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Novell's Plea for Help

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Summary: Novell is trying to regroup and make BrainShare possible again

MIKE Morgan from Novell has just unleashed a somewhat pathetic plea following the cancellation of BrainShare 2009 (due to lack of interest).

With the cancelation of Novell BrainShare 2009 comes a unique opportunity to take a step back and evaluate the conference in its entirety. The opportunities to bring BrainShare back in 2010 are endless. With basically a clean slate, the Advisory Board can have a positive effect on the BrainShare conference going forward. Several options exist:

1). Plan and execute BrainShare in 2010 based on its history and success - status quo 2). Plan and execute BrainShare in 2010 based on its history and success, but in a different city 3). Recreate the BrainShare experience - all new event!

Novell is seeking a group of individuals who would like to be a part of the Advisory Board. This group will operate under NDA and on a very tight timeline - decisions must be finalized by June 19, 2009.


It is possible that BrainShare 2008 was the last BrainShare ever (definitely in its prior form). Novell will be reducing its workforce scale pretty soon, based on its CFO (see Q1 transcripts and also [1, 2, 3, 4]). It was preparing to announce layoffs before, but it is still buying some time.

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