Description PlateSpin isn't auditioning for an act in a Cirque du Soleil show; it makes software for more efficient operation of corporate data centers. Its technology helps information technology professionals manage and consolidate their disparate computer servers. Products include PowerConvert (operating systems portability technology), PowerRecon (resource measurement, data collection, and analysis tool), and PowerConvert for Consolidation (suite for migration between physical servers, virtual machines, and image archives). In 2008 the company was acquired by Novell for $205 million.