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Slide 1: Solutions Linux Paris March 18th Creating and Assembling Software Stacks for Virtualization and Cloud Computing Session S17 Virtualization & Cloud Computing James Weir CTO UShareSoft UShareSoft – The Appliance Factory Company © UShareSoft – All rights reserved
Slide 2: UShareSoft About Us • The Appliance Factory Company • HQ in Europe, ramping up in US and Japan • Delivering UForge, a SaaS platform that hugely simplifies how software appliances are built, maintained and deployed • Pioneer in key on-going industry evolution “Go Vertical” • Contributing to Open Source communities with FREE access to UForge UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 3: Software Delivery #1 Technical Issue: Installation & Configuration Technical Legal Social “The costs of human resources for producing, operating and maintaining software will soon become prohibitive” Source Forrester UShareSoft – The Appliance Factory Company © UShareSoft – All rights reserved
Slide 4: Software Delivery Software Appliances – Why Bother ? UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 5: Software Delivery Up to 50% of Support Calls Comes from Improper Software Installation UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company Source: Nat Friedman's Blog © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 6: Lowering The Barriers Kicking the Tyres Needs to be Quick & Easy Make Installation & Configuration Easy UShareSoft – The Appliance Factory Company © UShareSoft – All rights reserved
Slide 7: Think Vertical Software Appliances Different Formats (Physical, VM, Cloud) UShareSoft – The Appliance Factory Company © UShareSoft – All rights reserved
Slide 8: Software Appliance Market Trends • • • • CAGR by 86% (2007 – 2012) Market $1.2B in 2012 Linux Preferred OS for ISVs Non-Paid Linux counts for 65% • IDC expects Microsoft to strategically enter the market in late 2010 UShareSoft – The Appliance Factory Company © UShareSoft – All rights reserved
Slide 9: Ecosystem O S V e ndo rs IS V s O pe n S o urc e P ro je c ts S o ftw a re A pplia nc e M a rk et P la c e H o s ting P ro vide rs C lo ud P ro vide rs I nfra s truc ture T o o ling C o ntent T o o ling B uilders S ys tem I nte g ra to rs UShareSoft – The Appliance Factory Company © UShareSoft – All rights reserved
Slide 10: Software Appliance Life Cycle Mainly Manual Process Some OS Vendor Tools Many Industry Actors Investing R&D UShareSoft – The Appliance Factory Company © UShareSoft – All rights reserved
Slide 11: Assembling Software Stacks ECM Collaboration LAMP CRM UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 12: Keep Assembly Under Control • Control Software Image Content • Stack Integrity • Control Appliance Life Cycle • Control Software Licensing • Enhance IT Agility and TTM • Control Collaboration & Sharing of IP • Control the Matrix of Complexity UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 13: Building Software Appliances Technical Challenges • Just Enough Operating System (JeOS) • OS Profiles • 32 or 64 bit • Stack Integrity • Installation Parameters (keyboard,network, admin password) • Licensing • Configuration • Software Governance (versioning) How to be Predictable & Consistent ? UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 14: Generating Software Stacks UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 15: Content Tools Landscape U S ha reS o ft O pe n A pplia nc e S tudio rP a th B uilde r - rP a th L inux U S ha reS o ft U Fo rg e N o ve ll S us e S tudio 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 V M w a re S tudio U buntu vm builde r C o hes ive FT - E la s tic S e rver R edH a t B o x G rinder U S ha reS o ft C re a te d UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company
Slide 16: UForge Assembly Factory Ramp to virtualization & Cloud UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company
Slide 17: Software Appliance Limitations • Monolithic by nature – Not scalable or highly available • Manual Configuration between multiple instances • Multiple Software Appliances to maintain All Software Instances Running in the same Container Multiple Instances as a Solution UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 18: vApps Distributed Software Appliances S im ple. P redic ta ble. C o ns is ten Automatically Deploying Distributed Solutions on Physical, Virtual & Cloud Environments vApps - IT solutions packaged into a single appliance UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 19: Summary S im plifying S oftw a re D elivery is E s s entia l UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company
Slide 20: Q&A UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 21: Glad You Asked That! UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 22: UShareSoft Booth B20 contact@usharesoft.com www.usharesoft.com UShareSoft – The Appliance Factory Company © UShareSoft – All rights reserved
Slide 23: Solving Business Challenges Reduce Costs Save on Integration Automate Your Processes Reduce Field Engagement Time by x10 Grow Scale with Automation Differentiate with Unique Software Appliances Expand with Business Ready Software Reduce Risk Control Software Policies & Governance Risk Free Collaboration & Sharing License Management UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 24: Expand to New Markets Ramp your Apps to the Cloud Reduce Sales Delays Complete Stack Pre-integrated Pre-deployed Ready for POC Virtual Appliances Offerings Enterprise Package License Management Distributed vApps Ready for Production nyw Any OS to A here Cloud Ready Appliances Cloud Package Remote Deployments Scalable Appliances Ready for SaaS loud al, Virtual, C Physic ns ur applicatio Ramp yo Multi-OS Multi-Format UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company Multi-Cloud © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 25: JeOS Profiling Just enough OS! Full Stack with Fedora Distribution > 4000 packages Today this is manual and takes weeks Under 450 packages JeOS Keep only what you need Reasons for JeOS >Smaller Footprint >Better Performance >More Secure >Easier to Maintain With UForge size reduced by 90% in a few clicks! UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 26: Open Appliance Studio Creating vApps Install & Provision Deliver as appliance Create Image Solution Logic Package Automate Configuration XWiki Multiple Instances of Same Images Tomcat UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 27: Open Appliance Studio Deploy via the Browser Connect to ONE Instance to Launch the Deployment Configure the Software Components UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved
Slide 28: Open Appliance Studio Simple. Predictable. Consistent. Automatically Deploying Distributed Solutions on Physical, Virtual & Cloud Environments Scalable. Secure. Highly Available XWiki Tomcat UShareSoft The Appliance Factory Company © UshareSoft All rights reserved