VMWare and Microsoft Virtual Appliances Direct from Dell
Dell has set up a Virtual Appliance Portal , where it is offering pre-built, ready to deploy, virtual appliances so that customers can try them before buying them.
- Symantec Mail Security 8300 Series – Virtual Edition.
- Altor Networks Virtual Firewall
- Red Hat application stack including Red Hat Enterprise Linux® , JBoss® Application Server, JBoss Hibernate, a choice of open source databases, and ApacheTM Web Server.
- Exchange Server 2007 SP1
- Ubuntu 8.10 desktop and server images
- SUSE Enterprise Linux 10
- Identiphi SAFSolution Enterprise Solution
- Enterasys Secure Netwroks Dragon Enterprise Security Suite
- Double Take VHD test drive for data protection
- Proofpoint anti-spam virtual appliance
- Certeon aCelera for WAN acceleration
- Reflex virtual security appliance
There is a section half way down on that portal titled “Try Virtual, Buy Physical”. A cynical reader might say, “Hmmmm, that virtual appliance directory is just a gimmick for selling more hardware”.
