rPath, platform provider for creating and maintaining software appliances, announced the ability to create virtual appliances that run on the Xen 3.0.3 hypervisor using rPath's rBuilder. The rBuilder platform allows software developers to combine software applications with Linux and related open source components to create virtual appliances that can be instantly provisioned and run on the Xen hypervisor and Xen rPath, platform provider for creating and maintaining software appliances, announced the ability to create virtual appliances that run on the Xen 3.0.3 hypervisor using rPath’s rBuilder.The rBuilder platform allows software developers to combine software applications with Linux and related open source components to create virtual appliances that can be instantly provisioned and run on the Xen hypervisor and XenSource’s XenEnterprise virtualization platform.Many IT managers complain of an inability to quickly move new applications from development, through testing and into production. Packaging key applications as virtual appliances makes them easy to distribute and deploy on the Xen hypervisor. Using rPath Linux with rBuilder, developers can now generate virtual appliances that are certified to run on the Xen hypervisor without any additional engineering effort. “Xen 3.0.3 is the acknowledged open source industry standard for virtualization, developed collaboratively by the Xen community and backed by all leading enterprise IT vendors,” said Simon Crosby, chief technology officer of XenSource. “XenEnterprise, XenSource’s packaging of the Xen hypervisor for the Windows and multi-OS virtualization market, is an ideal platform for enterprises seeking to adopt packaged virtual appliances to streamline their software lifecycle management, and the availability of technology such as rBuilder will accelerate the adoption of Xen virtualization and software appliances.”“The Xen hypervisor, coupled with virtual appliances, eliminates the complexity of managing a general purpose operating system when deploying applications,” said Erik Troan, chief technology officer and founder of rPath. “rPath and its ISV partners and customers will offer a compelling set of certified and supported virtual appliances for the launch of XenEnterprise, XenSource’s flagship virtualization platform.”Reflecting the strong community demand for appliances on the Xen hypervisor, rPath has made many of the most popular projects on rBuilder Online available for download as virtual appliances for Xen 3.0.3. Examples include LAMP, MediaWiki, Gallery Photo Server, Port25 Mail Server, Music Player, OpenFiler, Cacti Network Graphing, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. These appliances are available as free downloads at http://www.rpath.com/xen. Software Development