Cloud Foundry Foundation Launched; ActiveState wins 2014 Cloud Computing Product of the Year Award

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Hi sherly, Welcome to our December newsletter. Check out the great new blogs, webinars, videos and product releases by ActiveState! News Recommended Reading Upcoming Events Webinars Videos New Releases We're Hiring! Happy Holidays, The ActiveState Team   News ActiveState Supports Newly Launched Cloud Foundry Foundation ActiveState announces its ongoing support for the newly launched Cloud Foundry Foundation and joins as a Gold member. Cloud Foundry is the industry standard for enterprise Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and today's announcement ensures that it will maintain this position and expand its lead over competitors. Joining ActiveState in this venture are member companies at platinum, gold, and silver membership levels. Read more about the announcement here. ActiveState Wins 2014 Cloud Computing Product of the Year Award from TMCnet ActiveState is honoured to receive TMCnet's Cloud Computing Product of the Year. The Cloud Computing Product of the Year Award, presented by Cloud Computing magazine, honours vendors with the most innovative, useful, and beneficial cloud products and services that have been brought to market in the past year. ActiveState & SUSE form partnership to provide Stackato PaaS for SUSE Cloud 4 Stackato 3.4 now supports SUSE Cloud 4, delivering a readied solution for enterprises adopting Cloud Foundry on OpenStack for application lifecycle management and accelerated deployment. The partnership provides infrastructure services and platform services to meet the current and emerging needs of enterprise IT, growing in complexity and increasingly including hybrid cloud strategy. SUSE and ActiveState will work together on tighter integration with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Cloud, and the companies will promote the solution through joint ‘go-to-market’ activities. Learn more here. What Still Confuses You About PaaS? You may not be alone in trying to understand PaaS. Here were some thoughts from attendees at Cloud Expo 2014 in Santa Clara, California. Watch the Video. Stackato in the news! Five open source PaaS options you should know. Check out the article or click here to learn more about Stackato. Cloud Luminary Fireside Chats Join us for this interactive series of webcasts with industry thought leaders, hosted by Bernard Golden. Previous webcasts featured guests JP Morgenthal (Perficient), Mark Thiele (Switch SUPERNAP), and Donnie Berkholz (Redmonk). The Fireside Chats are a good opportunity to learn more about some of the hottest topics in cloud computing -- DevOps, the Docker craze and the future of data centers. Next Edition: Tuesday. Jan. 27, 10 am PT / 1pm ET Guest Luminary: Michael Coté, Research Director, Infrastructure Software, 451 Research. Register to attend here.  Recommended Reading Blogs Microservices and PaaS - Part V: Words of Wisdom by John Wetherill The Cloud Foundry Foundation Officially Launches! by Brent Smithurst Cloud Foundry Advisory Board Meeting - 2014 December by Phil Whelan 2015: The Year Developers Reign as Kings and Queens by Bernard Golden Which Comes First? The Microservices Or The DevOps? by Phil Whelan Is Docker The Right Abstraction For PaaS? by Phil Whelan The Cloud Foundry Jenkins Plugin by William Gautier Check Out More Blog Posts > Whitepapers IT Guide to PaaS Despite the promise of virtualization and large-scale expenditures into infrastructure and resources, IT departments are not realizing the true benefits from their cloud investments. The application delivery process has become critical to the health and success of business, and an agile, responsive cloud infrastructure is essential to enable IT to keep up with demand. It is becoming clear that virtualization on its own is insufficient to meet the increasingly complex needs of today’s businesses. Download this whitepaper to learn how Stackato PaaS can help your organization's IT department.  Check Out our Resources > Upcoming Events for 2015 We are still finalizing our 2015 calendar, but you can be sure to catch the Stackato team at the following locations next year! Cloud Expo Europe - March 11 to March 12 (London, UK) Interop LV - April 27 to May 1 (Las Vegas, NV) Interop London - June 16 to June 18 (London, UK) Check Out our Events Page > Webinars Featured Webinar:  PaaS: How to Complete the Vision of Virtualization Presenters: Bernard Golden, VP Strategy of ActiveState and Rodney Brown, Editor of The Mobility Hub Virtualization and cloud computing have had an enormous impact on enterprise IT, enabling greater utilization of infrastructure resources, portability of execution environments, and better infrastructure economics. However, they haven't accelerated app development, deployment, and management, which is where all the value of IT resides. PaaS represents the future of virtualization and cloud computing, and delivers on the promise of application value.  View Now > Aspects of Microservices: Rolling Upgrades and Fall Back using PaaS featuring John Wetherill and Phil Whelan, Technology Evangelists, ActiveState Get Started with Microservices and PaaS featuring John Wetherill and Phil Whelan, Technology Evangelists, ActiveState Workload Portability: Using PaaS to Achieve the Vision of Hybrid Cloud featuring Bernard Golden, Vice President of Strategy, ActiveState Modern Application Development using Stackato and Nebula featuring Phil Whelan, Technology Evangelist and Gabriel Hurley, Platform Team Manager, Nebula, Inc. View More Webinars > VIDEOS: Cloud Luminary Interviews We had the opportunity to interview thought leaders in the cloud computing industry. Topics discussed include DevOps, PaaS, developer self-service and automation. Watch the interviews: Andi Mann on Automation, DevOps and the Cloud JP Morgenthal on the Importance of Process and Organization in Enterprise DevOps Tom Lounibos on the Consequences of Developing Too Fast Victoria Livschitz on Using Automation to Achieve Developer Self-Service David Tesar on Why Developers Need IT  New Releases Tcl Dev Kit 5.4.0 - Download here ActiveTcl 8.6.3.1 - Download here We're hiring As the title says, we are looking for more awesome Activators (Ac·ti·va·tors [ak-tuh-vey-tors]: Talented, creative people, developing innovative and cutting-edge solutions one line of code at a time) to join our team. Looking for an exciting career and challenges to keep you driven? Click here to learn more about joining the ActiveState team.   Keep up with the latest information about Stackato and ActiveState

