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Novell finds new mate

Software vendor is snapped up by Attachmate for $2.2bn in cash and sells off another part of its business to Microsoft-controlled consortium

Sara Yirrell
@yirrelli
22 November 2010

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Novell has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Attachmate for about $2.2bn (£1.4bn). Attachmate Corp is owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma...

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SMAs 2021 - FAQs

If you have any questions about the 2021 Sales and Marketing Awards, hopefully they will be answered below. Some of the answers may be a little tongue-in-cheek, but we all need a bit of humour in our lives, right?