Covalent Open Source Application Virtualization | Linux Today

Covalent Open Source Application Virtualization

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 13, 2007

“Recently I had a chance to speak with two folks from Covalent
Technologies, Mark Brewer, CEO, and Charlie Purdom, VP of
Marketing. It was a wonderful chance to catch up with what the
company is doing now. I’ve spoken with these gentleman over the
years as the company searched for a business model that worked.
They’re now using a pure-play open source model, that is the
software is freely available for download, the software is
protected using a well-accepted open source license and the
company’s revenues come from a well thought out subscription model
for service and support…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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