Treb Ryan

CEO at OpSource

Since 1996, Mr. Ryan has been instrumental in defining and creating services organizations that improve the quality and reliability of the technology infrastructures businesses depend on for communications and commerce. He is currently considered one of the leading thinkers in SaaS and sits on the Software Executive Board at the SIIA.

Prior to co-founding Opsource in 2002, Mr. Ryan was President of the Americas for Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN). He was responsible for integrating the sales and delivery organizations of the company's Internet businesses-hosting, IP networking, and managed services - providing customers with an integrated network and IT infrastructure solution. Mr. Ryan joined MFN from SiteSmith, a company that he co-founded in 1999 and ultimately sold to MFN in a deal valued at $1.4 billion. Prior to co-founding SiteSmith, Mr. Ryan was Vice President of Professional Services for GlobalCenter, a pioneer in the hosting and Internet services marketplace. Mr. Ryan has been a guest speaker at numerous industry events, including CIO, venture capital, Internet, hosting, and software conferences. He attended UCLA and is an advisor to the UCLA CLAS fund.

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Why Multi-Tenancy is Key to Successful and Sustainable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
by Larry Aiken
As traditional on-premise independent software vendors begin to realize they must transform their products to the new “cloud” business model, they may rush to bring Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings to market prematurely. This article describes two architectual approaches to a moving to a SaaS deployment model: virtualization and multi-tenancy.
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Contributions
Cloudbook Video: At What Point Does Virtualization Typically Fail?
Treb Ryan provides his views on at what point does a virtualized approach to SaaS typically fail.


Cloudbook Video: Why Not Leverage Virtualization with My Single Tenant Application?
Treb Ryan provides his views on why not to take a virtualized approach to taking an on-premise application to SaaS.


Cloudbook Video: What Kind of Savings Can I Expect with Multi-Tenancy?
Treb provides his opinions of savings incurred when going with a multi-tenancy architecture for a SaaS application.


Video: Kicking Enterprise Cloud Adoption into High Gear
The CEO of OpSource discusses Kicking Enterprise Cloud Adoption into High Gear at SIIA OnDemand.


Video: OpSource Cloud Product Demo
Here's your chance to take a peek under the hood before signing up. The CEO of OpSource, Treb Ryan, demonstrates why OpSource Cloud is 'Enterprise-Class for Every Business'. During the demo he goes through the following (and more): Best of Public Cloud Features & Benefits: Online sign-up Pay-as-you go pricing and monthly plans Online community Enterprise Security & Compliance: Virtual Private Clouds with user-specified public Internet connectivity Unique customizable security for firewalls User-level login/password and access control Enterprise Performance & Controls: Standards-based technologies User selectable server configurations Centralized control & billing Master and departmental management and controls Sub-account permissions and budgeting


Video: SIIA OnDemand Europe - Defining Enterprise Cloud
Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource, Inc defines the enterprise cloud


Video: Why is the move to SaaS inevitable?
The CEO of OpSource, Treb Ryan, explians that the move to SaaS is inevitable.


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