rPath and WANdisco Partner to Reduce the Cost and Complexity of Enterprise Application Delivery

WANdisco Selects rPath to Reduce Application Delivery Cost and Complexity; How-to Webinar Discusses Strategies for Doing More With Less in a Down Economy

rPath and WANdisco today announced that WANdisco has selected the rPath rBuilder and rPath Lifecycle Management Platform to build and maintain its Subversion MultiSite solution as a manageable set of application images for delivery in virtualized and cloud-based environments. rPath is a leader and pioneer in solutions for reducing the cost and complexity of application delivery, and WANdisco is a leading provider of distributed software development solutions. As a result of this partnership, WANdisco’s Subversion MultiSite solution will be available as a virtual appliance, dramatically reducing deployment and maintenance costs and enabling resource-constrained IT organizations to “do more with less.” rPath and WANdisco will discuss practical strategies for doing more with less as part of an upcoming webinar in conjunction with AMR Research and Application Development Trends Magazine.

“Virtualization and cloud computing are important topics in IT organizations today because they promise a quick way to cut server costs without hurting the service provided to the business,” said Ian Finley, vice president of AMR Research. “However, moving to a virtualized environment is not simple, especially with packaged applications, because few are enabled for these environments today. WANdisco is making it easier for its customers to leverage virtualization and cut server costs. It’s also showing IT organizations how they can use rPath to do the same with their custom applications.”

How-to Advice on Doing More with Less

On January 22, rPath and WANdisco will present a webinar, “Doing More with Less: How to Reduce the Cost and Complexity of Enterprise Application Delivery in a Down Economy.” Featuring Ian Finley of AMR Research, this webinar will offer a practical roadmap for reducing the cost of deploying and maintaining complex enterprise applications, allowing IT organizations to stretch resources to do more with less. In addition, it will provide a decision framework for considering the tradeoffs between traditional and virtualized infrastructure and public and private clouds as deployment environments. This webinar will also feature James Campigli, CTO of WANdisco; Billy Marshall, co-founder and chief strategy officer of rPath; and a WANdisco enterprise customer who is actively reducing the cost and complexity of application delivery. To register for this free event, visit https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/677804274.

“WANdisco is the perfect example of an innovative ISV that understands the value of virtualization and the cloud, leveraging these technologies to deliver increased value to their customers by enabling them to do more with less,” said rPath’s Marshall. “In an uncertain economic period, the ability to stretch resources and contain costs is critical. This is why we believe rPath will continue to play a central role in the deployment and management of applications in these environments.”

David Richards, president and CEO of WANdisco, said, “Subversion MultiSite is all about enabling high-speed, high-performance, collaborative development for distributed software teams by overcoming the effects of Wide Area Network latency. What rPath brings to the table is unmatched technology that helps us virtualize our applications for rapid delivery and low-cost maintenance. We believe this represents a perfect example of how virtual appliances can dramatically reduce the cost of deploying and maintaining even the most complex, component-based distributed architecture in traditional, virtualized and cloud environments.”

For more information on WANdisco, please visit http://www.wandisco.com. For more information on rPath, please visit http://www.rpath.com. For additional perspectives, please visit and subscribe to rPath RSS blog feeds at http://blogs.rpath.com/wpmu/.

Recent News and Resources

News release: rPath Puts Cloud Computing in Plain English on YouTube; http://www.rpath.com/corp/news-and-events/313-12192008

News release: rPath Expands Multi Operating System Support with Ubuntu, CentOS; http://www.rpath.com/corp/news-and-events/293-11192008

News release: rPath Initiative Aims to Close the Application Deployment Gap; http://www.rpath.com/corp/news-and-events/269-10282008

rPath Cloud Computing Adoption Model:
Landing page: http://www.rpath.com/corp/cloud-adoption-model
News releases: http://www.rpath.com/corp/news-and-events/259 and http://www.rpath.com/corp/news-and-events/278-11032008
Framework: http://www.rpath.com/corp/images/stories/other/rpath_ccam.pdf
Commentary: http://blogs.rpath.com/wpmu/closing-the-gap/2008/10/23/the-cloud-computing-adoption-model-eating-the-elephant-one-bite-at-a-time/

WANdisco Subversion MultiSite Software Appliance; http://www.WANdisco.com/appliance

About WANdisco

WANdisco is a leading provider of distributed software development solutions. By using WANdisco’s totally unique replication technology, software development can now occur anywhere without any constraints. Fortune Global 1000 companies such as AT&T, Honda, NTT and Motorola rely on WANdisco’s suite of source code management solutions. For more information, please visit us at http://www.wandisco.com.

About rPath

rPath is widely recognized as a pioneer in solutions for reducing the cost and complexity of delivering enterprise applications to traditional, virtualized and cloud-based environments. Leading ISVs and enterprises rely on rBuilder and the rPath Lifecycle Management Platform for rapid deployment and low-overhead management and maintenance of complex application workloads. This dramatically improves business agility and allows resource-constrained IT organizations to “do more with less” by reducing the cost and complexity of application delivery. By producing application images and virtual appliances that can run most anywhere, rPath frees the application from the underlying hardware, simplifying deployment, portability and promoting scalability in response to dynamic demand. rPath is headquartered in Raleigh, NC. Visit www.rpath.com.

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Contacts

WANdisco
Elaine Murphy, 1-866-846-0404
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TECHMarket Communications for rPath
Marisa Lam, 1-650-544-3350
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