Telecom giant BT has signed a multi-year deal to use 3Tera’s AppLogic grid operating system for utility computing services.
“After reviewing numerous solutions and considering building a solution internally, we determined that 3Tera’s AppLogic is the solution best positioned to meet our immediate needs," Kevin Nickels, BT’s director of Concept to Market, said in a statement.
"AppLogic enables BT to deliver market leading on-demand computing services,” he said.
Andrew Schroepfer, founder of Tier1 Research, said the deal will give BT "the ability to offer cutting-edge services that are based around simplification, reusable capabilities and hosting of software-based services running as applications.”
Schroepfer said the deal will help BT get the most from the billions invested in its next-generation network, powering the growth of new services such as VoIP and Software as a Service.
3Tera bills AppLogic as the "first grid operating system designed to enable utility computing for transactional Web applications."
AppLogic lets hosting providers offer utility computing services by converting commodity servers into scalable shared grids that are easy to manage. Existing software can then be packaged into self-contained portable applications that can be deployed and scaled to dozens of servers on demand anywhere in the world.
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