Software Partner Program launched by GoGrid for open source firms

GoGrid, a cloud infrastructure and hybrid hosting provider, made an announcement about the launch of its open source Software Partner Programme. According to the company, adoption of GoGrid as a core and basic technology platform for enabling leading open source answers to the cloud has speeded up recently.

By packing on-demand versions of software and leveraging the GoGrid Exchange, a novel cloud solutions market place, open source partners and firms alike are realizing increased deployments and use of popular open-source software offerings. It explains that by leveraging the GoGrid Exchange programme, partners may be able to share or sell a customised server image. Each image is available at the GoGrid community as a Partner GoGrid Server Image (PGSI), which comprises the partner's branding and technical information. Users can search by solution type (for example, Net security, backup, monitoring, web programmes, compliance, and application scaling) and instantly provision - with the press of a mouse dumping a lengthy installation process.

It touches on that through its platform, open source firms can deliver their offerings as Software-as-Service (SaaS) or Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and realize unique benefits, including:
* Detailed user info
* High visibility by a leading cloud provider
* Co-marketing support
* Access to the firm's massive and growing client base
* Low risk - no sign-up costs or long term commitment
* Access to buyer info and usage metrics by platform even for open source distributions
The company adds that it also working alongside Olliance Group, an open source business consulting firm, to work with partners to develop and refine their approaches for delivering open-source answers to the cloud.
"Many of our customers want to embrace open source technology", GoGrid CEO and Co-Founder, John Keagy said. "GoGrid provides both the open source software community and our customers with a fully integrated one-stop shop to build a complete cloud. GoGrid customers can provision complex IT infrastructure, scale their infrastructure with custom cloud server images (MyGSI), F5 load balancing, cloud storage, and launch open source software solutions all in one location and with the click of a mouse."

"GoGrid's ease of use, robust feature set, and excellent customer service make it an ideal cloud platform for deploying web applications - open source or otherwise," said the CEO of BitNami, Erica Brescia,. "We are proud to offer ready-to-deploy GoGrid Server Images of BitNami-packaged open source applications, such as Alfresco, Drupal, WordPress, and more, through the GoGrid Exchange. GoGrid's seamless provisioning tools make it even easier for BitNami users to get open source applications up and running in the cloud."

"All too frequently, SMBs and enterprises deploy expensive commercial software, not realizing that significant cost savings and flexibility can be realized through the use of industry-hardened open source solutions", said Greg Olson who is a Senior Partner at the Olliance Group. "Packaged open source solutions coupled with near-instant deployment from the GoGrid Exchange will allow many more companies to realize the benefits of open source software."