Novell to buy PlateSpin management software

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Mon, 02/25/2008 - 1:35pm

Novell said Monday it plans to acquire PlateSpin for $205 million in cash, a move that could bolster its software for helping customers manage their computing operations.

PlateSpin's software is used to encapsulate software and data running on a physical or virtual server, an infrastructure designed to make it ...


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