We had surmised that Novell would be looking to buy a virtualization company with their thirty pieces of silver, with the focus of conjecture at the time being Xensource.

Apparently, Novell did pull the trigger on an acquisition in the virtualization arena, picking up RedMojo, but did not make a big deal about it at the time (it happened in November - busy month, huh?)

Novell in November quietly acquired a company whose resource virtualization software is being used to bolster the data center automation capabilities of Novell's ZENworks management package.

The company acquired RedMojo for $972 million, though chose not to make an official announcement at the time.