Technical Papers

Virtual Appliances: A New Paradigm for Software Delivery

Publisher:
VMware

Latest Revision:
Sep 23, 2008

Download:
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vam/VMware_Virtual_Appliance_Solutions_White_Paper_08Q3.pdf

Description

This white paper discusses the value of virtual appliances and outlines the ways in which VMware is
building a rich and diverse ecosystem around the virtual appliance model based on four key elements:

• A VMware Ready Virtual Appliance Program which is an ecosystem initiative that enables customers to identify virtual appliances that follow best practices and are optimized for VMware Infrastructure.
• A robust authoring tool for configuring, packaging and updating production-ready virtual appliances.
• A large and diverse marketplace where vendors can list their virtual appliances online for customers to discover, download, evaluate and purchase.
• A reliable, robust and proven virtualization platform for deploying and managing virtual appliances.

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