Best Practices for Software Vendors and Appliances

Looking for any documented best practices that are used by software vendors who want to realize their offering in hardware form factor. Ideally seek guidance on pricing, industry analyst research in this space, and useful open source around the following components:

• Console


• Disk Compression


• Secure File Systems


• Call Home


• Live Update

Any guidance in this regard is greatly appreciated and will be rewarded with a donation to Nine Million...