Stan, IF you have time, I'd appreciate your read on NOVL.
There was a late afternoon surge yesterday, so I did some looking around. Interest may have been sparked by its inclusion in the following:
Monday December 20, 4:05 pm Eastern Time
(Note: this article is ``in progress'; there will likely be an update soon.)
SmartMoney picks 12 stocks for next year
NEW YORK, Dec 20 (Reuters) - SmartMoney magazine named twelve favorite stocks for the year ahead, Peter Finch, an editor of the financial monthly, said on CNBC television on Monday.
In its issue to be published Tuesday, SmartMoney editors listed the following favorites: AXA Financial Inc. (NYSE:AXA - news); Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE:CAH - news); Citrix Systems Inc. (NasdaqNM:CTXS - news); Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. (NYSE:COL - news); Core Labs NV (NYSE:CLB - news); and Novell Inc. (NasdaqNM:NOVL - news).
The magazine also named Bindley Western Industries Inc. (NYSE:BDY - news); Computer Associates International Inc. (NYSE:CA - news); Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE:HIG - news); Health Management Systems Inc. (NasdaqNM:HMSY - news); Noble Drilling Corp. (NYSE:NE - news), and VERITAS Software Corp. (NasdaqNM:VRTS - news).
(Note: this article is ``in progress'; there will likely be an update soon.)
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Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL - news) is the world's leading provider of directory- enabled networking software. Novell solutions give businesses total control of their private networks and the Internet, simplifying the management of user access and identity. Novell's worldwide channel, consulting, developer, education and technical support programs are the most extensive in the network computing industry.
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Also found that their new NetWare version is to be released mid-January. CNN is one of their clients, using NOVL's eDirectory(TM), which supports the delivery of personalized content to users.
And this was released yesterday:
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Tuesday December 21, 10:00 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Novell, Inc.
Novell Canada and Dell Canada Provide Caching Servers in Support of CANARIE's CA*net 3 Initiative
TORONTO, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Novell Canada Ltd. and Dell Canada have announced the contribution of three Internet caching systems to CANARIE Inc., Canada's advanced Internet development organization. The caching systems will be deployed on CA*net 3, the world's first national optical research and development Internet.
Together, the caching systems form a unique distributed caching resource that exploits the high bandwidth capacity of CA*net 3, enabling researchers to test advanced caching techniques and gather important data on usage, performance and reliability. Located at McGill University, University of Saskatchewan and Carleton University, the distributed caching resource will benefit researchers at all the universities and research institutions connected to CA*net 3.
The Novell© Internet Caching System(TM) -- powered by Dell© is a scalable, plug-and-accelerate architecture that dramatically improves the speed and efficiency of delivering Internet content to employees, partners and customers within corporate intranets and extranets as well as across the Internet. The Novell Internet Caching System -- powered by Dell, can increase the capacity of any Web server ten-fold. By storing frequently-accessed Web pages and Internet content on local servers, caching systems help accelerate the performance of e-business Web servers, speed information access and lower network telecommunications costs significantly.
So, I'm seeing renewed and/or generated interest in them and would appreciate your TA read if you've got time.
Many thanks! |
