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3Tera Introduces Cloud Computing without Compromise

April 23, 2008 - 3Tera, Inc., an innovator of cloud computing technology and utility computing services, announced at the Web 2.0 Expo its Cloudware architecture for Cloud Computing without Compromise, a flexible architecture empowering customers to build and run large-scale applications in the cloud without compromising their choices of operating system, middleware, security, location, architecture and vendors.

 

Cloudware is based upon technology proven in 3Tera's AppLogic grid operating system. The Cloudware architecture incorporates the fundamental building blocks used in developing today's most popular applications: storage, computing, connectivity, security, and how they all relate to each other in a far reaching architecture for building an open cloud computing system. Cloudware is intended to be vendor agnostic so that any third-party vendor’s software can be incorporated in a Cloudware-enabled system. The new architecture will initially support the most popular operating systems - Linux, Solaris and Windows - and is targeted toward clients who want to explore the extreme scale and flexibility of cloud computing infrastructures quickly and easily.

 

Some of the upcoming features include adding support for Solaris and Windows to the existing support for Linux; choice of multiple data centers worldwide, pre-built MySQL clusters, database replication appliances and NAS integration with third-party storage solutions.

 

“The Web has succeeded by allowing each individual or company to add their own unique capabilities to the system,” said Peter Nickolov, president and CTO, 3Tera, Inc. “Cloud Computing should develop the same way, and 3Tera is demonstrating that there are no architectural obstacles to doing so. Giving developers the ability to write and design their applications and services with whatever software and architecture they choose is at the heart of Cloud Computing without Compromise.”

 

 “If you have vast data center resources, and application deployment is a core competency of your business, leveraging cloud architectures can help make your IT shop more responsive to business needs,” wrote James Staten, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research in a recent report “Is Cloud Computing Ready For the Enterprise,” Forrester Research, Inc., March 2008. “Many hosting providers - and several enterprises - are building clouds using 3Tera AppLogic, a grid engine that has evolved into full-blown cloud computing infrastructure software. This technology works across physical and virtualized servers (sitting below the OS) and has built-in high availability, virtualized storage, and per-use reporting.”


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