Virtual appliances represent a new opportunity to streamline and simplify software distribution for virtual environments. With a virtual appliance, software vendors can ship thoroughly tested, standard configurations that require minimal installation effort. In this session, Erik will discuss best practices on how to build virtual appliances including:

• Building an integrated collaboration suite appliance
• Creating a virtual appliance image with a simple click of a button
• Reducing build size by creating a tailored operating system that reduces the amount of space to install, install time and the security exposure created when providing ongoing updates to the software.

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Speaker Bio:
Erik Troan, co-founder and CTO of rPath, is one of the original authors of RPM Package Manager and the first engineer of Red Hat. He has since left Red Hat and co-founded rPath, where he is responsible for all aspects of product design and implementation and for the company's IT infrastructure.