Novell Facts
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Corporate Snapshot
Corporate headquarters are in Waltham, Mass., with key facilities located in Provo, Utah and Nuremberg, Germany.
Novell employs 4,100 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, Australia; 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 2007, Novell reported revenue of $932 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.
Patents
Novell has 550 U.S. and foreign patents
Open Source & Linux Leader
- With more than 800 dedicated Linux support engineers, Novell is committed to driving Linux deployments in the enterprise and helping customers make the move to Linux.
- Novell is committed to the open source movement by contributing to around 50 open source projects.
- Novell has promoted open standards for years by being a leader in the open standards efforts and an active member of relevant standard bodies.
- Novell is committed to growing and promoting the adoption of Linux everywhere, by sponsoring the openSUSE.org project, which includes the openSUSE distribution and openSUSE Build Service. The openSUSE Build Service makes it possible to build packages for openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise, and all other major Linux distributions.
- Novell hosts the world famous SUSE Labs, which employs engineers that play prominent roles in many open-source projects crucial to the success of Linux.
- Novell is committed to open source adoption by originating usability projects like the Better Desktop initiative.
- Novell is the second largest identified contributor to the Linux kernel.
- Novell is the number one contributor to GNOME.
- Novell is one of the largest corporate contributors to KDE.
- Novell is the number one contributor and maintainer of Mono.
- Novell is the number one contributor and maintainer of Evolution.
- Novell is the number two contributor each to Mozilla and OpenOffice.org.
- Novell is the number one Linux contributor to Xen.
- Novell sits on the Linux Foundation board of directors.
- Novell's Markus Rex is "on loan" to the Linux Foundation as its CTO through 2008.
- Novell is proud to have employees on the GNOME board.
- Novell is an Apache Software Foundation member.
Market Facts
Linux Operating Systems
February 2008—Novell ships SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service, the Linux solution optimized for retail computing environments.
November 2007—Novell and Dell announce an expansion of Linux offerings with the addition of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 installed on Dell OptiPlex 330 and 755 commercial desktop PCs in China.
August 2007—Novell and Lenovo announce an agreement to provide preloaded SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 on Lenovo ThinkPad notebook PCs and to provide support from Lenovo for the operating system.
August 2007—The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) in India rolls out SUSE® Linux Enterprise across 30,000 desktops and 1,880 servers in Tamil Nadu's schools.
April 2007—SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop from Novell is recognized by the Software Industry and Information Association (SIIA) with a 2007 CODiE awards for innovation in the software industry.
April 2007—SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 wins 2007 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Award for "Best Open Source Solution".
March 2007—Announces SUSE Linux Enterprise Thin Client, a flexible solution for thin client computing based on the award–winning SUSE Linux Enterprise platform.
January 2007—SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 earns a 2007 InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award, being named "Best Linux Desktop.".
January 2007—PSA Peugeot Citroen selects SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 to be deployed on up to 20,000 PCs, the largest deployment of desktop Linux ever announced by a corporate entity.
January 2007—SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 wins an InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award as the "Best Linux Desktop".
August 2006—SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 wins "Best of Show" and "Best Desktop Solution" Product Excellence Awards at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.
July 2006—Launches SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, the platform for the Open Enterprise, and shipped SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, the only enterprise–ready, general purpose Linux desktop designed for broad enterprise use.
April 2006—The openSUSE project, sponsored by Novell, wins "Best of Show" Product Excellence Award as best total industry solution at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in Boston.
August 2005—Launched openSUSE project.
April 2008—Novell announces the creation of the SUSE Appliance Program to enable independent software vendors (ISVs) to create appliances combining their applications with the SUSE Linux Enterprise platform in one integrated package for end–customer deployment.
April 2008—Novell announces the beta release of SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS, a minimized version of the award-winning SUSE Linux Enterprise platform that ISVs can use as a platform for creating appliances.
