http://itredux.com/2006/04/21/3tera/ New Rules for a New IT World Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:24:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://itredux.com/2006/04/21/3tera/comment-page-1/#comment-23042 iFountain RapidThoughts » Blog Archive » Are the software vendors better off supporting the virtual machine as the platform? Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:00:43 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/04/21/3tera/#comment-23042 [...] I think virtual machines (appliances) may also have an impact SaaS. There are exciting developments where these trends are colliding. Amazon is providing a game changing service with elastic cloud (EC2), 3Tera has Applogic, a grid operating system that shows where virtualization may be headed. I have not seen anyone providing vmware as SaaS yet, but assuming it is available, it may make a compelling alternative. Companies can move applications in or out with ease as virtual appliances, minimizing the cost and the risk of using external service providers. [...] […] I think virtual machines (appliances) may also have an impact SaaS. There are exciting developments where these trends are colliding. Amazon is providing a game changing service with elastic cloud (EC2), 3Tera has Applogic, a grid operating system that shows where virtualization may be headed. I have not seen anyone providing vmware as SaaS yet, but assuming it is available, it may make a compelling alternative. Companies can move applications in or out with ease as virtual appliances, minimizing the cost and the risk of using external service providers. […]

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