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Summary: A look at some of the solutions currently promoted the most by Novell

NOWADAYS, Novell actively promotes Fog Computing and proprietary software which is used for managing it or secure it (Fog Computing where both data and software are out of one's control). Ben Goodman goes to sell Novell products at RSA, using a speech:

Ben Goodman of Novell talks about cloud security -- or insecurity, as some say -- as well as how WikiLeaks has made organizations reassess data leakage

The better solution is to not hide too much information. In transparent operations leaks are not even possible because all data is made publicly-available anyway. However, Novell is all about secrecy. Everything including the deal with Microsoft tends to remain secret by default, which only voids trust and makes Novell more of a pariah in the eyes of the Free/open source community. In other news about Fog Computing Novell's proprietary software for Fog Computing is mentioned by Murdoch's press:

Shortly before VMware, Novell Inc. launched its Cloud Manager.

And also:

GenNext, a first form factor appliance is powered by PlateSpin from Novelle and leverages the software-as-a-service model.

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The appliance will be distributed by Redington. Panache will also work with its channel partner network, and Novell will utilize its large ecosystem to sell those.

Nothing to do with Free software, but then again, the above is what Novell is really about. There is this new headline which says "'Mixed-source' Novell on track for acquisition". Some people still make the error of referring to Novell as an "open source" company. ⬆