March 2008—Novell and SAP announce an extension of their Partnership in which they will work together to enable SAP's industry-leading enterprise applications to work with SUSE Linux Enterprise and Novell's virtualization and identity management technologies to provide new data center options for customers.
January 2008—Novell announces the availability of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Starter System for System z, a pre-built installation server that simplifies the installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on IBM's System z mainframes.
November 2007—Novell launches SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10, the latest version of Novell's enterprise–class, open source real–time operating system for running high–performance, time–sensitive, mission–critical applications.
September 2007—Microsoft Corp. and Novell announce the opening of the Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab in Cambridge, Mass.
August 2007—Novell and IBM announce an agreement that allows Novell to deliver and support WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WAS CE) as part of SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server, making it the industry's most comprehensive open source–based server offering.
June 2007—Novell launches SUSE Linux Enterprise Virtual Machine Driver Pack to become the first vendor to offer a supported solution for Xen virtual machine guests.
May 2007—Novell and SAP announce the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Priority Support for SAP applications for customers who run their SAP applications on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server providing a single support entry point, from the operating system through the application.
November 2006—Novell announce landmark collaboration agreement with Microsoft on Linux and Windows interoperability.
August 2006—Novell AppArmor, integrated in SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, wins "Best Security Solution" Product Excellence Award at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.
July 2006—Launches SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 – the platform for the Open Enterprise and shipped SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 – the best platform for mission–critical workloads in the data center.
March 2005—Shippes Open Enterprise Server – the only suite that combines Netware and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
January 2005—Launches SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.
May 2005—Open Enterprise Server wins an Infrastructure Software "Product Breakthrough" award in Network Magazine's annual Innovation Awards.
Identity, Security and Systems Management
Identity and Security
Identity and security solutions from Novell enable customers to simplify and secure their enterprise while controlling costs and meeting regulatory demands.
June 2008—Novell—along with Equifax, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, and PayPal plus nine leaders in the technology community—establish the Information Card Foundation to promote the rapid build-out and adoption of Internet-enabled digital identities.
June 2008—Novell's integrated identity and security management portfolio of products (Novell Identity Manager, Novell Access Manager, Novell Sentinel and Novell SecureLogin) wins the Best Security Solution category for the 2008 CODiE Awards, an annual program of the Software Industry and Information Association (SIIA) that recognizes achievement and vision in the software industry.
May 2008—HP and Novell announce an exclusive alliance to migrate HP Identity Center customers to Novell identity and security management solutions.
May 2008—Novell delivers broadest and most integrated portfolio of identity and security management solutions in support of SAP enterprise software applications.
April 2008—Novell Identity Manager takes the top spot for Tech Target's Information Security magazine and SearchSecurity.com 2008 Readers' Choice Awards for the Identity and Access Management category.
March 2008—Nearly 6,000 customers worldwide use Novell's Identity and Security Management products to increase operational efficiency and user productivity, enforce compliance with industry regulations and simplify and automate identity management processes.
March 2008—Seven technology partners join Novell's identity and security management technology partner ecosystem, including Aveksa, Blackbird Group, Eurekify, Layer 7 Technologies, LogLogic, Quest Software, and SailPoint Technologies.
February 2008—Novell enhances its security and information event management solution Sentinel to include features that will help retailers meet the detailed requirements of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS).
February 2008—The Novell-led Bandit project makes available a solution to help hotel and hospitality enterprises cost-effectively connect disparate systems to streamline administration and comply with regulatory requirements.
November 2007—Gartner positions Novell in the Leaders Quadrant in Web Access for Gartner's Magic Quadrant.
October 2007—The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Awards awards Bandit project's DigitalMe information card selector winner in the technology category.
August 2007—Gartner positions Novell SecureLogin in the Leaders Quadrant in Enterprise Single Sign-On for Gartner's Magic Quadrant.
August 2007—Gartner positions Novell Identity Manager in the Leaders Quadrant in User Provisioning For Gartner's Magic Quadrant.
