" Software Appliance™ : The benefits of the Appliance concept without hardware constraints "
An innovative approach for more flexibility and less cost.
Concept
In the IT world, an appliance is generally a server dedicated to one need (ex: antispam) embedded on a specific hardware sometimes optimized for an intensive use.
Initially, these appliances were running a dedicated and embedded operating system. During the last years, this concept has derived and now broadly qualifies any dedicated server, build from a standard Linux distribution or even a MS Windows OS.
As a software appliances specialist, for 5 years, EXCELIANCE only use its own dedicated embedded et secured OS Formilux™.
Build from a minimal Linux 2.4 kernel (10Mb) our system is fully optimized on each hardware, reliable and secured to perfectly fit in its embedded OS role.
Starting from our know how and a real field feedback, our R&D team conceived the Software Appliance™ concept.
All of our products which are provided as Software Appliance™ are sharing the same functionalities as their hardware counterpart but are delivered under a full featured firmware format embedded on a SSD (Solid State Disk) or a DoM (Disk on Module) flash memory.
Thus, to fully benefit from these products saving time and money, its just a matter of few minutes to plug the Flash media into your existing server hardware.
Key Benefits
Software appliance™ brings a lot of benefits, especially compared to hardware appliances or typical softwares which require a full setup on servers :
- Costless solution,
- Easier deployment,
- More flexibility & scalability,
- Free from classic admin tasks (OS maintenance, patches, soft upgrades, vulnerabilities,...),
- Outstanding ROI when reusing existing hardware,
- Fully optimized embedded OS,
- Greatly Reduce maintenance costs,
- Lifetime warranty on Flash Media Disk,
