Novell Search Enters Late Stage

Network-software pro vider Novell has cut the list of contenders in its estimated $30 million review, sources said.

The Orem, Utah-based client is considering Interpublic Group’s Mul len, Wenham, Mass., and Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Bos ton, along with WPP Group shops J. Walter Thompson, New York, and Sicola Martin, Austin, Texas. Incumbent Sicola is partnering with Young & Rubicam, New York, sources said.

At least one other undisclosed agency may also be in the mix, sources said.

At press time on Thursday, several of the shops had made presentations, and a decision is expected early next month, sources said.