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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Time-to-deployment means time-to-revenue for most ISVs today, and reducing deployment complexity can be the difference between making your quarterly numbers or not. ISVs can now address time-to-deployment via new options, including hardware appliances and software-as-a-service (SaaS). This report makes the case for a new deployment option made possible by the proliferation of server virtualization — the virtual appliance. Virtual appliances enable dramatically simpler on-premise deployments without the burden of hardware management or the infrastructure implications of SaaS. Other benefits include assurance around performance and reliability, simpler administration, lower software life-cycle management, and streamlined upgrades. ISVs should begin evaluating this new option to determine if it can speed deployments and transform their business models for the better.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- There Has To Be A Better Way To Deliver Software
- Software Firms Weigh New Delivery Alternatives
- Virtual Appliances Cut Costs And Accelerate Sales
- IT Users Will Love This, Too
- Commodity, Security, And SMB Software Fit Best
- High-Performance And Highly Customized Apps Don’t Fit
RECOMMENDATIONS
Start Experimenting With Virtual Appliances Now
WHAT IT MEANS
Virtual Appliances Will Temper The SaaS Trend
NOTES & RESOURCES
Forrester interviewed the following companies for this report: Amazon.com, BEA Systems, Business Objects, F5 Networks, La-Z-Boy, Network Engines, Openbravo, Purisma, rPath, SpamTitan, and VMware
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