RALEIGH, N.C. — November 24, 2008 — With large-scale adoption of virtualization and cloud computing on the horizon, now is the time to start thinking about an enterprise-class architecture that can support the cloud while ensuring cost control and continued compliance to policies and mandates.

Attend this timely webinar sponsored by rPath and learn from leading technologists the key considerations for controlling virtual machine sprawl and other risk factors that can turn the cloud promise into a perfect storm that puts projects and careers at risk. Guest speakers from Citrix Systems and MomentumSI join rPath to discuss the possible hidden costs, risk factors, early-warning indicators, and architectural considerations for a scalable virtualization and cloud strategy that blend the virtues of speed and control.

What: Webinar — “Cloud Control and High Performance Virtualization: Blending the Need for Speed with Predictable Application Delivery”

Who: Simon Crosby, CTO Virtualization and Management Division, Citrix Systems

Alex Rosen, VP of Enterprise Architecture Solutions, MomentumSI

Erik Troan, co-founder and CTO, rPath

When: Thursday, December 11, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time (11:00 a.m. Pacific time)

How: Register for this free event at http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=127426&s=1&k=2A2C7800A67E009E13FD4D62FA1CE724

In this webinar, attendees will learn:

• The key risk factors and early indicators for virtualization and cloud failures
• The characteristics of a scalable application architecture that keep costs under control
• Case study examples of patterns and practices guiding today's enterprise initiatives
• How to use policy as the control point to mitigate the risk of rogue applications and VM sprawl
• Best practices for high-impact collaboration between app dev, IT operations and architects

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Recent News and Resources

rPath Cloud Computing Adoption Model:

• Landing page: http://www.rpath.com/corp/cloud-adoption-model
• News releases: http://www.rpath.com/corp/news-and-events/259 and http://www.rpath.com/corp/news-and-events/278-11032008
• Framework: http://www.rpath.com/corp/images/stories/other/rpath_ccam.pdf
• Commentary: http://blogs.rpath.com/wpmu/closing-the-gap/2008/10/23/the-cloud-computing-adoption-model-eating-the-elephant-one-bite-at-a-time/

News release: rPath Expands Multi Operating System Support with Ubuntu, CentOS

http://www.rpath.com/corp/news-and-events/293-11192008

News release: rPath Initiative Aims to Close the Application Deployment Gap; http://www.rpath.com/corp/news-and-events/269-10282008

About rPath

rPath is the pioneer and leader in technology for virtualizing software applications and managing the complete lifecycle of virtual appliances and application images. ISVs and enterprises rely on rBuilder and the rPath Lifecycle Management Platform to automate the creation, configuration, conformance, management and maintenance of application images for virtualized and cloud computing environments. By producing application images that are optimized for any hypervisor, rPath frees the application from the underlying hardware, and enables a more efficient, lower cost model for development, maintenance and support and dramatically accelerates application deployments. rPath’s end-to-end technology simplifies the entire range of lifecycle management activities for application images, while promoting scalability in response to dynamic demand. rPath is headquartered in Raleigh, NC. Visit www.rpath.com.

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