CHICAGO, September 15, 2008 -- CohesiveFT, the leading enabler of real-time software assembly, has been selected by VMware as a supporting partner for the VMware Ready Virtual Appliance Program. CohesiveFT's Elastic Server platform for assembling custom application stacks is one of the methods by which developers can create certified VMware Ready virtual servers. These servers will adhere with VMware’s Best Practices for building virtual appliances and are safe, tested, and ready to run in a production environment per VMware specifications.
"The VMware Ready Virtual Appliance Program enables our software developers to create a better user experience and offer a quality assurance for our customers by clearly communicating that our virtual appliances have been verified 'VMware Ready' by VMware’s dedicated virtual appliance testing team," said Patrick Kerpan, CohesiveFT's chief technology officer. "Elastic Server minimizes the number of steps toward VMware Ready certification, a manual process today. As soon as VMware supports automated certification, we will implement one-click verification as part of our dynamic 'assembly plant' for server creation.”
The VMware Ready Virtual Appliance Program is a verification program designed to ensure the best possible user experience by promoting virtual appliances that are VMware verified and ready to run on virtual environments. Participation in the VMware Ready Virtual Appliance Program enables developers to offer virtual appliances that are optimized to run on VMware Infrastructure. The VMware Ready logo is a symbol of quality amongst customers who find, evaluate, and purchase virtual appliances.
CohesiveFT, a member of VMware's Technology Alliance Program, furthers its relationship with VMware by becoming a VMware Ready partner. CohesiveFT's Elastic Server platform lets users choose their components from a library of popular software stacks and assemble virtual servers on-the-fly. The platform also allows any individual, team or company to import their software components, a crowd-sourced practice that ensures the library continually reflects evolving market preferences. Once assembled, these custom application stacks can be configured to a variety of virtualization and cloud-ready formats, downloaded and deployed in real-time. There is no faster way to get dynamically assembled applications to production. To learn more about the VMware Ready program and Elastic Server, visit http://cohesiveft.com/vmwareready
About CohesiveFT
CohesiveFT enables customers to dynamically define and deploy servers for virtual environments and clouds. The company's flagship platform, Elastic Server(TM), eliminates the need for hand-coding and static templates by facilitating real-time assembly and management of horizontal, open source and third-party software components into easy-to-configure virtual server assemblies. In addition to its growing library, the platform ensures ongoing relevance in evolving markets by supporting user-sourced components. CohesiveFT was founded in 2006 by principals with deep backgrounds in Enterprise IT, Commercial ISVs and multiple successful startups. The company has offices in London, Chicago and Palo Alto. For more information, visit www.cohesiveft.com.
VMware and VMware Ready are trademarks of VMware, Inc. Elastic Server is a registered trademark of CohesiveFT. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
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