Novell Inc - NOVL- Profile

Novell Inc. The Group's principal activity is to design, develop, maintain and support proprietary and open source software for use in business solutions. The Group provides security and identity management, resource management, desktop, workgroup and data center solutions on several operating systems, including Linux, Netware, Windows and Unix. The Group's solutions are supported by global services and support, including consulting, training and technical services. The Group delivers solutions to customers by developing, maintaining, and delivering information solutions in the following categories: Identity-driven computing solutions, Linux and platform services solutions and Global services and support. The Group operates in the United States, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Canada, South America, Australia and Asia Pacific. The Group acquired Tally Systems Corp on 01-Apr-2005 and Immunix Inc on 27-Apr-2005. Maintenance and Services accounted for 82% of 2005 revenues and Software Licenses, 18%