Novell's PlateSpin play

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Wed, 02/27/2008 - 2:39pm

At this week's VMworld Europe in Cannes, France, Novell made an announcement that was more startling to the server virtualization bourgeoisie than a tepid Merlot.

Novell, the company most often associated with network operating systems and red boxes, on Monday announced its plan to acquire PlateSpin, a server virtualization ...


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