Quoting from the Carolina Newswire: rPath 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 Asterisk™ 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.”
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