Your ActiveState News for December 2011

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Issue 39 December 2011 Welcome to the December issue of the ActiveState Dynamic Languages Newsletter! In this issue you'll find: ActiveState Commits to a Free Stackato Micro Cloud On-Demand Webcasts: Learn More About Private PaaS Whitepaper: Leverage the Cloud for your Python & Perl Applications Komodo 7 Beta: Features and Limited Time Offer As always, please feel free to drop us a line if you have ideas for future issues or feedback.   The ActiveState Team ActiveState Commits to a Free Stackato Micro Cloud ActiveState has announced that after Beta, Stackato Micro Cloud will continue to be free of charge for developers to use as their own private Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution on a single node. The Stackato Micro Cloud will be available for non-commercial use or internal commercial use. Technical support will not be included; however, developers can still participate in our community forums, mailing lists and access all documention. Read the press release and blog post. On-Demand Webcasts: All About Private PaaS In case you missed our past webcasts on private cloud, or wish to "PaaS" them on to your colleagues, they are all recorded for your viewing convenience. Why Private PaaS is Not an Oxymoron   Speakers: Patrick Chanezon, VMware Senior Director, Developer Relations, and Bart Copeland, CEO, ActiveState When you hear of PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) what typically comes to mind are names like Heroku, EngineYard, DotCloud, and CloudFoundry.com--hosted Public PaaS providers. With the increasing focus on development of SaaS applications and some clear advantages to placing IT infrastructure in the cloud, these PaaS providers have had some trouble gaining significant traction with enterprises despite obvious advantages. There is an emerging trend where enterprises require PaaS capabilities, but are demanding it on their own terms. They want a PaaS behind their own firewall to enable a secure cloud--a private PaaS. View the Webcast Recording. US Patriot Act: Making the Case for Enterprise Private Cloud Speaker: Diane Mueller, Director Enterprise Product Management, ActiveState Is the US Patriot Act causing you to hesitate on leveraging the cloud in your enterprise? Do you want to leverage the power of cloud computing but unsure what the security and privacy implications are for sensitive corporate data? Despite all the hype about every application moving into the cloud, some practical patterns are starting to emerge in the types of data corporations are willing to move to the cloud.  Learn how to create a secure, compliant, private platform and cloud for developing, distributing and managing enterprise applications. View the Webcast Recording. Stackato Overview: A Private PaaS on a Micro Cloud, vSphere, or Amazon EC2 Speaker: Diane Mueller, and Troy Topnik, Technical Communications Specialist, ActiveState Stackato is the cloud platform for creating your private PaaS--what does that mean for you and how does it work? Learn: What Stackato is, what's in it, and how it works How IT system & cloud admins can save time How Developers can get applications to the cloud faster How Stackato fits into your enterprise cloud strategy View the Webcast Recording. View all of our Archived Webcasts. Whitepaper: Leverage the Cloud for your Python & Perl Applications Historically, moving your applications to the cloud meant making changes to your code in order for it to work in that new space. That has often meant scrapping perfectly good code and starting from scratch--but moving applications to the cloud is getting a lot easier, and there are several good business reasons to do so. Find out how Stackato offers a simple way to deploy your apps to the cloud in 15 minutes or less. Download the Whitepaper (PDF). Komodo 7 Beta: Features and Limited Time Offer Have you tried the Komodo 7 Beta yet? If not, you still have time! We have received lots of encouraging feedback so far. Users are saying that the new features boost performance considerably. Here are some of the features to expect in Komodo IDE 7: Improved integration with Stackato Collaborative editing Code profiling Synchronization of preferences between machines Node.js support (debugging and code intelligence) More languages: CoffeeScript, Mojolicious, EJS, Less, SCSS, XCSS and Twig All running much faster on the Mozilla 2.0 code base! Download the Beta. Plus, don't forget about our Limited Time Offer: From now until Dec. 31st, save $50 when you purchase Komodo IDE 6 with Upgrades and Support and get Komodo IDE 7 automatically on release! Buy Komodo IDE with Upgrades and Support today and save. This month's Quick Poll should take no more than one minute to complete. One respondent will receive their choice of a Komodo IDE, Perl Dev Kit, or Tcl Dev Kit license, just for taking the time to participate! Take the quick poll now. Thanks to everyone who participated in November's Quick Poll. Congrats to our lucky winner, Scott Stricker! We will be in touch to arrange for your license of Komodo IDE. Perl Dev Kit 9.1.1 Komodo IDE 7.0.0c1 ActiveTcl 8.5.11 Komodo IDE 7.0.0b2 It was a pleasure to sponsor and attend the Cloud Computing Expo in Santa Clara, CA in November. Read our blog post on the event! ActiveState is also proud to sponsor the following upcoming events: Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 10X) Jan. 20-22, Los Angeles, CA Cloud Connect 2012 Feb. 13-16, Santa Clara, CA PyCon 2012 Mar. 17-15, Santa Clara, CA Yet Another Perl Conference (YAPC::NA) 2012 Jun. 13-15, Madison, WI Planning an event we should know about? Have an event you recommend? Send us an email. Check out all upcoming events. Do you tweet? Seems everyone does these days. Stay on top of the latest happenings at ActiveState - news, offers, contests, blogs - and connect with other developers through Twitter. 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Your ActiveState News for November 2011

