PlateSpin Launches PlateSpin PowerConvert™ 5.2

HostReview.com
Wednesday, January 11, 2006; 08:41 AM

PlateSpin Ltd. (www.platespin.com) announced the availability of PlateSpin PowerConvert™ 5.2, with enhanced support for Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and Symantec LiveState 6.0. PlateSpin PowerConvert’s unique OS Portability™ technology provides anywhere-to-anywhere migration of data, applications, and operating systems in physical, virtual, blade, or mixed environments.

“PlateSpin is dedicated to providing data center managers with the ability to optimize resource utilization with zero manual effort through the automated migration of servers between physical, blade, and virtual infrastructures with zero manual effort,” said Stephen Pollack, CEO of PlateSpin Ltd.

PlateSpin technology is being used by more than 700 customers worldwide to solve today’s most pressing data center challenges such as server consolidation, disaster recovery, hardware migrations, data center relocations and continuous data center optimization.

New features of PlateSpin PowerConvert 5.2 include:
• Support for the following:
o Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2
o Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2
o Symantec LiveState 6.0
• Enhanced network support including multi-subnet and full duplex networks, allowing increased accessibility and speed for server migrations
• Enhanced server discovery to quickly gather and refresh server inventory
• Improved error reporting and troubleshooting capabilities and direct integration with PlateSpin’s online knowledge base

“PlateSpin’s support for the newest release of Microsoft Virtual Server shows their commitment to developing advanced solutions for server computing environments,” said Jim Ni, group product manager, Windows Server Division at Microsoft.

PlateSpin PowerConvert is licensed based upon the number of migrations performed or number of servers it will be used with, depending on the package selected. Prices start at $120 per conversion for PlateSpin PowerConvert for Consolidation.