Novell

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software company technology company

Novell was a prominent software company best known for its NetWare network operating system and contributions to enterprise networking and Linux technologies.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Novell canonical	13
Network Associates	1
Novell (through Attachmate Group)	1
Novell Data Systems	1
Novell Directory Services	1
Novell NetWare	1
Novell, Inc.	1
ZENworks	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1718409 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Novell
Context triple: [AppArmor, developer, Novell]

A. Netscape Communications Corporation
Netscape Communications Corporation was a pioneering web browser company of the 1990s whose Netscape Navigator played a central role in the early popularization of the World Wide Web.
B. Red Hat
Red Hat is a leading American open-source software company best known for its enterprise Linux distribution and related cloud and middleware solutions.
C. Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems was a pioneering American technology company best known for developing the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, and high-performance networked computer systems.
D. BEA Systems
BEA Systems was a software company best known for its enterprise middleware and application server products that played a major role in early Java-based web and enterprise computing.
E. Opsware
Opsware was a data center automation and IT infrastructure management software company, best known for being co-founded by Marc Andreessen and later acquired by Hewlett-Packard.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Novell
Target entity description: Novell was a prominent software company best known for its NetWare network operating system and contributions to enterprise networking and Linux technologies.

A. Netscape Communications Corporation
Netscape Communications Corporation was a pioneering web browser company of the 1990s whose Netscape Navigator played a central role in the early popularization of the World Wide Web.
B. Red Hat
Red Hat is a leading American open-source software company best known for its enterprise Linux distribution and related cloud and middleware solutions.
C. Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems was a pioneering American technology company best known for developing the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, and high-performance networked computer systems.
D. BEA Systems
BEA Systems was a software company best known for its enterprise middleware and application server products that played a major role in early Java-based web and enterprise computing.
E. Opsware
Opsware was a data center automation and IT infrastructure management software company, best known for being co-founded by Marc Andreessen and later acquired by Hewlett-Packard.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	software company ⓘ technology company ⓘ
acquired	SUSE Linux ⓘ linked to: SUSE
collaboratedWith	IBM ⓘ Microsoft ⓘ openSUSE community ⓘ linked to: openSUSE
competedWith	Microsoft Windows NT Server ⓘ linked to: Windows Server UNIX server vendors ⓘ
contributedTo	development of directory services standards ⓘ enterprise adoption of Linux ⓘ enterprise adoption of local area networks ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
developed	NetWare Core Protocol ⓘ Novell Directory Services ⓘ linked to: Novell eDirectory ⓘ
eraOfProminence	1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ
focus	Linux for enterprises ⓘ directory services ⓘ enterprise networking ⓘ identity management ⓘ
foundedAs	Novell Data Systems ⓘ linked to: Novell
headquartersLocation	Provo, Utah ⓘ
industry	computer networking ⓘ enterprise software ⓘ software ⓘ
knownFor	Linux technologies ⓘ NetWare ⓘ enterprise networking technologies ⓘ network operating systems ⓘ
laterBecame	Novell, Inc. ⓘ linked to: Novell
notableTechnology	IPX/SPX networking protocol support ⓘ NetWare file and print services ⓘ directory-based network management ⓘ
operatedIn	data center software ⓘ enterprise market ⓘ network infrastructure software ⓘ
parentCompany	The Attachmate Group ⓘ
product	GroupWise ⓘ NetWare ⓘ SUSE Linux Enterprise (through SUSE subsidiary) ⓘ linked to: SUSE ZENworks ⓘ linked to: Novell
status	defunct ⓘ
supported	Linux kernel development ⓘ open source software ⓘ openSUSE project ⓘ linked to: openSUSE

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AppArmor → developer → Novell ⓘ

Miguel de Icaza → employer → Novell ⓘ

IPX/SPX → developedBy → Novell ⓘ

IPX/SPX → primaryVendorSupport → Novell NetWare ⓘ

linked to: Novell

Mono runtime → laterDeveloper → Novell ⓘ

Digital Research → acquiredBy → Novell ⓘ

Digital Research → successor → Novell ⓘ

Digital Research, Inc. → acquiredBy → Novell ⓘ

Immunix → acquiredBy → Network Associates ⓘ

linked to: Novell

Immunix → acquiredBy → Novell ⓘ

Novell → product → ZENworks ⓘ

linked to: Novell

Novell → developed → Novell Directory Services ⓘ

linked to: Novell

Novell → foundedAs → Novell Data Systems ⓘ

linked to: Novell

Novell → laterBecame → Novell, Inc. ⓘ

linked to: Novell

Micro Focus → acquired → Novell (through Attachmate Group) ⓘ

linked to: Novell

Mono → developer → Novell ⓘ

Ximian → acquiredBy → Novell ⓘ

Ximian → parentOrganization → Novell ⓘ

Mono project → developer → Novell ⓘ

Evolution → developer → Novell ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

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