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Issue 38 November 2011 Welcome to the November issue of the ActiveState Dynamic Languages Newsletter! In this issue you'll find: New Features Added to Stackato Upcoming Webinars: Learn More About Private PaaS Whitepaper: Extending Your Cloud Infrastructure Komodo 7 Beta Is Out! As always, please feel free to drop us a line if you have ideas for future issues or feedback.   The ActiveState Team New Features Added to Stackato ActiveState has announced several new management and monitoring features to Stackato, the infrastructure-agnostic, multilingual private Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution: New Admin Dashboard Application Monitoring with New Relic Integration Improvements in Java deployment to Stackato from Spring Tool Suite (STS) and Eclipse Full Open Beta Read the full blog post. In other Stackato news, we have a new screencast that demonstrates the Stackato micro cloud running on Cloud Foundry, deploying an application, running remote commands and accessing your data. View the Demo. Two Upcoming Private Cloud Webinars Join us for one or both of these upcoming webinars: Why Private PaaS is Not an Oxymoron Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Time: 10:00 - 11: AM PST (13:00 - 14:00 EST) Presented by: ActiveState and Cloud Foundry When you hear of PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) what typically comes to mind are names like Heroku, EngineYard, DotCloud, and CloudFoundry.com--hosted Public PaaS providers. With the increasing focus on development of SaaS applications and some clear advantages to placing IT infrastructure in the cloud, these PaaS providers have had some trouble gaining significant traction with enterprises despite obvious advantages. There is an emerging trend where enterprises require PaaS capabilities, but are demanding it on their own terms. They want a PaaS behind their own firewall to enable a secure cloud--a private PaaS. This webinar is almost full--Reserve your seat now! US Patriot Act: Making the Case for Enterprise Private Cloud Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011 Time: 10:00 - 11: AM PST (13:00 - 14:00 EST) Is the US Patriot Act causing you to hesitate on leveraging the cloud in your enterprise? Do you want to leverage the power of cloud computing but unsure what the security and privacy implications are for sensitive corporate data? Despite all the hype about every application moving into the cloud, some practical patterns are starting to emerge in the types of data corporations are willing to move to the cloud.  Learn how to create a secure, compliant, private platform and cloud for developing, distributing and managing enterprise applications. Space is limited--Register today! And in case you missed it, our October webinar, Stackato Overview: A Private PaaS on a Micro Cloud, vSphere, or Amazon EC2, is available on-demand. View our Archived Webinars. Whitepaper: Extending Your Cloud Infrastructure with a Private PaaS If you already use a virtualized infrastructure, you are well on your way to providing IT as a Service. But as businesses demand faster results in today's competitive market, organizations look to gain more benefits from cloud computing than just virtualized infrastructure. Stackato extends your private cloud by creating a private Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to provide on-demand availability, flexibility, control, and ultimately, faster time-to-market for your development teams. Download the Whitepaper (PDF). Komodo 7 Beta Is Out! Komodo 7 Beta 1 is now available. Give it a try, and let us know what you think. We'd love to get your feedback! Some of the new features include: Improved integration with Stackato Collaborative editing Code profiling Synchronization of preferences between machines Debugging and code intelligence for Node.js And more! Read more and download the Beta. And, from now until Dec. 31st, save $50 when you purchase Komodo IDE 6 with Upgrades and Support and get Komodo IDE 7 immediately on release! Buy Komodo IDE with Upgrades and Support today and save. This month's Quick Poll should take no more than one minute to complete. One respondent will receive a Komodo IDE license just for taking the time to participate! Take the quick poll now. Thanks to everyone who participated in our $1,000 Life's a Beach contest by joining the Stackato Beta in October. Our lucky winner was Akash Ayare, who will enjoy a $1,000 sunny vacation on ActiveState. Congrats, Akash! ActiveTcl 8.5.11 Komodo IDE 7.0.0b1 Tcl Dev Kit 5.3.0 ActivePerl 5.14.2 Greetings from Cloud Computing Expo in Santa Clara, CA. We're in booth #415! We're excited to be giving several talks at the show: View our talk schedule. ActiveState is also proud to sponsor the following events: ApacheCon 2011 Nov. 16-17, New York PyCon 2012 Mar. 17-15, Santa Clara, CA Planning an event we should know about? Have an event you recommend? Send us an email. Check out all upcoming events. Do you tweet? Seems everyone does these days. Stay on top of the latest happenings at ActiveState - news, offers, contests, blogs - and connect with other developers through Twitter. Follow us @activestate 1700 - 409 Granville Street | Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2 | Canada | www.activestate.com Phone: (778) 786 1100 | Toll-Free: 1 (866) 631 4581 | Fax: (778) 786 1133

