Novell

Through our infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one. We deliver the best-engineered, most interoperable Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software that help customers around the world reduce cost, complexity and risk. Because of our 25 years of experience and our vision of interoperability and flexibility, we deliver powerful, next-generation business infrastructures that enable our customers to stay competitive.
Our solutions help customers integrate Linux and other open source technologies into their IT infrastructures while leveraging existing resources. And our IT management software automates management across physical and virtual systems, controls customers’ IT assets intelligently and automatically, and enforces business and security policies across the enterprise. These features allow customers to easily align IT with business goals. Our solutions also include the applications, services and expertise customers need to improve their security and address their governance and compliance challenges, and achieve seamless collaboration throughout the enterprise.
Novell technology gives our customers the infinite IT flexibility and agility necessary to meet and exceed their business objectives. We are here to meet customers’ demands and to provide the applied technology that today’s organizations need to solve today’s problems. Our products and solutions, internal team, extended community of open source developers and ecosystem of high-impact partnerships are truly making IT work as one.
Novell Making IT Work As One

Corporate Snapshot
Corporate headquarters are in Waltham, Mass.,
Novell employs 3,900 people around the globe.
Global Presence
Almost 50 percent of Novell’s employees are located outside of the U.S., in more than 100 offices around the world including regional and development offices located in Bangalore, India; Beijing; Bracknell, United Kingdom; Paris; Prague, Czech Republic; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Sydney, and Tokyo.
Trades on NASDAQ Stock Market
Novell trades under the symbol NOVL.
Chief Executive Officer
Novell’s CEO is Ronald W. Hovsepian.
Chairman of the Board
Novell’s Non-Executive Chairman is Richard L. Crandall.
Year Founded
Novell was founded in 1983.
Fiscal Year Sales
For fiscal year 2008, Novell reported revenue of $957 million.
Novell Customers
Novell serves customers in varied market segments, who highly value interactive business solutions in the data center, security and identity, resource management, workgroup, and desktop spaces.
Representative customers include AUDI, BT, Casio, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank AG, Fujitsu Services, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., HSBC, Lufthansa, New York City Transit, Office Depot, Postbank, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Qualcomm, Sesame Workshop, Siemens, State of California, Toll Brothers, UK National Health Service, Wal-Mart and Wyeth

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Mixed IT environments are a reality for almost all organizations, but you can’t let this undermine your ability to compete. Through our infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments allowing people and technology to work as one.
With a unique combination of the best-engineered and most inter-operable Linux and IT management software, we lower cost, complexity and risk on virtually every platform. Our technical prowess and applied technology give our customers the infinite IT flexibility and agility they need to meet and exceed their organization objectives. Our internal team, the extend community of open source developers and our ecosystem of high-impact partnerships are truly Marking IT Work As One.

Data Center

• Enterprise Linux Servers
• Virtualization & Workload Management
• Business Service Management

End-User Computing

• Collaboration
• Endpoint Management

Identity and Security

• Identity and Access Management
• Compliance Management

Create an Agile Infrastructure
With Novell, you can turn your data center into a future-proof foundation for business growth. Give your end users the resources they need while lowering costs, mitigating risk and maximizing the value of your IT assets.
As business demands multiply, it gets tougher to maintain a cost-effective data center that is agile enough to keep up. Today’s IT environments are complex, with endless combinations of platforms, systems and applications. All of this adds to the cost of provisioning and maintaining your data center. And yet, you still may not be realizing the full potential of your IT investments.
Only Novell allows you to integrate future-proof technology with your current IT investments to create a powerful Service-Driven Data Center. Leveraging our Enterprise Linux Servers, Virtualization and Workload Management and Business Service Management solutions, the Service-Driven Data Center helps you deliver business services through a flexible, automated and cost-effective infrastructure.

http://www.novell.com/solutions/data-center/