feb. 19, 2008
Earlier this year, it looked like The SCO Group was going down for the count. It had lost a key decision in its suit against Novell, declared bankruptcy and was quickly running out of money.
SCO suitor vows to keep up Unix copyright war
Feb. 15, 2008
The private equity firm that has offered to pump up to $100 million into SCO thinks court rulings against the vendor in its highly publicized Unix copyright lawsuits
Valentine's Worm; Too few in IT; Novell and SiteScape
Feb. 14, 2008
With the Valentine's Day holiday approaching, users should be on the lookout for spam e-mails spreading Storm Worm malware; A shortage of IT workers on staff is the top IT-related concern of C-level executives, ...
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Overview
2005 NW200 rank: 61
2004 NW200 rank: 59
Revenue
| Total '05 revenue (in $M) | 1198 | |
| '04-'05 revenue change | 3% | |
| '01-'05 CAGR revenue | 4% |
Profit
| Profit or loss (in $M) | 377 | |
| Change from '04 | 559 | |
| As percentage of revenue 31 | 31 | |
| CAGR, '01-'05 | - |
Employees
| Number of employees | 5066 | |
| '04 - '05 change | -18 | |
| Revenue per employee | 236419 |
Misc.
| Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M) | 2960 | |
| Cash/investments ($M) | ||
| Year inc. | 1983 | |
| Fiscal year ends | Oct |
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