Novell Inc., a seller of computer software and consulting services, announced Wednesday that it bought E-Security Inc. for $72 million to offer a real-time security and compliance system.

The purchase will add $20 million to revenue over the next 12 months, Novell said in a statement. The company plans to start offering E-Security's Sentinel product, which is able to monitor events and respond to them immediately, as soon as May.

Novell, which has significant operations in Utah, wants to combine its identity-management software with E-Security's compliance and security software that can provide live reporting and respond to compliance issues, including government regulations and corporate goals.

The next version of its Novell and E-Security software will be available in the next few months, the company said.

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Shares of Novell, based in Waltham, Mass., fell 6 cents to close at $7.69 Wednesday in Nasdaq Stock Market composite trading. The stock has risen 29 percent in the past year.

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