Wall Street becoming Linux stronghold
Dec. 01, 2008
NEW YORK -- Wall Street firms increasingly are buying into Linux, but some still need convincing that open source licensing and support models won't make using the technology more trouble than its worth.
Microsoft, Novell toast anniversary with tools, support coupons
Nov. 19, 2008
Marking the two-year anniversary of their partnership, Microsoft and Novell said Wednesday they were releasing tools to help users manage and support SUSE Linux.
Novell bolsters GroupWise 8; Network-traffic analyzer freeware
Nov. 18, 2008
Novell Monday shipped Version 8 of its GroupWise messaging and calendaring platform; NetWitness Corporation Monday said it's offering its Investigator 8.6 network-traffic analysis tool to end users under a freeware ...
Novell bolsters GroupWise 8
Nov. 17, 2008
Novell Monday shipped GroupWise 8, adding interface and administrative upgrades to its messaging and calendaring platform.
Novell, Sun, Oracle crank out identity and access wares
Oct. 21, 2008
Novell, Sun and Oracle have announced updates to their identity-management platforms.
Novell's FOSSA architecture document out by December
Nov. 13, 2008
Novell plans to publish later this month or in December the architecture document of FOSSA, its long-term strategy for the management and deployment of resources both within and outside the enterprise.
Novell lays out Red Hat attack plan
Nov. 11, 2008
Novell Tuesday took aim at rival and Linux market leader Red Hat with a migration service designed to help move Linux users onto Novell's Suse enterprise servers.
Microsoft-Novell partnership yields virtualization bundle
Sep. 11, 2008
Microsoft and Novell Thursday released a virtualization bundle that represents the pair's first fully supported joint product since their interoperability partnership was forged in 2006.
Novell revenue up, net income loss at $15 million
Aug. 28, 2008
Novell Thursday posted a net income loss of $15 million for its fiscal third quarter fueled by a charge related to its “auction-rate securities.”
Novell revenue up, net income loss at $15 million
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Lenovo targets new netbook at students
Oct. 30, 2008
Lenovo this week unveiled a netbook PC designed to be the first mobile PC for K-12 students and a "secondary device" for college students.
Novell's Managed Objects' BSM buy spurs industry discussion
Oct. 29, 2008
Novell's bid to acquire business service management (BSM) software maker Managed Objects caused many in the industry to stop and take notice. Some commend Novell's investment in the smaller management player, but others ...
The challenge of managing mixed virtualized Linux, Windows networks
Oct. 27, 2008
The growth of Linux, virtualization and services are fueling efforts by corporations to tune their management tools to accommodate mixed Linux, Windows and cloud environments.
IBM aims for Linux customers; Novell, Sun, Oracle crank out identity and access wares
Oct. 22, 2008
IBM is targeting midsize business customers that use Linux with a new "baby" mainframe that costs just a fraction of the amount charged for the high-end mainframe IBM released in February; Novell, Sun and Oracle Monday ...
Novell, Aveksa unveil Novell Access Governance Suite; Quest details NetPro roadmap - ...
Oct. 22, 2008
There have been quite a few product announcements recently which I haven't gotten to as yet but I wouldn't want you to think they aren't important, or at least useful. So today I'll give a quick rundown of them with ...
Novell buying Managed Objects for BSM
Oct. 14, 2008
Novell has agreed to buy Managed Objects, a maker of business service management software. Terms of the deal, announced Tuesday, were not disclosed.
Security information and event management: Finding the proverbial needle
Oct. 09, 2008
As SIEM tools evolve, information security specialists are getting closer to the day when making sense of and taking action on disparate security events gets quick and easy.
Netbooks will boost adoption of Linux, says Novell CTO
Oct. 09, 2008
A surge in demand for netbooks is helping drive business for Linux, as the devices are designed to be low-cost with smaller storage, according to Novell's chief technology and strategy officer for Linux.
Mono 2.0 released; HP updates SOA suite
Oct. 07, 2008
The Novell-led Mono Project, which develops an open source implementation of Microsoft's [dot] Net framework, released a long awaited Version 2.0 on Monday; HP is updating its service-oriented-architecture governance ...
Novell gets into NAC
Oct. 02, 2008
Recently Novell decided to get into NAC with an OEM offer from StillSecure.
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.
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.
UTM devices are making headway
Sep. 25, 2008
Customers using unified threat management devices say the appliances represent a more streamlined way to provide multiple security functions and to track down security data, but don't necessarily meet all gateway ...
T-Mobile's G1 debuts; Novell enters NAC market
Sep. 24, 2008
T-Mobile showed off its new G1 mobile phone at a press event in New York Tuesday; Novell is getting into network access control via an OEM agreement with StillSecure.
Novell enters NAC market via partnership
Sep. 23, 2008
Novell is getting into network access control via an OEM agreement with StillSecure that initially provides a stand-alone product but also includes plans to ensure that software works well with Novell's ZENworks ...
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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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