CloudSwitch Officially Launches Beta With Free Version

CloudSwitch has opened its beta program to the public with a free version of its appliance that allows a company to move their existing applications to the cloud without re-architecting the application or changing management tools and policies. Initially, CloudSwitch is targeting customers with VMware-based applications looking to move apps to Amazon's public cloud computing infrastructure environment with additional public clouds to follow later in the year.

The new beta program includes two versions of the appliance: CloudSwitch Explorer, a free version for up to 5 virtual machines and CloudSwitch Enterprise, which costs $25,000 for an annual license and 20 virtual machines.

Those interested in the beta program should visit the CloudSwitch web site.

We also sat down with co-founder Ellen Rubin for an in-depth interview which can be found here.

Ellen Rubin is also shares her thoughts and opinions on cloud computing as a guest contributor to our site. Her most recent articles are:

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