3Tera Adds Support for Sun's Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris OS in AppLogic 2.3

2008-06-17 23:47:29 -

www.3tera.com - 3Tera, Inc. Essy Nickolova, 949-305-0163 essy@3tera.com or BLASTMedia Kelly Hendricks, 317-806-1900 x112 kelly@blastmedia.com 3Tera, Inc., the leading innovator of cloud computing technology and utility computing services, announced today support for Sun's Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System (OS) and the OpenSolaris(TM) operating system in the 2.3 Beta release of its award winning AppLogic(TM) grid operating system. Inclusion of the Solaris 10 OS and OpenSolaris is the first step of delivering a complete Web services solution stack based on Sun products to be incorporated into the Cloudware(TM) architecture, announced earlier this year.

"AppLogic technology and 3Tera's business model of working with leading data center operators has demonstrated the ability to make world class cloud computing infrastructure widely available, removing barriers for companies of all sizes to adopt leading edge infrastructure for their business," said Juan Carlos Soto, vice president of global market development and engineering, Sun Microsystems. "Adding Solaris support to AppLogic allows companies to tap into Sun's proven network computing expertise and rich development community to build and deploy highly scalable, high performance Web applications and services."

"Sun's proven infrastructure software powers many of the most sophisticated online delivery environments," said Peter Nickolov, president and CTO, 3Tera, Inc. "Our announcement today is the next step in delivering on our Cloudware architecture announced earlier this year, providing an open cloud computing environment where users can leverage the best software technology available. Clearly Solaris is an important part of that solution."

"AppLogic has allowed us to deliver new on-demand services and attract new customers while decreasing the complexity of our operations and support," said Todd Abrams, president and COO, Layered Technologies, one of 3Tera's major hosting partners and partner in the Sun Startup Essentials program. "Adding Solaris to our AppLogic powered services will empower both enterprises and Web 2.0 startups to rapidly deliver new services and explore the extreme scale and flexibility of cloud computing infrastructures quickly and easily."

Availability

AppLogic 2.3 Beta is available for Virtual Private Data Center users and for download by licensed users today. The release includes new OpenSolaris based appliances as part of the virtual appliance catalog. Solaris 10 OS appliances are not distributed with AppLogic due to licensing requirements and users can find information on running the Solaris 10 OS in the 3Tera forums forum.3tera.com/.

Other significant new features in AppLogic 2.3

A full list of features is available at doc.3tera.com/AppLogic23/ReleaseNotes-2-3-8.html. -0- -- User Interface -- Application List now includes application state and start/stop controls -- Infrastructure editor provides new design annotations, documentation links, and scratchpad notes -- Application descriptors can now be edited directly -- Appliances with incomplete configurations are now flagged for easy detection -- Appliance/application shell/Web GUIs are now accessible from the dashboard -- Core System -- 64-bit support -- Improved hardware device support for new chipsets -- Automatic check for application High Availability -- Volume browser and root-level shell access for regular users -- Self-serve file system check/repair -- Support for ZFS, UDS file systems and ext3 file system with snapshot capability -- Catalogs -- Support for locked appliances -- Includes all dynamic appliances (including SLA controller for self-scaling apps, backup appliance, etc.) and new VPS templates -- OpenSolaris VPS and base appliances

About 3Tera's AppLogic Grid Operating System

The AppLogic grid operating system is the first commercial platform designed specifically to enable true utility computing. The system converts commodity servers into scalable grids on which users can visually deploy, operate and scale transactional Web applications without any modification of code. At the heart of the system is 3Tera's disposable infrastructure technology that packages applications with the definition of the infrastructure required to run them into self-contained and portable entities, able to run on any grid anywhere in the world. As a result, applications become completely separated from the hardware infrastructure traditionally needed to run them, allowing users to remotely manage their applications through a Web browser and provision resources as needed.

About 3Tera, Inc.

3Tera, Inc. is the innovator of cloud computing technology and utility computing services, simplifying the deployment and scaling of Web applications. Named "Cool Vendor in IT operations, 2008" by Gartner Group and one of the "Top 20 Companies to Watch in 2008" by Linux Magazine, 3Tera offers the AppLogic(TM) grid operating system that enables the first true utility computing services to completely remove the cost and complexity associated with infrastructure. AppLogic converts commodity servers into scalable grids on which users can visually operate, deploy and scale transactional Web applications without any modification of code. Software-as-a-Service providers, Web 2.0 companies, enterprises and open source developers can now get new online services quickly to market by utilizing resources from commodity hosting providers on a pay-as-you-go basis, while maintaining complete control of applications including visual operation, scaling and on-demand resource provisioning. For more information, visit www.3tera.com.

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