Old school virtualization users might remember the popular technology that came out of the Toronto-based company, PlateSpin, back in 2003 which was later sold to Novell around 2008. Fast forward to 2017 and the PlateSpin name is still alive and well at Micro Focus. The company recently announced PlateSpin Migration Factory for customers of VMware Cloud on AWS. To learn more, I spoke with Eric Varness, VP of Product Management at Micro Focus.
VMblog: Micro Focus announced PlateSpin Migration Factory for VMware
Cloud on Amazon Web Services (AWS). What are the advantages of enabling
this migration technology for these platforms?
Eric Varness:
PlateSpin
Migration Factory enables fully automated migrations from any source platform
to customers of VMware Cloud on AWS, cutting migration
project times in half.
VMblog:
How will customers use PlateSpin Migration Factory for VMware Cloud on AWS?
Varness:
PlateSpin Migration Factory for VMware Cloud on AWS is a planning,
scheduling, migration execution, and visualization solution that streamlines
the execution of large-scale cloud and data center migration projects.
VMblog:
How does the availability of this solution affect project managers and others
involved in the migration process?
Varness:
Our mission for PlateSpin is to help partners and customers migrate servers to
more profitable platforms faster, with less risk, and at less overall cost.
Ultimately this solution helps project managers create realistic project plans,
empowers project architects to better understand environmental challenges and
enables migration specialists to execute server migrations on time, with more
automation and less room for human error.
VMblog:
And why was it important to create a product for VMware Cloud on AWS?
Varness:
VMware infrastructure has traditionally been a key platform where our migration
solutions excel. We're extremely happy to team up with VMware once more, to add
support for VMware Cloud on AWS. PlateSpin Migration Factory provides our
mutual customers the fastest path to value, helping them to benefit immediately
from their investment in this exciting new hybrid computing platform.
VMblog:
So, is the Micro Focus solution available yet?
Varness:
PlateSpin Migration Factory is available now with its initial availability in
the AWS US West (Oregon) region.
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