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What are Virtual Appliances?

Virtual appliances are pre-built, pre-configured, ready-to-run enterprise applications packaged with an operating system inside a virtual machine. Customers can easily install and deploy these pre-integrated solution stacks. This speeds up time to value and simplifies software development, distribution, and management. To learn more about virtual appliances, watch this informative tutorial.

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Virtual Appliances Are Changing How Software is Developed and Delivered With virtual appliances, ISVs can develop for a single platform, reducing the cost and complexity of software development and management. ISVs can efficiently and securely distribute the Virtual Appliance in an industry-standard format, the Open Virtualization Format (OVF). Customers can deploy an OVF packaged virtual appliance on their virtualization platform of choice. They can choose their virtualization platform based on price and functionality instead of being locked into one platform. To learn more about how virtual appliances are fundamentally changing how software is developed, distributed, deployed and managed, watch this informative tutorial. Why Deploy a Virtual Appliance? Installing and managing software is much easier when the software is delivered as a virtual appliance. In the end, this results in a better customer experience.
Easily deploy applications to get new software up and running quickly Save time, money, and resources on patching and managing Reduce support costs because the ISV serves as a single point of contact for an integrated solution To learn more about how virtual appliances simplify software deployment and management and run secure software while leveraging the advanced capabilities of VI3, watch this informative tutorial. Get started deploying virtual appliances today to experience the benefits of this innovative method of software delivery.

Build a Virtual Appliance and Simplify Development

Eliminate many of the stumbling blocks that come with traditional software development and distribution. Ship pre-installed, pre-configured, standard solutions that enable your end-users to literally plug applications into their environments with minimal effort.

Hardware appliance vendors can eliminate the need for 3rd party hardware platforms and:

• Expand their reach and enter new markets
• Provide customers with more scalable and robust solutions
• Decrease time to market and get customers up and running faster
• Reduce expenses of procuring and shipping hardware

Software vendors who package solutions as virtual appliances can:

• Reduce costs and complexity of developing and testing software
• Get customers up and running faster
• Optimize their sales cycle
• Help customers resolve support issues faster, thereby reducing support costs
• Reach new customer segments

To see how virtual appliances reduce development, testing and distribution costs, accelerate time to market, and deliver a far more secure solution while offering advanced features of the best in class virtualization platform, watch this informative tutorial.

See how to build a virtual appliance.