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Novell's Hovsepian bullish on the future
News As the new chief executive of Novell, Ron Hovsepian has his job cut out for him. Despite being described as more of a salesman than his predecessor Jack Messman, analysts have still predicted a short tenure if he doesn't produce a speedy reversal...
[June 26, 2006, 16:20]
New boss has six months to make Novell work
News Ron Hovsepian, the new chief executive at Novell, will have to improve the company's sales in the next six months or face the same fate as predecessor Jack Messman, according to analysts. Everyone knew that Hovsepian was going to become CEO," says...
[June 23, 2006, 16:55]
Novell vows to fight Vista uptake
News It was not a deal that Novell had to make," Hovsepian said. We're excited by the muted reaction to Vista," Ron Hovsepian, Novell president and chief executive, told the media at a meeting in Sydney. We're going to attack [Microsoft] vigorously and...
[February 15, 2007, 7:33]
Novell's open source migration progressing slowly
News Ron Hovsepian, Novell’s president, speaking at a press event in Sydney, conceded that "about 2,000 employees right now out of 5,000 are single-boot only, which is Linux only, the rest are dual-boot. Hovsepian’s remarks indicate Novell will have at...
[April 11, 2006, 11:20]
Novell ditches top execs
News Ronald Hovsepian, Novell's president and chief operating officer, has been appointed chief executive, and Dana Russell, Novell's current vice-president of finance and corporate controller, has been appointed interim CFO while the company conducts...
[June 22, 2006, 13:50]
Microsoft and Novell clash over patents
News Posting an open letter on his company's website, Novell's chief executive Ron Hovsepian strongly refuted Ballmer's claims. Hovsepian said that Novell did not agree that it is infringing Microsoft patents.
[November 21, 2006, 12:49]
Novell slashes jobs in restructuring
News Hovsepian, who joined Novell in 2003 and was promoted to president and chief operating officer on Tuesday. The DNA of the company has changed in my very short tenure," Hovsepian said in an interview. Hovsepian said.
[November 3, 2005, 10:40]
Novell linked to 'Windows cheaper than Linux' statement
News However, his replacement, Ron Hovsepian, has not completely resisted the odd dig at Microsoft. Speaking at a press conference in Sydney recently, Hovsepian said he was pleased by the slow uptake of Microsoft's desktop operating system Vista.We're...
[March 14, 2007, 14:22]
Video: Novell touts Suse Linux for desktop users
News At LinuxWorld in San Francisco, Novell chief executive Ron Hovsepian discusses PC customers' increasing adoption and support of Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop.
[August 9, 2007, 16:48]
Video: Novell reveals green data-centre plans
News At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, Novell chief executive Ron Hovsepian discusses the company's plan to reduce power consumption by developing more environment-friendly technologies inside the data centre.
[August 9, 2007, 16:11]
Novell's user conference underway in Utah
Blog I am over here listening to the keynote by Novell chief executive Ron Hovsepian who has managed to stay clear of saying anything interesting so far. Former CEO Jack Messman was always good for some anti-Microsoft banter but this is Hovsepian seems...
[March 17, 2008, 14:37]
Novell chief: We helped Microsoft be more open
News Unsurprisingly, Novell's chief executive, Ron Hovsepian, does not see his company as desperate or a traitor to the open-source community, which it bought into with its 2003 acquisition of Suse Linux. Rather, Hovsepian believes Novell is a brave...
[March 19, 2008, 14:21]
Microsoft paying $308m for Novell deal
News Microsoft will pay Novell $240m for 350,000 coupons — 70,000 per year — entitling customers to support and maintenance for Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Novell chief executive Ron Hovsepian said on Tuesday.
[November 8, 2006, 9:03]
Microsoft signs Linux pact with Novell
News The impetus for the arrangement was to make it easier for software buyers to run both Windows and Linux-based systems, Hovsepian said. In addition, the software makers have struck a deal on patents designed to give customers peace of mind about...
[November 3, 2006, 8:32]
A very well written text
Talkback Looking at the picture of Ballmer and Ron Hovsepian shaking hands I get the feeling that one of them has made it, and the other is thinking about his retirement having not made it economically yet. "while Novell is paying a royalty to Microsoft" I...
[November 6, 2006, 22:18]
Novell loses more Linux executives
News Novell is in the midst of significant executive changes, including the appointment of Jeffrey Jaffe as chief technology officer of the overall company and Ron Hovsepian, chief operating officer and heir apparent to Chief Executive Jack Messman.
[March 31, 2006, 9:05]
Novell announces European layoffs
News Ron Hovsepian, promoted in May to executive vice-president of worldwide field operations, implemented that earlier phase and now is working on the European changes, said spokesman Bruce Lowry. Novell plans to lay off 120 to 150 employees in Europe...
[August 3, 2005, 9:40]
SAP optimises its software for Suse servers
News Ron Hovsepian, Novell's chief executive, said that SAP and Novell had responded to customer calls for a "complete stack solution… with an integrated source of technical support that will help them lower cost and reduce complexity".
[May 16, 2007, 18:04]
Financial firms pick up Microsoft/Novell certificates
News Ron Hovsepian, president and chief executive of Novell, said in a statement: "Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and AIG Technologies' decisions to deploy Suse Linux Enterprise, following so closely on the heels of our announcement with Microsoft, are...
[December 20, 2006, 15:25]
Novell takes Xen path to Linux success
News It argued that its strong customer relationships and US salesforce would propel Suse, but the product continues to lag behind Red Hat's significantly, and Novell's board replaced former Chief Executive Jack Messman with Ron Hovsepian in June.
[July 17, 2006, 17:25]
