Novell

Fastest Growing

Novell had some made inroads into the Linux business with its acquisition of Germany's SuSE Linux in 2004, and its now well-positioned for the next phase of growth.

Despite the dismissal of two top executives in June this year for failing to bring the company up to speed, Novell remains convinced that its strategy of providing a road map to Linux and open-source software--particularly for NetWare customers and partners--will reap results.

In May, Novell became one of the first Linux vendors to incorporate the Xen open-source virtualization software in its SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. This will allow Novell's NetWare and Linux to run at the same time on company servers.

The company is also gunning for a piece of the Linux desktop pie with SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 that is easily one of the most polished desktop distributions to date. Novell is also moving into other markets such as identify management and real-time operating systems.

Novell ranks among ZDNet Asia's Top 10 fastest-growing companies for 2006/07.

Financials
Fiscal year-end October FY06 FY05 FY04 FY03 FY02
Global full-year
revenue (US$millions)		 — 1,198.0 1,166.0 1,105.0 1,134.0
Global full-year net
income (US$millions)		 — 378.0 31.0 -162.0 -247.0

Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years 1.90 %
Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years 424.30 %
Percentage of revenue from Asia —
Percentage of Asian revenues from channel —

Operations:
Founded USA/1983
First Asian office Singapore/Early 90s
Global employees 4,700
Employees in Asia 850
Asian countries:
Total 6		 China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Notes * Data correct as at September 2006. Information was compiled by ZDNet Asia from sources such as official reports, corporate Web sites, and Hoover's. ZDNet Asia strived to get the latest information but does not guarantee the correctness or completeness of the data. The information provided on this site is for general informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or sell any securities.

ZDNet Asia's Top Tech Index will be next updated in 2008.


ZDNet Asia Top Tech categories
Systems | Networking and communications | Storage management | Security | Software Infrastructure | Services | Business applications | Internet services



See also:  Linux, Open source
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