As much as I fear this will drag StrongLoop, I feel that this is an excellent fit.  StrongLoop has been focused on building &quot;Enterprise&quot; tools and module around node, as well as working on whitelisting&#x2F;reviewing various modules...  This is a good fit for IBM and their clients who are inclined to also want to have &quot;approved&quot; or &quot;certified&quot; modules to be able to use separately from the rest of npm.<p>As much as I like the power&#x2F;openness of npm, a lot of corporate environments move more slowly... modules need to be cleared by legal and usually limited to specific versions.  Having more resources to do this is a good thing and can only help people who are working for financial institutions (as an example).