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Webinars: Learn about cloud, enterprise private PaaS and more

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Hi sherly, Learn more about the cloud and the benefits of a private PaaS for enterprise with these upcoming webinars. If you're interested in learning more about cloud options, private PaaS or Stackato for your organization, we think you'll want to join us. Webinar: Why Private PaaS is not an Oxymoron Presented by: Patrick Chanezon, VMware Senior Director, Developer Relations Bart Copeland, ActiveState CEO and President Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Time: 10:00 - 11:00 AM PST (13:00 - 14:00 EST) Register now. PaaS promises to trim development and deployment time from months and years to days and weeks, but what are the signs of a true PaaS powerhouse? Is it simply free of servers or software to manage? Does it provide automatic upgrades and elasticity? Can you develop in multiple languages? When you hear of PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) what typically comes to mind are names like Heroku, EngineYard, DotCloud, and CloudFoundry.com–hosted Public PaaS providers. With the increasing focus on development of SaaS applications and some clear advantages to placing IT infrastructure in the cloud, these PaaS providers have had some trouble gaining significant traction with enterprises despite obvious advantages. There is an emerging trend where enterprises require PaaS capabilities, but are demanding it on their own terms. They want a PaaS behind their own firewall to enable a secure cloud–a private PaaS. Join the webinar to learn about: The landscape and drivers for Private PaaS Issues for enterprises moving development resources to the cloud How a Private PaaS differs from a Public PaaS Avoiding vendor lock-in What to consider when implementing and deploying a Private PaaS  Space is limited so reserve your seat now. Webinar: US Patriot Act - Making the Case for Enterprise Private Cloud Presented by: Diane Mueller, ActiveState's Director Enterprise Product Management Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011 Time: 10:00 - 11:00 AM PST (13:00 - 14:00 EST) Register now. Is the US Patriot Act causing you to hesitate on leveraging the cloud in your enterprise? Do you want to leverage the power of cloud computing but unsure what the security and privacy implications are for sensitive corporate data?  Corporations are thinking long and hard about the legal and regulatory implications of cloud computing. When it comes to actual corporate data, no matter what the efficiency gains are, legal departments are often directing IT departments to steer clear of any service that eliminates their ability to keep potential sensitive information out of the hands of Federal prosecutors. Despite all the hype about every application moving into the cloud, some practical patterns are starting to emerge in the types of data corporations are willing to move to the cloud.  Learn how to create a secure, compliant, private platform and cloud for developing, distributing and managing enterprise applications. Join Diane Mueller, Director Enterprise Product Management, as she discusses: Implications of the US Patriot Act on Cloud Computing What types of applications should stay on-premise Classes of applications that best leverage the cloud Moving to a Private Cloud Model How to deploy an Enterprise Private PaaS Join us for this webinar - space is limited. Archived Webinar: Stackato Overview -  A Private PaaS on a Micro Cloud, vSphere, or Amazon EC2 Stackato is the cloud platform for creating your private PaaS -- what does that mean for you and how does it work? In this recent webinar hosted by ActiveState's Diane Mueller, Director of Enterprise Product Management, and Troy Topnik, Technical Communications Specialist, learn: What Stackato is, what's in it, and how it works How IT system & cloud administrators can save time How Developers can get applications to the cloud faster How Stackato fits into your enterprise cloud strategy Also see a demonstration of: Stackato micro cloud (VM) setup Deploying a Python (Django) application Testing in the new Stackato Sandbox, running on Amazon EC2 View the webinar recording. If you have ideas for future webinars, let us know! Regards, Stackato Team ActiveState Software

