"The acquisition of Managed Objects by Novell illustrates Novell's
commitment to an expanded management strategy and makes them a strong
competitor in the service management market," said
The Managed Objects products complement and extend Novell's existing workload management and virtualization solutions by adding flexible service modeling, leading Configuration Management Data Base (CMDB) technology, advanced analytics and unique Web 2.0-based visualization technology. Customers can extract IT configuration and workload information in near real-time into a robust CMDB, model how the IT configuration provides business services, and then generate visualizations and dashboards that dynamically show how IT aligns to business services. By providing a single view of data center workloads across any physical or virtual environment, system administrators can understand and respond to issues in a business context reactively, pro-actively, or automatically.
"This acquisition extends Novell's strategy of making IT work as one in
the data center," said
"Novell and Managed Objects are a natural fit because they share a common
ideology for openness and vendor neutrality," said
Acquisition Overview
Novell will acquire Managed Objects for an undisclosed sum using current cash. The acquisition is expected to close during Novell's first fiscal quarter 2009 subject to the satisfaction of closing conditions. Managed Objects will be fully integrated into Novell's Systems and Resource Management business unit.
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