“SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese was hinting at a new direction for
the former open source stack and services provider at OSBC, and the
latest announcement indicates that it involves more of a focus on
proprietary and ‘hybrid software solutions.’“The new Solutions Factory offering is targeted at ISVs and is
said to provide them with a way of packaging proprietary and open
source software for distribution via virtual machines, appliances,
SaaS, and on-premise software and automating the patching of that
software…”