Novell
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Previous headquarters in Provo, Utah
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| Industry | Computer software |
| Fate | Acquired by Micro Focus International |
| Founded | 1979 Provo, Utah, United States |
| Defunct | November 2014 |
| Headquarters | Provo, Utah, United States |
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| Parent | Micro Focus International |
| Website | www |
Novell, Inc. /noʊˈvɛl/ was a software and services company headquartered in Provo, Utah. It had been instrumental in making Utah Valley a focus for technology and software development. Novell technology contributed to the emergence of local area networks, which displaced the dominant mainframe computing model and changed computing worldwide.
The company was originally an independent corporate entity until it was acquired as a wholly owned subsidiary by The Attachmate Group; this latter was acquired in 2014 by Micro Focus International, of which Novell is now a division.
The company began in 1979 in Orem, Utah as Novell Data Systems Inc. (NDSI), a hardware manufacturer producing CP/M-based systems. Former Eyring Research Institute (ERI) employee Dennis Fairclough was the member of the original team that started Novell Data Systems. It was co-founded by George Canova, Darin Field, and Jack Davis. Victor V. Vurpillat brought the deal to Pete Musser, chairman of the board of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., who provided the seed funding.
The company initially did not do well. The microcomputer produced by the company was comparatively weak against performance by competitors.
In order to compete on systems sales Novell Data Systems planned a program to link more than one microcomputer to operate together. The former ERI employees Drew Major, Dale Neibaur and Kyle Powell, known as the SuperSet Software group, were hired to this task.
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