Comments on: App Store for the Enterprise? http://blog.scottlowe.org/2009/04/28/app-store-for-the-enterprise/ The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Adam Hawley http://blog.scottlowe.org/2009/04/28/app-store-for-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-44338 Adam Hawley Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:07:25 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2009/04/28/app-store-for-the-enterprise/#comment-44338 Delivering on virtual appliances in a way that is really useful is a challenge for the industry: it needs to contain all the right components and it needs to be configured right way, i.e. it needs to have all the components and the configuration to be realistic for use in a production environment. And, let's not forget, it needs to be licensed correctly for distribution and use as an appliance, which can be a challenge in a mixed open source / proprietary world. Not many companies can put it all together the right way. Hosting the virtual appliance perhaps solves the smaller problem of getting access, but not these larger issues of basically what's in it and how it is configured, at least for the enterprise. I don't think most enterprise users wouldn't feel comfortable doing a POC on-line without testing it in-house in any case. Adam Hawley, Director Oracle VM Product Management http://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/ Delivering on virtual appliances in a way that is really useful is a challenge for the industry: it needs to contain all the right components and it needs to be configured right way, i.e. it needs to have all the components and the configuration to be realistic for use in a production environment. And, let’s not forget, it needs to be licensed correctly for distribution and use as an appliance, which can be a challenge in a mixed open source / proprietary world. Not many companies can put it all together the right way. Hosting the virtual appliance perhaps solves the smaller problem of getting access, but not these larger issues of basically what’s in it and how it is configured, at least for the enterprise. I don’t think most enterprise users wouldn’t feel comfortable doing a POC on-line without testing it in-house in any case.
Adam Hawley, Director
Oracle VM Product Management
http://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/

]]> By: slowe http://blog.scottlowe.org/2009/04/28/app-store-for-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-44335 slowe Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:43:00 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2009/04/28/app-store-for-the-enterprise/#comment-44335 Greg, was that comment about spending too much time on social media directed at me? :-) Greg, was that comment about spending too much time on social media directed at me? :-)

]]> By: Oleg Hen http://blog.scottlowe.org/2009/04/28/app-store-for-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-44331 Oleg Hen Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:51:45 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2009/04/28/app-store-for-the-enterprise/#comment-44331 Looking at IT Structures web site they seem to have quite a few enterprise customers http://www.itstructures.com/customers.aspx. Looking at IT Structures web site they seem to have quite a few enterprise customers http://www.itstructures.com/customers.aspx.

]]> By: Greg Ferro http://blog.scottlowe.org/2009/04/28/app-store-for-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-44330 Greg Ferro Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:59:10 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2009/04/28/app-store-for-the-enterprise/#comment-44330 Marketing people are always so easily attracted to bright shiny things. Is not the iPhone app store the meme. Someone has spent too much time on Social Media and forgotten what language the customer speaks. Marketing people are always so easily attracted to bright shiny things. Is not the iPhone app store the meme.

Someone has spent too much time on Social Media and forgotten what language the customer speaks.

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