Systems and Resource Management
ZENworks solutions automate and enforce business and IT management processes across the lifecycle of desktops, laptops, servers and handhelds to control costs, ensure security, and optimize the value of IT assets across diverse server and client platforms.
April 2008—Novell announces agreement to work with Microsoft to develop extend Linux management and develop a Linux management pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions.
March 2008—Novell completes its acquisition of PlateSpin, extending its leadership position in the next-generation data center by providing the only solution to dynamically deliver business critical services across both physical and virtual infrastructures.
March 2008—ZENworks Endpoint Security Management is named a Gold Winner of the SearchNetworking.com's Product Leadership Awards.
August 2007—Novell acquires Senforce Technologies, extending its policy-based management offerings to include a full suite of endpoint security solutions.
August 2007—Novell releases ZENworks Configuration Management, the first management solution on the market to natively support both Microsoft Active Directory and Novell eDirectory.
May 2007—ZENworks Linux Management wins 2007 Best of Interop award.
April 2007—Novell ZENworks 7.5 is recognized by the Software Industry and Information Association (SIIA) with a 2007 CODiE awards for innovation in the software industry.
April 2007—ZENworks Asset Management wins 2007 SIIA CODiE Award for "Best Asset Management Solution."
Workgroup Collaboration
May 2008—Novell releases Novell Open Workgroup Suite with Novell Teaming included. This expanded offering adds collaboration capabilities like team workspaces, enterprise social networking, workflow, and blogs and wikis to the productivity tools already available in the workgroup suite.
Novell Open Workgroup Suite enables organizations to reduce software acquisition costs by as much as 70 percent over competing solutions such as the Microsoft* Professional Desktop Platform, anchored by Windows* and Office SharePoint* servers.
May 2008—Novell announces the availability of GroupWise Mobile Server on Linux.
February 2008—Novell announces the acquisition of SiteScape, a leading provider of team workspace, enterprise social software and real-tome collaboration solutions.
October 2007—Novell announces the availability of Novell Open Enterprise Server 2, which includes full 64-bit support of software services previously only found on NetWare®, storage management enhancements and NetWare virtualization.
October 2007—Novell announces the availability of Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition. a Linux-based desktop-to-server solution tailored to meet the needs of small businesses.
On average, organizations using Novell GroupWise experience 69 percent less downtime.
Approximately 87 percent of GroupWise users experience less than 10 percent downtime a year.
Other Facts
Consulting
Provides customers and partners with business-driven solutions that utilize Novell's core technologies.
Leverages Novell's proprietary consulting methodology for fast, consistent, and effective results.
Technical specializations include: IT strategy and planning, identity-based computing, resource management and open source solutions.
Open source services include: direction setting, architecture, migration and configuration, and ongoing support services.
Since 1999, Novell Consulting has delivered and supported more than 1,300 identity management projects in North America alone, including: identity integration, provisioning/de-provisioning, access and password management (including single sign-on and role based access control).
Support
The only Linux software company in the world that offers comprehensive, enterprise-level support for the entire Linux environment, from the kernel to the server to the desktop to application services.
Supporting leading third-party open source technologies.
More than 20 years providing world-class enterprise support.
11 global support centers plus expansive field teams worldwide.
Industry-leading support programs for small businesses to global enterprises.
Maintains certifications in the following internationally recognized quality standards: ISO 9001:2000, SCP, FSP, and IQNet.
Award winning web site and support organization, and member of the Association of Support Professionals' Hall of Fame for repeatedly winning the "Top 10 Support Web site award".
Novell Training Services
Novell Training Services accelerates the adoption and enables the effective use of Novell products and solutions through the delivery of timely and relevant instructor-led and technology-based training courses, assessments and certifications.
Programs are delivered directly to customers through our global channel of authorized Novell Training Partners.
Novell and our authorized Training Partners, are worldwide leading providers of Linux and Open Source courses to students and IT professionals.
We also deliver Advanced Technical Training at an engineer to engineer level to customers & partners on a global basis.
