Novell
Novell Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is a global software corporation based in the United States specializing in enterprise operating systems such as SUSE Linux Enterprise and Novell NetWare; identity, security and systems management solutions; and collaboration solutions. Together with WordPerfect, Novell was instrumental in making the Utah Valley a focus for high-technology software development. Today this area has many small companies whose employees have previously worked at Novell.
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| Public (NASDAQ: NOVL) | |
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | Provo, Utah (1983) |
| Headquarters | , USA |
Key people | Ron Hovsepian, CEO and President John Dragoon, Senior Vice President, CMO Dana Russell, Senior Vice President, CFO |
| Products | Novell eDirectory Novell Open Enterprise Server SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Novell NetWare SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Novell GroupWise Novell ZENworks Novell Identity Manager Novell Access Manager Novell exteNd Novell BorderManager PlateSpin Forge, PowerConvert and PowerRecon |
| Revenue |  US$932.5 million (2007)[1] |
 US$55.8 million (2007)[1](-6.0% operating margin[2]) | |
| US$44.5 million (2007)[1] (-4.7% profit margin[2]) | |
Number of employees | 4,100 (2008)[3] |
| Website | www |
Novell Media
Logo for Novell, Inc.
Novell's chief scientist was Drew Major, here seen later in his career
Novell made some networking hardware products even after NetWare became a success; here, a Novell NE2000 16-bit ISA 10BASE-2 Ethernet card from 1990
Floppy disks for NetWare 2.2
Novell's Building F in Provo in 1994, part of a large complex of Novell buildings once there, with the Wasatch Range in the background
The annual Novell BrainShare conference, seen here with its entrance letters in 1995, helped spread the word about how developers and partners could make use of NetWare
Novell's Summit, New Jersey, office, 1994 (formerly Unix System Laboratories)
Novell had a development office in Bracknell, Berkshire, UK for many years (here seen in 2006)
The WordPerfect building in Orem, Utah, with Novell signage, in 1994
Novell's PerfectOffice suite, reflecting the purchases of WordPerfect and Quattro Pro
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "NOVL Stock Report". Morningstar, Inc. Archived from the original on 2006-02-07. Retrieved 2006-07-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NOVL: Company Overview". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2006-07-05.
- ↑ "Novell Fast Facts". Novell. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
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