Novell also sells some assets to the economic group headed by Microsoft. Monday, Monday, Novell agreed to Attachmate acquired for $ 2.2 billion or $ 6.10 per share, ending more months of speculation about his future. The company also agreed to sell certain intellectual property assets for CPTN Holdings an economic group of leading technology from Microsoft for $ 450 million. Attachmate has been seen as potential buyers will acquire Novell a pioneer manufacturer of networking, but analysts wonder whether Attachmate can afford the price that Novell or not required. In addition, there are a number of other companies (including VMware) is said to also be interested in purchasing the property of Novell.

"After carefully considering a range of alternatives to enhance shareholder value, our board of directors concluded that the best available option is a combination of the merger with Attachmate Corp.. And sell some assets to intellectual property CPTN Group Holdings, "said Ron Hovsepian, president and CEO of Novell said in a statement. Attachmate is the private company Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Bravo support. They sell software for terminal emulation, detecting fraud and other purposes. Attachmate share with Novell customers and product portfolios of two companies complement each other Novell is known for SuSE Linux operating system, virtualization software and data center management. Attachmate Novell plans to split into two distinct business units: Novell and SuSE.