MCLEAN, VA – Novell Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) has agreed to acquire Mnaaged Objects, a McLean, VA-based company selling IT system management software.

Financial terms were not disclosed, but Novell said it will pay cash for the acquisition.

Novell says Managed Objects products complement and extend Novell’s existing workload management and virtualization solutions by adding flexible service modeling, leading Configuration Management Data Base (CMDB) technology, advanced analytics and unique Web 2.0-based visualization technology.

“This acquisition extends Novell’s strategy of making IT work as one in the data center,” said Joe Wagner, senior vice president of systems and resource management at Novell.

Managed Objects will be fully integrated into Novell’s Systems and Resource Management business unit.

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