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Software Firm Attachmate Acquires Novell for $2.2 Billion

November 22, 2010 — According to a variety of reports, software firm Novell agreed to be acquired on Monday by software firm Attachmate Corporation for $2.2 billion. The offer amounts to $6.10 per share. Shares of Novell closed at $5.69 on Friday. The company has also reportedly agreed to sell certain intellectual property assets to the Microsoft-led consortium CPTN Holdings for $450 million in cash.

Novell Offers Pay-Per-Use SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Amazon EC2

August 13, 2010 — Offering hourly based pricing and support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11, Amazon Web Services is now giving customers and independent software vendors of all sizes the ability to run SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (known as Amazon EC2).

VMware and Novell Expand SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Delivery and Support Partnership

June 11, 2010 — Intelligent workload management provider Novell has expanded its strategic partnership with virtualization solutions provider VMware through an original equipment manufacturer agreement which enables VMware to distribute and support the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system. VMware also intends to standardize its virtual appliance-based product offerings on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

Sonian Creates Cloud-Powered Email Archiving Service for Novell GroupWise

October 28, 2009 — Providing a value-added email archiving and e-discovery service to the Novell GroupWise Community, cloud-powered, universal data management company Sonian has partnered with software developer Novell to create the first and only cloud-hosted archiving solution for Novell GroupWise.

Novell Unveils Service-Driven Data Center Vision

April 14, 2009 — Novell unveiled last week its marketing strategy of a “Service-Driven Data Center,” which includes a portfolio of integrated products that the company says it is “designed to help customers increase agility while reducing cost, complexity and risk.”

SoftLayer Adds SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

February 2, 2009 — On-demand virtual data center services provider SoftLayer Technologies has added SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell to its portfolio of server operating systems, giving all customers an enterprise-grade distribution of the open source Linux OS for no additional cost.

LinMin Attempts Intel Certification

August 21, 2008 — Remote provisioning software provider LinMin has announced its Bare Metal Provisioning software will undergo Intel Hardware Compatibility Testing to ensure its security, interoperability and Intel multi-core processor compatibility.

QuickTransit To Run With Hyper-V

July 25, 2008 — Cross-platform virtualization solutions provider Transitive Corporation has announced its QuickTransit software is compatible with Microsoft’s new Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.

IBM to Create Data Center Alliance

May 5, 2008 — IBM announced it is creating an alliance program for independent hardware and software vendors to support industry standards for new enterprise data centers, which are “dramatically more energy efficient, virtualized, and resilient.”

Open-Xchange Appoints New CEO

January 14, 2008 — Open source collaboration software provider Open-Xchange recently announced that it has named co-founder and chairman of the board, Rafael Laguna, its new CEO.