As those who follow the virtualization topic, there are many new and exciting things happening both in open source and proprietary (closed source) from a management perspective. Novell has recently announced their intent to acquire PlateSpin (external link) (based in Canada) as a component of their strategy in managing the virtual environment. Paired with ZOS (Zenworks Orchestrator (external link)), PlateSpin (external link) is well positioned to lead the way in migration and management of the virtual environment. The CTO of Novell recently posted to his blog the following:Jeff Jaffe's blog (external link)

I will be attending this years BrainShare (external link) to get the most up-to-date information from Novell on this endeavor, and will report back in the articles section and blogs what my findings are. Stay tuned...