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rPath launches rBuilder
rPath is pleased to announce the official launch of its flagship product, rBuilder, a platform for enabling SaaS for on-premise applications. rBuilder has become the first platform for creating and maintaining Linux software appliances, providing customers the benefit of an application without the hassles of integration and OS maintenance. rBuilder can create application images for installation on industry standard hardware or for virtualized environments such as VMware virtual machines. "We are excited about the potential for rPath's rBuilder to increase the variety and scope of applications available as virtual appliances for our products," said Dan Chu, senior director of developer and ISV solutions for VMware. rBuilder customers are already seeing great success with the solution. Digium the original creator of AsteriskT and pioneer of open source telephony, will use rBuilder to provide its users with a more customized, easier-to-install version of Asterisk Business Edition. "Not only did the rPath solution save us development time, it will also have a positive impact on our support services," said Jim Webster, director of software technologies at Digium. rPath Launches rBuilder platform for enabling Software as a Service for On-Premise Applications rBuilder provides a unique platform to create and maintain Linux software appliances RALEIGH, NC (February 14, 2006) - rPath today announced the general availability of its flagship product, rBuilder, the first platform for creating and maintaining Linux software appliances. Software appliances give customers the benefit of the application without the hassles of integration and operating system maintenance - the hallmark of Software as a Service (SaaS). rBuilder transforms Linux from being just another port for application developers to being a strategic element of a subscription business model. "rBuilder provides a platform that allows application developers to control their operating environment, eliminating the expensive engineering cycles associated with multi-platform support." said Erik Troan, rPath founder and CTO. "Now more resources can be devoted to new feature development rather than platform support." "With software appliances, application providers can deliver the benefits of the application without the hassles of software integration," said Tony Lock, chief analyst with Bloor Research. "Software appliances provide customers with the simplicity and value of software-as-a-service but with the comfort of on-premise application deployment." rBuilder can create application images for installation on industry standard hardware or for virtualized environments such as VMware virtual machines. "VMware is enabling customers to experience the benefits of applications without the hassles of installation and configuration," said Dan Chu, senior director of developer and ISV solutions. "We are excited about the potential for rPath's rBuilder to increase the variety and scope of applications available as virtual appliances for our products." rBuilder customers are already seeing great success with the solution. Digium the original creator of AsteriskT and pioneer of open source telephony, began working with rPath for its next version of Asterisk Business Edition. "rPath will enable us to provide our users with a more customized, easier-to-install version of Asterisk Business Edition," said Jim Webster, director of software technologies at Digium. "Not only did the rPath solution save us development time, it will also have a positive impact on our support services." For commercial entities interested in building software appliances, rBuilder is available by contacting rPath. For those interested in building freely available software appliances, a free version of rPath's rBuilder is available online at <http://www.rpath.com/>> About rPath rPath provides rBuilder and rPath Linux, the first platform for creating and maintaining software appliances. Using rPath's technology, application developers can evolve their business from delivering an application to providing a complete solution via software appliances. For customers, software appliances bring the simplicity and value of Software as a Service (SaaS) to on-premise application deployments. The company is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information, please visit: <http://www.rpath.com/>> Media Relation Contacts: Molly Thompson Kristin Bear Crossroads Public Relations Crossroads Public Relations 919-605-0022 919-349-1856 <mailto:mthompson@crossroadspr.com>> mthompson@crossroadspr.com <mailto:kbear@crossroadspr.com>> kbear@crossroadspr.com (Log in to post comments)
rPath launches rBuilder Posted Feb 15, 2006 4:06 UTC (Wed) by smoogen (subscriber, #97) [Link] Things that the rpath people might want to do in future press releases.
1) What is SaaS? I see half-way down that it is Software as a Service.. which has usually meant to me presenting your application through a web interface.
2) How does rbuilder differentiate from say Linux-cluster+Xen+Webapps. I can see how this would be useful for building hardware controllers for a textile mill, but I dont see how it works for laying out 10,000 desktops and keeping them configured.
PS I wish you guys at rpath all the best. You were great to work with years ago.
rPath launches rBuilder Posted Feb 17, 2006 5:24 UTC (Fri) by kingdon (subscriber, #4526) [Link] Well, based on the talk that Erik Troan gave at DCLUG in January, it sounds like Conary keeps track of things like your edits to config files. So although I haven't looked at it too hard, it seems like it has the potential to be able to help with the 10,000 desktops (or the 100+ node compute cluster).
Serge was trying to convince the rpath guys to look more at the sysadmin's-helper problem space. But I guess it isn't an identical problem to the build-your-own-distribution problem space, even if there seems to be overlap.
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