While some later sources place the creation of Novell Data Systems as having happened in 1979, more contemporaneous sources are in accordance with it happening in August 1980. It was co-founded by George Canova and Jack Davis, two experienced computer industry executives. ( NDSI), a computer systems company located in Orem, Utah that intended to manufacture and market small business computers, computer terminals, and other peripherals. The company began as Novell Data Systems Inc. Novell's chief scientist was Drew Major, here seen later in his career 1.7 Acquisition by The Attachmate Group.1.3.5 Applications: WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, and GroupWise.1.3.2 Desktop OS and embedded systems: DOS, NEST, and Corsair.1.2.4 Corporate ethos and "coopetition".
Novell products and technologies are now integrated within various Micro Focus divisions. The company was an independent corporate entity until it was acquired as a wholly owned subsidiary by The Attachmate Group in 2011, which in turn was acquired in 2014 by Micro Focus International. Despite building or acquiring several new kinds of products, Novell failed to find consistent success and never regained its past dominance. Eventually Novell acquired SUSE Linux and attempted to refocus its technology base. Despite new products such as Novell Directory Services and GroupWise, Novell entered a long period of decline. These moves did not work out, and NetWare began losing market share once Microsoft bundled network services with the Windows NT operating system and its successors. Novell became instrumental in making Utah Valley a focus for technology and software development.ĭuring the early- to mid-1990s, Noorda attempted to compete directly with Microsoft by acquiring Digital Research, Unix System Laboratories, WordPerfect, and the Quattro Pro division of Borland. Novell technology contributed to the emergence of local area networks, which displaced the dominant mainframe computing model and changed computing worldwide. At its high point, NetWare had a 63 percent share of the market for network operating systems and by the early 1990s there were over half a million NetWare-based networks installed worldwide encompassing more than 50 million users. Under the leadership of chief executive Ray Noorda, NetWare became the dominant form of personal computer networking during the second half of the 1980s and first half of the 1990s. Its most significant product was the multi- platform network operating system known as Novell NetWare. n oʊ ˈ v ɛ l/ was an American software and services company headquartered in Provo, Utah.
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