Novell

American multinational software and services company
Organization business Q223407
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Novell was founded on January 1, 1979. It was a public company. Dennis Fairclough was its founder. Its headquarters were in Waltham.

It operated in the software industry. Its products were software.[1] It had 4.0k employees in 2008.[2] Micro Focus International was its parent organization.

Novell was dissolved on January 1, 2014..

Novell

Summary

Novell is a business[1]. Novell has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Novell's instance of is recorded as business[3].
  • Novell's instance of is recorded as enterprise[4].
  • Novell's instance of is recorded as public company[5].
  • Novell's founder is recorded as Dennis Fairclough[6].
  • Novell is owned by Micro Focus International[7].
  • Novell followed Excelan[8].
  • Novell's headquarters location is recorded as Waltham[9].
  • Novell's headquarters location is recorded as Provo[10].
  • Novell's Commons category is recorded as Novell[11].
  • Novell's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[12].
  • Novell's industry is recorded as software industry[13].
  • January 1, 1979 marks the founding of Novell[14].
  • Novell was dissolved in January 1, 2014[15].
  • Novell's location of formation is recorded as Provo[16].
  • Novell's parent organization or unit is recorded as Micro Focus International[17].
  • Novell's official website is recorded as http://www.novell.com/[18].
  • Novell's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Novell[19].
  • Novell's product or material produced is recorded as software[20].
  • Novell's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+4000'}[21].
  • Novell's legal form is recorded as public company[22].
  • Novell's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/novell[23].
  • Novell's different from is recorded as Novel[24].
  • Novell's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+956000000'}[25].
  • Novell's ACM Classification Code is recorded as 10011587[26].

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Founding

Novell's founder is recorded as Dennis Fairclough[6]. January 1, 1979 marks the founding of Novell[14]. Novell's location of formation is recorded as Provo[16].

Identity

Novell followed Excelan[8].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Waltham[9], a city in the United States[27], in United States[28], founded in 1634[29] and Provo[10], a city in the United States[30], in United States[31], founded in 1849[32]. Novell's parent organization or unit is recorded as Micro Focus International[17].

Industry

Novell's industry is recorded as software industry[13].

Ownership

Novell is owned by Micro Focus International[7]. Novell's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[12]. Novell's product or material produced is recorded as software[20].

Dissolution

Novell was dissolved in January 1, 2014[15].

Why It Matters

Novell has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Novell is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . hoovers.com. hoovers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . hoovers.com. hoovers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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