BANGALORE, INDIA: Last year, Seattle-based Attachmate Corp. bought Novell for USD 2.2 billion. But that isn't the only reason why the company has been in the limelight for quite sometime.

Attachmate as a group is betting big for the Indian market with its four business units Attachmate, NetIQ, Novell and SUSE to capitalize on the market growth opportunities, while driving revenue.

In an interaction with CIOL, Boris Ivancic, vice president and general manager, Asia Pacific  Attachmate, Novell, NetIQ, and SUSE Business Units said, “India is a significant market for the Attachmate group considering that the country is clocking a growth of 7.7 per cent in terms of GDP.”

Ivancic also briefed about Novell's offerings and how important is openSUSE project for Attachmate as a group.

CIOL: It’s been a year since the acquisition of Novell from Attachmate. What are the changes that Attachmate is witnessing after the acquisition of Novell?

Boris Ivancic: In a nutshell, we are a larger and more aligned organization with well defined focus areas to suit our divergent client requirements.

At our core, we are structured in a way to accommodate this diverse yet growing market. We operate under four business units - Attachmate, NetIQ, Novell and SUSE - while being united under a single holding company named "The Attachmate Group".

This makes us one of the largest, privately-held enterprise software holding companies in the market today, valued at over USD 1 billion and this structure ensures that there is more focus with respect to R&D, development and support, along with sales and marketing engines for the product lines under each business unit and dedicated resources for each business unit too.

CIOL: How about openSUSE? And how do you want to capitalize on the growing market?

BV: The SUSE business unit focuses on the Linux portfolio including the openSUSE elements. NetIQ is acclaimed to provide the identity and access, security and compliance and data center management solutions. Novell focuses on collaboration, end-point management, plus file and networking services.

Thus we see an enhanced GTM approach providing more breadth in terms of coverage while at the same time more depth with regard to solutions and the associated support and service offerings. With this approach, we expect to capitalize on the market growth opportunities, while driving revenue.