The Solaris On Demand program has been launched, offering the independent software vendor (ISV) community the technology, hosted infrastructure and services needed to offer their software as a service (SaaS).
This SaaS program targets ISVs with a traditional, on-premise license model who want to offer their existing application on-demand without having to use a multitenancy application architecture.
Sun and its hosting partners offer a 90-day proof-of-concept environment where ISVs have access to hosting, hardware, managed services and backup, with a 99.5 percent guaranteed uptime service level agreement. ISVs can choose to have Sun or one of its hosting partners manage their applications. To ensure a seamless transition, Sun also provides technical, budgetary and marketing support.
Hosting services are being offered by several Sun partners, including NaviSite for U.S.-based and European Union companies, AT&T’s USi Communications for U.S.-based companies and NTT Europe Online for European Union companies.
Learn more about the Solaris On Demand program by visiting http://www.sun.com/ondemand.
“No Fuss, No Muss: Developing Scalable Applications for the Cloud,” enabling an easy expansion and contraction of resources as requirements change is a pretty pithy summation of the draw cloud computing has for many users. At least that’s how Sun Principal Engineer Ted Leung put things during the session he and Sun Product Line Manager for developer tools Ashwin Rao led at 2009 JavaOne.
