Cross Physical and
Virtual Boundaries.
Novell to acquire
PlateSpin.
News Coverage Overview
Novell's acquisition of PlateSpin garnered additional coverage in publications, including CIO Today, CNET News, and IT Week. Other publications such as Byte and Switch, Computer Business Review, Computer Weekly, Information Age, SYS-CON, and Vnunet.com also covered the release.
The list below includes all press coverage to date.
Novell Buys Software Maker PlateSpin for $205 Million
Mark Long of CIO Today quotes Ron Hovsepian as saying, "Together, we will have the most comprehensive workload-management solution that allows customers to monitor and analyze what to virtualize, provide the tools to seamlessly virtualize and unvirtualize workloads, automate the management of workloads, and provide the leading open-source platform from which to run virtualized work." Long also includes John Dragoon, who is quoted as saying, "With the acquisition of PlateSpin's technology, Novell will be able to provide IT departments with a fully integrated product suite...PlateSpin's disaster recovery offerings are also expected to help Novell optimize the balance between physical and virtual infrastructures."
Novell's PlateSpin Play
In his blog posting, Enterprise Strategy Group Analyst Jon Oltsik states, "PlateSpin complements existing Novell strengths. Novell already has very strong systems management tools in its ZENworks suite. Now PlateSpin extends these capabilities to server virtualization and the dynamic data center." Oltsik continues stating, "Kudos to Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian and Co. on this deal. PlateSpin could really provide a significant boost to Novell if it can extend its partnership with Microsoft, cozy up to VMware, and execute at the field level."
Novell to Acquire Data Center Management PlateSpin
Linux SYS-CON—By Virtualization News Desk, February 26, 2008
Novell Buys Virtualization Firm PlateSpin
The New York Times Blog: DealBook, Mergers & Acquisitions—By Andrew Ross Sorkin
Novell Bids $205 Million for Virtualization Management Firm PlateSpin
IT World
Network World—By Denise Dubie
Novell to Buy PlateSpin for $205 Million
CNNMoney.com
Conde Nast Portfolio
Forbes
Hemscott
Houston Chronicle
Novell Buys 2nd Semi-irrelevant Company This Quarter (SiteScape and PlateSpin)
CNET Blogs: Negative Approach—By Dave Rosenberg
Novell CMO John Dragoon's response on market relevancy
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