M&A Deal Summary

Novell Acquires Fortefi

On February 19, 2009, Novell acquired software company Fortefi

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Novell’s 6th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Novell’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-02-19
Target Fortefi
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Novell
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Fortefi

Ashwell, United Kingdom
Fortefi Ltd. is a provider of compliance and privileged user management solutions.

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Buyer

Novell

Provo, Utah, United States

Category Company
Founded 1979
Sector Software
Employees3,400
DESCRIPTION

Novell, Inc. is a provider of Intelligent Workload Management software, helps organizations securely deliver and manage computing services across physical, virtual and cloud computing environments. Novell was formed in 1979 and is based in Provo, Utah.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 8
Sector: Software M&A 6 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 8
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-10-14 Managed Object Solutions

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Managed Object Solutions, Inc. is a developer of the Formula Java-compliant network/systems-integration technology.

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