Cloud computing is like a taxi with a virtualization engine
December 23rd, 2008 | 
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Cloud Computing in Plain English is a 4:51 long video from rPath that gives a great overview of Cloud Computing and how virtualization plays a key role enabling all size businesses to take advantage of utility computing and software as a service (SaaS). The video is lite and humorous, and does a good job comparing traditional software to a luxury car, SaaS as a leased vehicle, and then Cloud Computing as a taxi.
Watch the video to hear how virtualization is the engine of the Cloud Computing taxi, and virtual appliances are the fuel for that engine.
I first heard about the video from Benard Golden’s CIO.com article titled after the video.
rPath is self described on their web site as
“the company that is pioneering the virtual appliance approach for application distribution and management.”
rPath also provides more information about their product offerings that help enable the Cloud Computing strategy.
“rBuilder and the rPath Lifecycle Management Platform automate the creation, configuration, management and maintenance of application images for virtualized and cloud computing environments. By producing application images that are optimized for any hypervisor, rPath frees the application from the underlying hardware, and enables a better model for development, deployment and support.”
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Tags: cio.com, cloud computing, cloudcomputing, rpath, virtual appliance, virtualappliance, virtualization, vm appliance
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