<s>
rPath	B-General_Concept
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
a	O
technology	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Raleigh	O
,	O
North	O
Carolina	O
,	O
that	O
developed	O
technology	O
to	O
automate	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
constructing	O
(	O
or	O
packaging	O
)	O
,	O
deploying	O
and	O
updating	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
rPath	B-General_Concept
modeled	O
and	O
managed	O
components	O
and	O
dependencies	O
under	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
rPath	B-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
SAS	O
Institute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
this	O
,	O
rPath	B-General_Concept
Linux	I-General_Concept
was	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
rPath	B-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
in	O
April	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
originally	O
known	O
for	O
packaging	O
applications	O
as	O
virtual	B-Application
appliances	I-Application
for	O
its	O
independent	B-Application
software	I-Application
vendors	I-Application
(	O
ISVs	O
)	O
and	O
end-user	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
co-founded	O
by	O
Erik	O
Troan	O
,	O
co-author	O
of	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Package	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
RPM	B-Application
)	O
,	O
a	O
popular	O
Linux	B-Application
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
rPath	B-General_Concept
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
market	O
a	O
software	B-Application
appliance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
rPath	B-General_Concept
made	O
a	O
transition	O
to	O
selling	O
to	O
enterprise	O
IT	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IT	O
automation	O
was	O
seen	O
as	O
the	O
codification	O
of	O
runbooks	B-Application
by	O
some	O
,	O
but	O
rPath	B-General_Concept
industrialized	O
the	O
operational	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
by	O
modelling	O
software	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
rPath	B-General_Concept
provided	O
a	O
commercial	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
platform	O
for	O
deployed	O
software	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
rPath	B-General_Concept
was	O
not	O
a	O
source	B-Architecture
code	I-Architecture
management	I-Architecture
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
aids	O
systems	O
to	O
be	O
quickly	O
reproduced	O
,	O
patched	O
and	O
updated	O
,	O
rollback-ed	B-Application
and	O
reported	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
rPath	B-General_Concept
provided	O
a	O
deeply	O
modelled	O
system	O
inventory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
rPath	B-General_Concept
allows	O
definition	O
of	O
systems	O
as	O
layered	O
variants	O
of	O
common	O
base	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
standard	O
corporate	O
web	O
server	O
stack	O
may	O
start	O
with	O
a	O
standard	O
build	O
of	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
RHEL	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
add	O
a	O
specific	O
custom	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
HTTP	I-Application
Server	I-Application
and	O
remove	O
all	O
availability	O
of	O
FTP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
rPath	B-General_Concept
enabled	O
IT	O
groups	O
to	O
define	O
and	O
automatically	O
enforce	O
build-time	O
policies	O
that	O
govern	O
how	O
systems	O
are	O
constructed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
rPath	B-General_Concept
imports	O
new	O
or	O
existing	O
software	O
artefacts	O
into	O
system	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
,	O
it	O
automatically	O
analyzes	O
each	O
software	O
artifact	O
to	O
discover	O
its	O
entire	O
software	O
supply	O
chain	O
,	O
including	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
(	O
OS	O
)	O
components	O
,	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
and	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
rPath	B-General_Concept
ensured	O
a	O
consistent	O
system	O
definition	O
,	O
eliminating	O
the	O
risk	O
of	O
system	O
"	O
drift	O
"	O
between	O
lifecycle	O
stages	O
and	O
enabling	O
a	O
clean	O
software	O
build	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
rPath	B-General_Concept
developed	O
Conary	O
,	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
software	B-Application
package	I-Application
management	I-Application
and	O
configuration	O
software	O
that	O
formed	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
rBuilder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
rollbacks	B-Application
,	O
incremental	O
(	O
"	O
changeset	B-Protocol
"	O
)	O
updates	O
,	O
and	O
distributed	O
downloading	O
which	O
removes	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
apt	B-Application
or	O
yum	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
rPath	B-General_Concept
supported	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Windows	I-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
and	O
2003	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
4	O
and	O
5	O
,	O
SUSE	O
Linux	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Server	O
10	O
,	O
and	O
CentOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
marketed	O
as	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NRE	O
Alliance	O
was	O
a	O
coalition	O
of	O
newScale	O
,	O
rPath	B-General_Concept
and	O
Eucalyptus	B-General_Concept
Systems	I-General_Concept
to	O
promote	O
private	O
and	O
hybrid	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
business	O
analytics	O
company	O
SAS	O
Institute	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
acquired	O
key	O
rPath	B-General_Concept
assets	O
,	O
including	O
technology	O
and	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