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Reminder: Try Stackato Sandbox Before Oct 31

Hi sherly, I just wanted to remind you that we've recently released the Stackato Sandbox service, and that you'll get an entry to the $1000 Life's a Beach contest, just for trying it out by Oct. 31st. Please see below the message originally sent from our marketing team in September, and reach out to me if you have any questions getting started! Kind Regards, Diane Mueller Dir. Enterprise Product Management ActiveState Software Begin forwarded message: Now you can now choose whether to test Stackato, our cloud platform for creating a private Platform as a Service, on a micro cloud (VM) or with the new Stackato Sandbox! The Stackato Sandbox service makes it easier for you to test deployment of your Perl apps to a privately hosted environment on Amazon EC2, complete with hosting, security, and scaling of applications. The Stackato Sandbox1 lets you experience: Deployment to the cloud (hosted on Amazon EC2) Scaling: scale the number of instances and memory allocation Enhanced multi-tenant security model: each application in its own LXC container Stackato Beta testers can now use the Stackato Sandbox to try running a private PaaS on Amazon EC2  for up to three months.2 Signup for the Stackato Beta. Once you've been accepted to the program, login to the Stackato Beta community, redeem your Beta invite code, and request access to the Sandbox. When free space is available in the Sandbox, you will be granted access. Remember, Stackato makes deploying new or migrating existing Perl apps to the cloud quick and easy. Try the Stackato Sandbox today and you could win! To celebrate the Stackato Sandbox launch, we're giving away a $1000 trip to a sunny destination3. Life really is a beach! We hope you'll take advantage of this great opportunity to try the Stackato Sandbox, send us your feedback, and win. The Stackato Team ActiveState Software   The nitty gritty details can be found here: 1  Access to the Sandbox is subject to space availability, and users will gain access in order of requests received. Beta testers requesting access will be placed in a queue and notified when space becomes available. For testing purposes; not to be used for production. At end of your three month Sandbox term, all Sandbox containers will be deleted entirely with no mechanism to restore any of the contents. 2 The three month access period begins as soon as the automated acceptance notification email is sent; users will receive notice when their trial ends via email as well. Find out more about the Sandbox. 3 "Life's a Beach" contest details can be found on our site.

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