We offer several industry-leading certifications to give our customers and partners tangible proof that they have the appropriate skills on Novell products.
Certification programs include:
- Certified Linux Administrator ("CLA") Program
- Certified Linux Professional (“CLP”) Program
- Certified Linux Engineer (“CLE”) Program
- Certified Linux Desktop Administrator (“CLDA”) Program
- Novell Certified Administrator (“NCA”) Program
- Novell Certified Engineer (“NCE”) Program
PartnerNet
Certified Novell Salesperson (CNS) 2008 launched in November 2007 with 3,003 certified as of May 2008, and more than 60,000 have certified since program inception in 1996.
There are currently 5,541 Solution Provider Partners, 2262 Technology Partners, 470 Training Partners, 140 Distributors and 12 Software Service Agents in PartnerNet.
PartnerNet introduced specializations in November of 2006 enabling partners to show specialized skills in Linux, Workgroup, Security and Identity Management as well as Systems and Resource Management. As of May 2008 over 5200 technical and sales specializations have been awarded.
Our Technology Partners include ISV and IHV companies such as IBM, HP, Dell, Intel, SAP and Oracle, McAfee, Adobe, BEA, Bakbone, CA, BLUL, Tarantella, Astaro and PolyServe.
More than 4,500 products are in the Partner Product Guide and 1,200 software products that support SUSE Linux Enterprise. There are more than 3,400 products that support Linux.
Novell Timeline
1983
Novell introduced NetWare, the first LAN software based on file-server technology
1989
Novell acquired Excelan
September 1989
Novell shipped the first commercially available 32-bit operating system for an Intel 80386 CPU (NetWare 386)
February 1994
Novell shipped the first commercially available enterprise-wide directory service and distributed secure authentication system for workgroup productivity workloads
June 1994
Novell purchased WordPerfect
March 1999
At BrainShare 1999, Novell demonstrated a working directory with 1 billion objects on a volume (NDS eDirectory/NetWare 5.0)
September 1999
Novell shipped the first high-availability clustering system that was scalable to 32 nodes on Intel architecture hardware
November 1999
Novell released eDirectory (then called NDS eDirectory) on NetWare, Windows and Solaris; releases for Linux, AIX and HP-UX were added in subsequent years
July 2001
Novell acquired Cambridge Technology Partners, adding a powerful new service and consulting capability to complement Novell's industry-leading Net Services software
July 2002
Novell acquired Silverstream, a leader in Web services-oriented application development
August 2003
Novell acquired Ximian, the leading provider of desktop and server solutions enabling enterprise Linux adoption
September 2003
Novell was the first to support 32 nodes of high-availability clustering on top of an iSCSI-only-based SAN
January 2004
Novell acquired SUSE Linux, one of the world's leading enterprise Linux companies
February 2005
Novell contributed eDirectory developer interfaces to open source and Novell launches open source collaboration server initiative
March 2005
Novell shipped Open Enterprise Server, a secure and reliable suite of services that combines NetWare and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Novell acquires Tally Systems Corporation the recognized leader and innovator in asset management.
May 2005
Novell acquires Immunix, Inc., a leading provider of host-based application security solutions for Linux and the creator of the Linux application security system, AppArmor.
August 2005
Novell announced openSUSE.org, providing free and open access to SUSE Linux and inviting open source developers to participate in the review, testing and development of the SUSE Linux distribution
April 2006
Novell announces the acquisition of e-Security, Inc. a leading provider in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) space.
July 2006
Novell announces the worldwide availability of SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10, the next-generation platform for the open enterprise. SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 from Novell includes SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop.
November 2006
Novell announces landmark collaboration agreement with Microsoft on Linux and Windows interoperability.
August 2007
Novell acquires Senforce Technologies, Inc., a leader in endpoint security management.
February 2008
Novell acquires SiteScape, a leader in open source team collaboration.
March 2008
Novell acquires PlateSpin Ltd., a leader in workload lifecycle management solutions for the enterprise data center.