novell in comment and analysis
Jeremy Allison
AS Profile An outspoken and senior ambassador of the free software movement, Allison quit Novell in 2006 following its open source patent pact with Microsoft - because, he said, the deal went against the GPL spirit of equal sharing. [07 Oct 2008]
Why I'm planning a change of career
Comment Today I can look back at episodes of the industry's history with real nostalgia: the start of a small company called Novell (UK) in London's Regent Street or when I shared a Boston taxi with a chap named Ray Ozzie, who... [17 Jul 2008]
Recession fears hit IT budgets
Comment Specific tech skills in short supply vary widely and include .Net developers, MCSE/CNE or CNA web developers, VMWare and legacy Novell expertise. The state of the economy and its potential impact on IT budgets will be... [04 Apr 2008]
Linus Torvalds
AS Profile The Foundation sponsors the work of Torvalds and counts companies such as Google, HP, IBM, Intel and Novell among its members, making it one to watch over the next year. Linus Torvalds makes a repeat appearance on the... [12 Oct 2007]
Open source: The new front
Comment Whether you happen to be Microsoft or even IBM or Novell, interoperability makes sense, as you may have read in a recent silicon.com story which mentioned the interoperability benefits of JBoss working with Windows. [11 Oct 2006]
Eric Schmidt
AS Profile Add to this a director seat on the Apple board and it's been a good year for Schmidt, whose experience at Novell, Sun and Xerox Parc are obviously serving him well as he demonstrates both the influence and persistence... [25 Sep 2006]
Bruce Perens
AS Profile Not just a techie, though he worked on the Debian version of Linux and numerous other software projects, Perens has advised blue-chip companies such as IBM, Novell and Sun on their open source strategies. [25 Sep 2006]
Beating software piracy is easier than you think
Comment Randy Britton, product manager for SAM at software maker Novell, says: "Companies are so worried about being compliant that they tend to overbuy the software licenses, so contrary to popular opinion, most companies are... [21 Jun 2006]
Analysis: The way to security and compliance
Comment Adrian Humbel, VP of identity management at software vendor Novell, which offers identity management technology and consultancy, says: "Companies first started on the road to identity management to help cut management... [04 May 2006]
Devil's Advocate: Google goes head-to-head with Microsoft
Comment Major examples include Novell and Sun, both of whom were forced to withdraw from confrontation to a position of grudging co-operation. In its bid to expand, Google appears to have no choice but to take on Microsoft, says... [20 Dec 2005]
Opinion: Microsoft vs Linux - the Empire strikes back?
Comment It's important to note that since I first started writing about the growth of open source in around 1999, both Linux and Windows have both been growing at the expense of Novell, Sun Solaris and Unix but from now on, as... [23 Nov 2005]
Eric Schmidt
AS Profile His prior time at Novell, Sun - where he led the Java charge - and Xerox Parc attests to that. Eric Schmidt was setting agendas in the tech world long before taking one of the hottest jobs around in 2001. [23 Sep 2005]
TCO: Linux v Windows
Comment Brian Green, director of business solutions and marketing at Novell, says: "People with legacy versions [of Windows server software] are increasingly talking to us. Novell's Green said you get what you... [15 Jul 2005]
Leader: Can Windows to open source moves still shock?
Leader At the same time, today this publication is the first to reveal another classic public sector Windows defection - De Montfort University switching to Novell's SuSE Linux and ID management software for 27,000 students and... [24 Mar 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Simplify the basics
Comment We may even have some means of identifying that server A is running Windows Server 2000 SP4 and that server B is running Novell/SuSE Enterprise Linux. For the IT department to endear itself to the business, it must... [11 Feb 2005]
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