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.

Novell Inc.

Company type	Public (NASDAQ: NOVL)
Industry	Software
Founded	Provo, Utah (1983)
Headquarters	Waltham, MA , 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]
Operating income	US$55.8 million (2007)[1] (-6.0% operating margin[2])
Net income	US$44.5 million (2007)[1] (-4.7% profit margin[2])
Number of employees	4,100 (2008)[3]
Website	www.novell.com

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