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Computer Business Review: Novell Appoints New President to Sort Out Problematic EMEA

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 5, 2005

“Waltham, Massachusetts-based Novell has appointed Thomas
Francese, who was previously vice president, software group, EMEA
at IBM, to try and grow its business in EMEA, which was
particularly weak for Novell in its second and third quarters.

“In early August Novell announced plans to restructure its EMEA
operations, cutting between 120 and 150 positions by the end of its
current financial year, which ends October 31, 2005. That followed
a revenue drop of 11% in EMEA in Novell’s second quarter, ended
April 31, 2005…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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