Micro Focus Vibe is #20 in Top 10 Enterprise Social Software

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#20 in Top 10 Enterprise Social Software

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2014. Micro Focus buying Novell, Suse Linux owner for $1.2 billion



In a significant consolidation move, the English mainframe software provider, Micro Focus, has initiated the process of merging with Attachmate Group, the parent company of Novell and Suse Linux, in a deal valued at approximately US$1.2 billion. This merger brings together a wide range of infrastructure software under one umbrella. As a result, Micro Focus will gain access to four distinct software product portfolios: Novell (offering employee productivity, printing, and networking software), Attachmate (providing terminal emulation, legacy modernization, and managed file transfer software), Suse (specializing in Linux and Linux-based cloud software), and NetIQ (providing identity, access, and security management software). This strategic merger is a logical step as both companies are well-established enterprise software vendors with a global marketing presence and minimal product or customer overlap.

2009. Novell Pulse - Google Wave for enterprise



Novell was formerly #3 after Microsoft and IBM on the enterprise collaboration market (with its email system Novell GroupWise). When intranet solutions became popular, the company unveiled with some delay Novell Teaming, which it positioned as a Sharepoint  alternative. But this system hasn't become very popular. So now Novell hurry to be among the first vendors to provide modern enterprise social systems with real-time capabilities. The new Novell hope is Novell Pulse, that looks very similar to Google Wave and also is able to work with this Google product. Novell Pulse - is a unique tool, as it provides a combination of microblogging, social networking and next generation real-time messaging. ***