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- PlateSpin Launches PowerConvert 7.0
- PlateSpin, a recent acquisition of Novell recently announced PowerConvert 7.0, The company was quick to point out that this is the first product launch since the acquistion. Why would they go to such great lengths to mention that? They want to convince the market that PlatSpin will continue to be...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Center, Migration, PowerConvert, Aragorn, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Document Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- The ZEN of PlateSpin
- The ZEN of PlateSpinEvery Tao and XenI hope Novell fixes PlateSpin to work with Xen. I spent lots of hours and thousands of dollars trying to get P2V images to Xen. It ain't an easy task. It also rebooted a critical server after the image was unsucessfully transferred.When we contacted...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Xen
- Discussion threads 2008-03-04
- The ZEN of PlateSpin
- Fellow ZDNet blogger Dan Kusnetzsky this morning addresses the organizational challenges of Novell integrating virtualization ISV PlateSpin into its culture. While I agree any acquisition of any type has organizational challenges, I think Novell has already shown it can take a company with a radically different corporate culture, SuSE, and...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., VMware Inc., PowerRecon, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- Additional thoughts on Novell acquisition of PlateSpin
- After posting Novell acquires PlateSpin: Will everything fall to the floor? I had the chance to speak with Novell and PlateSpin once again. It is clear that the two companies had focused on different management technologies for virtual environments and that there where quite a number of opportunities for a...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Acquisition, Environment, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- Novell acquires PlateSpin: Will everything fall to the floor?
- Novell acquires PlateSpin: Will everything fall to the floor?clarificationPlatespin was founded in 2000 and the technology was created by an innovative group of six people, myself, Mark Verdun, David Richards, Bruno Baloi, Simon Howard and Dave Campbell.Be ware, the innovative spirit left Platespin long ago in 2002 just after...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Capacity Planner, Novell Inc., VMware Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- Novell acquires PlateSpin: Will everything fall to the floor?
- Novell just announced an agreement to acquire PlateSpin, one of the players in the management of virtualized resources segment of the virtualization software market for $205 Million see Sorting out the different layers of virtualization for more information on this market segment. One would have to wonder why Novell made...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Platespin Forge - A new spin on disaster recovery
- I had a chance to speak with Stephen Pollack, Founder, CEO of PlateSpin, the other day. Since it has been a while since we had a chance to chat, I looked forward to his refreshing, rather pragmatic, approach to virtualization technology. For those of you keeping score, PlateSpin - An...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Data Management, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Consolidated Disaster Recovery Using Virtualization: Affordable Workload Protection and Recovery
- After years of stagnation in disaster recovery infrastructures, server virtualization is providing enterprises of all sizes with exciting new options for protecting a greater percentage of their workloads without breaking the bank. A significant number of organizations worldwide have already implemented successful workload protection and recovery plans using virtualization. Given...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Recovery, Workload Protection, Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Data Management, Storage
- White papers 2007-12-01
- TechNet Webcast: Optimize Your Data Center Using PlateSpin Solutions, Dell Servers, and Microsoft Virtual Server (Level 200)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn how PlateSpin enables the adoption, growth, and extension of virtualization in the data center with Dell servers and Microsoft virtual technologies. It also show how PlateSpin solutions reduce operational costs and help solve most critical data center challenges including server consolidation, hardware migration,...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Microsoft Virtual Server, Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Webcast, Virtual Server, Microsoft Corp., Dell Server, Microsoft TechNet, Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management
- Webcasts 2007-11-01
- A Pragmatic Approach to Server and Data Center Consolidation
- Once viewed as a "once-and-done" IT project, server and data center consolidation has become a long-term strategic imperative. Faced with rising energy costs, looming power and cooling shortfalls, and corporate mandates to go green, it is highly likely that data centers will begin to consolidate more and more of their...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Data Center, Server, Data Center Consolidation, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2007-08-20
- Vizioncore and Invirtus team up on virtual
