rPath finalist for LinuxWorld Award

rPath Named as Finalist for LinuxWorld Boston 2006 
Product Excellence Awards


 


rPath's flagship product, rBuilder, finalist in two categories, Best
Virtualization Solution and Best Systems Management Tool


Raleigh, NC (April 03, 2006) - rPath today announced that its flagship
product, rBuilder, the first platform for creating and maintaining Linux
software appliances, has been selected as a finalist in two categories at
the upcoming LinuxWorld Boston 2006 Product Excellence Awards, Best
Virtualization Solution (rBuilder Online) and Best Systems Management Tool
(rBuilder).  These awards recognize product and service innovations by
LinuxWorld exhibitors and will be presented during a ceremony in the Product
Excellence Awards Theater on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at 12:30 pm EST.

rBuilder is a platform for creating and maintaining software appliances.  A
software appliance combines an application with a tailored OS in a format
that readily installs on industry standard hardware or runs as a virtual
machine file, eliminating the hassles of software installation and
configuration.  rBuilder Online is free of charge for developers who make
their software project available for download via rPath's online software
appliance repository.

"We are pleased to have our software appliance concept recognized by the
industry in this forum," said Erik Troan, rPath founder and CTO.  "In the
very near future, widespread availability of virtualization technology
coupled with the freely distributable nature of Linux will make the software
appliance the preferred format for distributing applications."

Troan will deliver an overview of rPath's rBuilder technology during a
product demo at 12:00 pm on April 4th in the Product Excellence Theater.  "I
look forward to sharing with LinuxWorld attendees how simple it is to
transform applications into software appliances using rBuilder Online," said
Troan.

In addition, rPath will be exhibiting at LinuxWorld in booth #1101.  For
more information on the awards and LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, visit
www.linuxworldexpo.com/Boston.

About LinuxWorld Conference & Expo

LinuxWorld Conference & Expo is the premier event exclusively focused on
Linux and open source solutions. As the world's most comprehensive
marketplace for Linux and open source products and services, LinuxWorld
provides business decision-makers with information and resources to
implement Linux and open source solutions into business infrastructure and
enterprise networks.

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, visit:
http://www.rpath.com <http://www.rpath.com/> .


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