rPath Selected “Best of VMworld 2010” Finalist for Private Cloud Computing

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--rPath, an innovator in automating system deployment and maintenance, today announced that rPath rBuilder has been named the Finalist in the “Private Cloud Computing” category of the Best of VMworld 2010 awards. Announced last week at VMworld 2010, the Best of VMworld 2010 award winners are selected by an independent team of experts and editors from TechTarget’s SearchServerVirtualization.com based on innovation, value, performance, reliability and ease of use.

“This represents a clean category sweep for the coalition, only adding to the excitement this partner combination is generating as the pattern and the vision many enterprise IT organizations will follow on their journey to become on-demand IT-as-a-service providers.”

This news comes close on the heels of a recently announced coalition of independent vendors collaborating to deliver a complete self-service private/hybrid cloud foundation for enterprise IT. This coalition includes newScale, as the self-service IT storefront; rPath, for deep system automation and on-demand image generation; Eucalyptus Systems, for elastic provisioning and de-provisioning of compute capacity; and MomentumSI, as the preferred delivery partner.

“We’re seeing a surge in demand for a new class of automation technologies that provide fast, conflict-free provisioning, update and dynamic retargeting of workloads across physical, virtual and cloud environments,” said Mike Torto, CEO of rPath. “What IT is realizing is that today’s manual and scripted processes can’t keep pace with the speed and scale of enterprise cloud initiatives. This award is a powerful acknowledgement of the unique role rPath plays in the next-generation automation necessary for scaling and sustaining an enterprise cloud.”

Products considered for a Best of VMworld 2010 Award are associated with companies exhibiting at the VMworld 2010 conference, which was held in San Francisco last week. SearchServerVirtualization.com received over 200 nominees for the contest.

rPath shared Best of VMworld 2010 honors with newScale, the Gold award winner for the Private Cloud Computing category and a self-service private/hybrid cloud coalition partner. According to Torto: “This represents a clean category sweep for the coalition, only adding to the excitement this partner combination is generating as the pattern and the vision many enterprise IT organizations will follow on their journey to become on-demand IT-as-a-service providers.”

Next-Generation System Automation

rPath is model-driven system automation and control for enterprise IT, ISVs and on-demand service providers. rPath provides full lifecycle management of software components, configured systems, and orchestrated business services for rapid provisioning, conflict-free change, and consistent and compliant IT systems.

rPath models and manages the entire software stack, from the application through the OS; and back through the software supply chain, from the deployed system to the source of software content and change. The result is a low-overhead solution for consistency and control in software systems construction, deployment and change across physical, virtual and cloud-based environments.

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About rPath

rPath automates system deployment and maintenance across physical, virtual and cloud environments. rPath’s innovative release automation platform is based on the industry’s only commercial version control repository for managing deployed software systems. The result is an easy-to-deploy and cost-effective automation solution for rapid, low-risk and low-overhead deployment and maintenance of complex software systems. rPath dramatically improves responsiveness to business lines, reduces compliance risks, and allows resource-constrained IT organizations to significantly reduce operating costs and “do more with less.” Headquartered in Raleigh, NC, rPath customers include many of the world’s largest enterprises and ISVs. Visit www.rpath.com.

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