Solutions for Utility Computing
Cloud and grid architectures are making the Internet a viable platform for a greater variety of distributed applications and processes. The success of software as a service (SaaS) is being seen as a model for delivering more fundamental capabilities in a metered service model similar to “utilities” like electrical power and water. Making IT capabilities available as needed enables companies to cost-effectively tap into the strength and scalability of massive infrastructure that exceeeds anything they could build and maintain on their own.
Solace’s content routers are carrier-grade network devices designed specifically for the cloud and grid environments it takes to deliver computing functions and resources on demand. They can handle volumes of messages with extremely low latency even under heavy load, are highly available and fault tolerant, and support secure multi-tennant deployment. Here’s some examples of how Solace content routers can address the challenges of utility computing.
- Software as a service (SaaS) — Solace content routers are the ideal platform for SaaS and the more expansive “platform” as a service (PaaS), delivering capabilities such as high-speed messaging, message queuing, content routing, and content distribution in a highly reliable and easily repeatable form factor.
- Mobile content networks — Solace Systems provides a content networking platform that mobile operators use to develop and deploy new services directly to consumers. Solace’s flexible and scalable products embed the ability to route, filter, transform and personalize content directly in the operator’s network.
- Billing infrastructure — Solace provides a hardware-based event processing platform that can evaluate high-volume traffic about customer events and match them to billing policies and thresholds.
- IPTV infrastructure — Solace Systems content networking solutions embed content intelligence within the IPTV provider’s network to bring a unique, personalized experience to consumers.