05.13.10
Novell News Drought
Summary: Novell hardly has any stories to tell anymore; sale of the company might be imminent
ONE of the main reasons we stopped posting weekly news about Novell is that there is hardly any. A few years ago Novell actually had some things to announce, but now that it’s up for sale, there is nothing going on — i.e. fewer business transactions — and we expect Novell’s financial results (next report is just days away) to truly disappoint and maybe lead to another bid to acquire Novell. Key employees of Novell have already abandoned the company [1, 2], probably because they know what’s coming.
Except for this press release about OES2, all that we found in the news this week is reiteration of some Verizon deal (mentioned in this article too, but it’s old news) and something minor about Wipro, which is Microsoft’s ‘drone’ in India (one among several).
A third award went to Wipro Technologies for their IAM appliance solution based on Novell software which provides a full set of hardware and software components based on standards and optimized for easy configuration.
To quote the India Daily, “Wipro is just a servant of Microsoft facilitating Indian cyber slavery under the American corporate banners.”
Except the above, there are GroupWise-related announcements from GWAVA [1, 2 and others. Justin Steinman, one of the key Microsoft-Novell people, will participate in a "breakfast event" next week, but that's about it from Novell. It's a total news drought. Judging by that, Novell's upcoming results cannot be good. Let's wait and watch because the previous bid to buy Novell came right after the financial results (which disappointed). █
On Novell acquisition:
- Novell May be Going Private, Hedge Fund Has Cash
- Analyst Expects Microsoft Bid to Buy Novell
- Ron Hovsepian Receives Another Large Lump of Cash as Novell Sale Looms
- GNU/Linux-Savvy Writers View Elliot Associates as Bad Neighbourhood
- Firm Behind Novell Bid Has Shady Past, Could be Tied to Microsoft (Paul E. Singer’s ‘Vulture Fund’)
- Simon Phipps: “Seems Even With Microsoft’s Support Novell Couldn’t Cut It”
- Vulture Fund Still the Only Bidder for Novell
- Paul Singer Still Goes After Novell
- With Novell up for Sale, Novell Products Become Too Risky to Buy
