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08/09/2007, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speakers:
Billy Marshall, Founder & CEO, rPath, Inc.
Erik Troan, Co Founder and CTO, rPath, Inc.
Until recently, the computing world has been dominated by The General Purpose OS. This model uses a one-size-fits-all approach, dictating that software be certified for a specific platform, and forcing developers to spend a great deal of time and expertise ensuring compliance with specific OS requirements. Upon realizing the constraints of such a model, the tech industry has undergone a major shift toward virtualization, a more promising platform for application developers, with 2006 ending as arguably the year of virtualization. As more companies embrace virtualization and its associated business benefits, the next era has already begun and 2007 will be the year of the virtual appliance. Virtual appliances and software appliances wrap applications in an extremely customized (and therefore small) OS, and play on industry-standard hardware or in a virtualized environment. Billy Marshall and Erik Troan will provide insight on virtualization's impact on the software industry, as well as why the general purpose OS will soon be dead, giving way to virtual appliances.
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