Cloud computing is an exciting new prospect for enterprise IT organizations looking for an alternative to capital-intensive data center operations. It has profound implications for the cost and responsiveness of enterprise computing. But cloud raises as many questions as it answers.

For example:

• How do I get my applications into the cloud?
• How do I maintain these applications without adding new costs?
• How do I ensure these applications are controlled and compliant?
• How do ensure I'm not locked into a single cloud environment?

rPath can help. The rPath release automation platform automates the creation, provisioning and maintenance of software systems across any physical, virtual or cloud-based environment. With rPath, applications can be easily packaged as cloud-ready systems that can be instantly deployed to—and moved between—any public or private cloud environment. rPath can also enforce policies which govern the compliance of these systems, ensuring that operating in the cloud doesn't become a regulatory risk to your business.

rPath enables:

• Automated packaging of cloud-ready systems for any public or private cloud
• Automated update of deployed systems that reduce management costs
• On-demand re-creation of system images for porting between cloud environments, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Bluelock, Globus, and The Rackspace Cloud.

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