On 6th June 2007, VMware, Inc., a software provider of virtualized desktops and servers, introduced the VMware Service Provider Program, which allows hosting providers to bring to market new virtual infrastructure as service offerings.
The VSPP incorporates a licensing model that makes the VMware Infrastructure suite available to hosting providers on a per-virtual machine, per-month basis. With this new program, hosting providers can develop their own customized virtual infrastructure as service offerings that rent VMware virtual machine capacity to end customers. The benefits of the VSPP include availability, resource optimization, scalability, serviceability and cost savings.
"The VSPP opens new doors for managed service providers to reinvent hosting services and reach new customers of all sizes," said Raghu Raghuram, vice president of product and solutions marketing at VMware. "The added flexibility and availability of VMware Infrastructure as a service enables hosting providers to offer their customers immediate access to the proven benefits of virtual infrastructure as easily as flipping on an electric switch. Hosting customers can now rely on production system availability not possible with traditional hosted offerings, as well as automatic data and systems protection and rapid recovery from failures, while paying only for the computing capacity they require at the time."
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