ActiveState - Stackato Update for January 2012

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Hi sherly, We want to share some recent and upcoming happenings with regards to ActiveState Stackato, the cloud platform for creating your Private PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service). Stackato now supports Private PaaS on More Platforms Stackato recently added support for HP Cloud Services; see it in action with this screencast. The newly released Stackato Beta v 0.8 adds support for OpenStack, Linux KVM and Citrix XenServer as well as a Management Console: learn more. Deploying and managing apps with Komodo IDE 7 and Stackato   Now you can deploy apps directly from Komodo IDE 7 (currently in beta) to Stackato. We've created a great demo video showcasing deployment of apps to Stackato, accessing of data and more, all from within Komodo IDE 7. Support for Cloud Portability (TOSCA OASIS) In December, we announced our support for the OASIS (Advancing Open Standards for the Information Society) TOSCA initiatives to increase service and application portability in a vendor-neutral ecosystem. The aim is to enhance the portability of cloud applications and services, ensure smoother migration of existing applications to the cloud, and add more consumer choice. We will be hosting a webcast showcasing portability in the cloud. Join us for this webinar on Feb. 8th: Application Portability in the Cloud: PaaS Delivers Holy Grail. Webcasts: Stackato and Cloud   Feb. 8, 2012:  Application Portability in the Cloud: PaaS Delivers Holy Grail Did you miss these recent webcasts? Enjoy the recordings on-demand: US Patriot Act: Making the Case for Enterprise Private Cloud Why Private PaaS is Not an Oxymoron Stackato Overview: A Private PaaS on a Micro Cloud, vSphere, or Amazon EC2 Stackato Blog highlights Our team has been busy building, testing, documenting, supporting and blogging about Stackato. Here are some of our most recent blog posts showcasing Stackato: Private PaaS: More than Java for Implementation Success?  Running Bugzilla in the Cloud  Cloud Application Portability: The Holy Grail of Cloud Computing Want to see something addressed on the blog? Reply to this message and let us know. ActiveState is Hiring We're growing! Help us make Stackato the very best cloud platform for private PaaS when you join our team. We are actively looking to fill several positions.  If you haven't tried the Stackato Beta, try it today on a micro cloud (VM) on your own desktop, or deploy directly to the Stackato Sandbox, and let us know what you think. If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this message. We look forward to hearing from you. Stackato Team ActiveState Software

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