A screenshot of a video demo of the AppLogic platform.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Utility computing software provider 3Tera (www.3tera.com) announced last week that it is constructing the 3Tera AppStore, a marketplace for cloud components.
The move furthers a trend toward this sort of application portal among developers of software that can act as a platform for other applications. The obvious examples would be Apple’s similarly named App Store, and Blackberry’s more recently introduced version of the same. But more directly comparable would be the application distribution services attached to Salesforce.com, Parallels and Microsoft’s Windows Server software.
According to 3Tera, the AppStore is currently being constructed and populated with applications. The company expects a beta version of the portal to be available in the third quarter of 2009.
An information page for the AppStore, including a “become a partner” link, is available at the company’s website.
3Tera says its AppStore is a portal offering access to software packaged for use in cloud computing deployments based on the company’s AppLogic grid computing engine. The catalog includes a variety of data center applications, including networking components, server components and storage solutions, along with application software stacks and management and monitoring tools.
“We’ve been enabling Cloud Computing for the past three years,” said Barry X Lynn, Chairman and CEO, 3Tera, Inc. “With the introduction of 3Tera’s AppStore, we’re enabling a community of software providers to make their products easily available in the Cloud and accessible on-demand.”
Many of the applications available though the program are free or are offered on a trial basis, while others are provided on a pay-per-use basis.
3Tera says the AppStore provides independent software vendors with a means to publish and distribute their products. Data center architects and consultants can package and publish complete application infrastructures to the AppStore.
Early AppStore partners include CohesiveFT, Layer 7 Technologies, SOASTA, Tap In Systems and Zeus Technology.
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