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 ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (377 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Novell's image is recorded as Novell Provo headquarters.jpg[3].
  • Novell's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • Novell's instance of is recorded as enterprise[5].
  • Novell's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • Novell's founder is recorded as Dennis Fairclough[7].
  • Novell's owned by is recorded as Micro Focus International[8].
  • Novell's logo image is recorded as Novell.svg[9].
  • Novell's follows is recorded as Excelan[10].
  • Novell's headquarters location is recorded as Waltham[11].
  • Novell's headquarters location is recorded as Provo[12].
  • Novell's ISNI is recorded as 0000000406254239[13].
  • Novell's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 268799801[14].
  • Novell's GND ID is recorded as 5051406-4[15].
  • Novell's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n90681765[16].
  • Novell's Commons category is recorded as Novell[17].
  • Novell's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35473649[18].
  • Novell's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[19].
  • Novell's industry is recorded as software industry[20].
  • +1979-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Novell[21].
  • Novell was dissolved in +2014-01-01T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Novell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016pgj[23].
  • Novell's Open Library ID is recorded as OL635022A[24].
  • Novell's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20060814004[25].
  • Novell's location of formation is recorded as Provo[26].
  • Novell's parent organization or unit is recorded as Micro Focus International[27].

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Founding

Novell's founder is recorded as Dennis Fairclough[7]. +1979-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Novell[21]. Novell's location of formation is recorded as Provo[26].

Identity

Novell's follows is recorded as Excelan[10].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Waltham[11], a city in the United States[28], in United States[29], founded in 1634[30] and Provo[12], a city in the United States[31], in United States[32], founded in 1849[33]. Novell's parent organization or unit is recorded as Micro Focus International[27].

Industry

Novell's industry is recorded as software industry[20].

Ownership

Novell's owned by is recorded as Micro Focus International[8]. Novell's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[19]. Novell's product or material produced is recorded as software[34].

Dissolution

Novell was dissolved in +2014-01-01T00:00:00Z[22].

Why It Matters

Novell ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (377 views/month).[2] Novell has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Novell is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

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  26. [34] . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.

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  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

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  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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