- Vizioncore is a well-known member of the VMware ecosystem. I had a chance to chat with Chris Akerberg of Vizoncore about this announcement.What's being announcedVizoncore has had a great deal of success (over 5,000 installations) helping VMware users make hot image-level backups of their virtual machines with their esxRanger product...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Team, VMware Inc., Vizioncore, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2007-08-13
- Solving 9 Common IT Challenges Through Workload Profiling and Portability
- By helping to dissolve the bonds between software and hardware, virtualization encourages organizations to see the data center in a different way â€" not as a heterogeneous mix of different servers, operating systems, applications and data, but as a set of portable workload units. At the most basic level, a...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Information Technology, Workload, Data Centers, Storage, Operating Systems, Hardware, Data Management, Software
- White papers 2007-07-06
- PlateSpin Helps Essent Consolidate Three Data Centers Into One, Saves Company EUR 2 Million
- With some 700 Wintel servers, Essent's primary data center was already large and growing by approximately 100 servers per year. The company faced a number of challenges in accommodating this rapid growth including a lack of floor space and server capacity, as well as power and cooling shortfalls. By enabling...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Data Center, Essent, Server, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies 2007-07-01
- PlateSpin - An Interesting Spin on Workload Management
- I've followed PlateSpin for a number of years and have always found the pragmatic, productive approach taken by the company to be refreshing. I had an opportunity to speak with Stephen Pollack, Founder, CEO of PlateSpin, the other day. Here's a quick summary of our conversation. PlateSpin offers products and...
- Tags: Managing virtualized environments, virtualization
- Blog posts 2007-06-15
- A Pragmatic Approach to Server and Data Center Consolidation
- This paper provides an overview of the factors driving consolidation initiatives and considers best practices for ensuring a successful consolidation initiative and a maximum return on investment. It also provides an introduction to workload profiling and portability technology which has helped thousands of organizations accelerate their consolidation initiatives and optimize...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Data Center, Data Center Consolidation, Consolidation Initiative, Data Centers, Server Consolidation, Roi/Tco, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2007-03-12
- Using Virtualization to Achieve Affordable Disaster Recovery: Physical-to-Virtual Disaster Recovery From Microsoft, PlateSpin, and Dell
- This whitepaper details PlateSpin's Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) Recovery solution, implemented using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) in conjunction with Dell PowerEdge Servers. The solution created by using these products makes it possible to create a disaster planning and recovery solution that can help provide enterprise-caliber rapid...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Servers, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2007-02-01
- 8 Solutions Designed to Optimize the Data Center: The Power of OS Portability
- Sub-optimal server utilization negatively affects service levels and increases the costs of running the data center. Complex and heterogeneous infrastructures are hard to manage and require the continual attention of hands-on specialists. As more servers are introduced, complexity grows as does the number of people required to manage it. This...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Data Center, Operating System, Data Centers, Storage, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2006-10-01
- Data Center Best Practices: Optimizing Service Infrastructure Through OS Portability
- Today's data center is an increasingly complex mixture of server platforms, hardware, operating systems, data, and applications that have accumulated over time. These legacy technologies are persistent, forming a collective of Windows and Linux servers that are costly to run and difficult to manage. Further complicating the problem, most of...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Data Center, Operating System, Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2006-10-01
Additional Resources
- VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper
- It would not be an exaggeration to say that yesterday was a very bad day for VMWare. My friend and fellow tech blogger colleague at ComputerWorld, Steven J Vaughn-Nichols, thinks the company will be down for the count when they take their next hit, that essentially, the...
- Tags: Software, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Hardware, Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- News to know: iPhone; DNS patch; Online privacy; VMware; Vista
- Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: A Modest Privacy Proposal Richard Koman: Congress looks at next-gen ad networks Techmeme: iPhone reviews Matthew Miller: MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cash ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, DNS, Online Privacy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., HP iPAQ 910, 3G, Domain Names, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
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