In January 2010 Novell will consolidate four business units down to two and eventually say farewell to managers Jeff Jaffee and Roger Levy.

Potential reason or consequence of Novell's management exodus and restructuring process

As part of CIO.com's series with the Chief Guys for each distribution explaining why theirs is the best for business, use, Roger Levy, senior vice president and general manager of Novell explains how SUSE Linux Enterprise helps customers lower costs, manage complexity and mitigate risk, clearly (he says) making it the best operating system for business today.

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Nostalgia. I’m writing as I complete my four years at Novell. A great deal achieved—but—as with any company still more to do. Here are my thoughts as I move to my next opportunity.

We recently showed how Microsoft is ’stealing’ from Novell’s GroupWise. Is this the company that Novell is serving in so many ways? Why? Has Novell forgotten the past so quickly? Examples from the news of Novell problems and loss of business to Microsoft.

NetWare and Linux operating system seller Novell has been trying to expand into other markets since the late 1980s, and it has reorganized so many times it is hard to keep track. Today, the company did it again, saying that effective January 1, it would be consolidating from four different business units down to two.