http://www.networkworld.com/news/financial/novell.html The latest Novell news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2010 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2010/112910kearns1.html?source=nww_rss Over the years, the acquirer has been rumored to be IBM, Sun, Microsoft, AT&T, Dell, Oracle, HP and many others. Not once was the name Attachmate mentioned. So the surprise – and it was widespread last week – wasn’t that Novell had been acquired, but that Attachmate had done the acquiring. Dave Kearns 2010-11-29T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/112210-novell-attachmate-buyout.html?source=nww_rss Novell, one of the earliest names in networking, has agreed to a $2.2 billion buyout by software company Attachmate as well as a sell-off of $450 million worth of intellectual property assets to a consortium organized by Microsoft. Network World Staff 2010-11-22T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2010/112210-endpoint-management-tools-test.html?source=nww_rss Desktop virtualization, Web apps, software as a service, and an increasingly mobile user base have created new challenges when it comes to endpoint management. Nonetheless, there are still some constants – endpoints need to be deployed, configured, patched, secured and supported. Frank Ohlhorst 2010-11-22T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/112210-attachmate-acquires-novell.html?source=nww_rss Despite missteps, Novell still has some valuable tech products. Jon Brodkin 2010-11-22T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111110-novell-zenworks-pc-management.html?source=nww_rss Novell has released a new version of its Zenworks PC management suite, consolidating separate applications through a new unified administrative console, and adding a range of features including awareness of the end user's identity and location. John Cox 2010-11-11T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2010/102510id1.html?source=nww_rss Each month we take a look back 10 years to see what was "hot" -- at least by this newsletter's standards. Often I'm hard pressed to find something relevant to today's discussions, but October 2000 was a different kettle of fish -- lots of relevant stuff. Dave Kearns 2010-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/100510-cloud-computing-momentum.html?source=nww_rss How widespread is business use of cloud computing? The results of one survey published Tuesday suggest use of both public and private clouds has real momentum in the United States, with private cloud computing appearing to be more popular. Ellen Messmer 2010-10-05T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/002810-open-office-oracle.html?source=nww_rss Most of the volunteers and vendors behind OpenOffice.org have decided to create a new foundation that will be independent from Oracle and speed up improvements to the code in the open source alternative to Microsoft Office. Jon Brodkin 2010-09-28T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2010/092710id2.html?source=nww_rss It's time for our monthly look back to what we were talking about 10 years ago in this newsletter. Two subjects dominated that month -- the future of directories in general and the future of one directory in particular. Dave Kearns 2010-09-28T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/091710-vmware-novell-linux.html?source=nww_rss If VMware buys Novell's SUSE Linux business, the virtualization giant could abandon its anti-operating system crusade and compete more directly against the likes of Red Hat and Microsoft. Jon Brodkin 2010-09-17T12:00:00-04:00