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Cyber Monday - Komodo IDE, Perl and Tcl Dev Kits On SALE

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Follow us:   Hi sherly, Our long weekend sale continues through Cyber Monday! Save $20 on Komodo IDE Personal, and $100 on Komodo IDE Company licenses, Perl Dev Kit (PDK), Tcl Dev Kit (TDK), and Perl / Tcl Pro Studio. From NOW until midnight, save up to $100 on our pro developer tools!  Simply enter the following Discount Codes during checkout: $20 off Komodo IDE Personal: BLACK20 $100 off Komodo IDE Company, PDK, TDK, Pro Studio: BLACK100 Komodo IDE is the ultimate multi-language IDE. Code, debug, refactor and test Perl, Python, PHP, Tcl and other web languages in a modern and efficient environment. PDK and TDK are essential toolkits for building and deploying Perl and Tcl applications, with cross-platform wrapping, and tools for finding and fixing bugs. Pro Studio includes both PDK or TDK and Komodo IDE, along with a FREE year of an Upgrades & Support annual subscription and Safari Books Online – all at a package discount! Save on these pro dev tools now at: http://www.activestate.com/developer-tools Need a formal quote or have questions? Please feel free to contact us. Happy Cyber Monday, The ActiveState Team sales@activestate.com +1.778.786.1103 Toll-free in North America: 1.866.631.4581 1700 - 409 Granville Street | Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2 | Canada Phone: (778) 786 1100 | Toll-Free: 1 (866) 631 4581 | Fax: (778) 786 1133

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Black Friday Weekend Savings on Perl Dev Kit, Pro Studio

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Follow us:   Hi sherly, Save big on developer tools this Thanksgiving/Black Friday weekend. From Thursday, Nov. 27 through Monday, Dec. 1, save $100 on Perl Dev Kit (PDK) and ActivePerl Pro Studio!  Simply enter the following Discount Code during checkout: DISCOUNT CODE: BLACK100 PDK is the essential toolkit for building and deploying Perl applications, with cross-platform wrapping, Coverage Analyzer, Graphical Debugger and more. But why not go for the complete developer suite? ActivePerl Pro Studio includes everything a Perl programmer needs in one convenient package: PDK, Komodo IDE (supports Perl and other dynamic languages), an annual Upgrades & Support subscription, and access to Safari Books online – all at great savings! Check out our dev tool discounts and save up to $100, Thanksgiving Thursday through Cyber Monday. Need a formal quote or have questions? Please feel free to contact us. Happy Thanksgiving weekend, The Perl Team, ActiveState sales@activestate.com +1.778.786.1103 Toll-free in North America: 1.866.631.4581 1700 - 409 Granville Street | Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2 | Canada Phone: (778) 786 1100 | Toll-Free: 1 (866) 631 4581 | Fax: (778) 786 1133

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Register for Next Week's Webinar - Aspects of Microservices: Rolling Upgrades and Feedback using PaaS

Aspects of Microservices: Rolling Upgrades and Feedback using PaaS Sign up for this Stackato webinar Wednesday, December 3 at 10:00am PST  John Wetherill, Technology Evangelist  Phil Whelan, Technology Evangelist The arrival of microservices architecture heralds a new era in application development. Instead of the traditional monolithic processes, applications are comprised of a number of small, independent composable services. It is a scalable, flexible, and complex approach.  In this new series, John Wetherill and Phil Whelan dig deep into various aspects of microservices, explaining how they work, connect, and how you can get the most out of them. During this webinar, they discuss rolling upgrades and fallback, and how they are simplified and facilitated by PaaS. Some of the topics they will cover are:  Immutable code service patterns  Versioning  Managing orchestration between deploying two different microservices  Failure handling  Polyglot capabilities  Microservices are the future and PaaS helps you get there faster. Join us and learn more about how you can accelerate application development, streamline software delivery, and eliminate friction! Seating is limited, so save your spot! Best regards, Navrup Johal Product Marketing Manager  PS. Stackato makes it easy set up your own PaaS and start deploying applications to the cloud. Sign up for your free 20GB cluster and explore how simple it can be! 1700 - 409 Granville Street | Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2 | Canada | Phone: (778) 786 1100 | Toll-Free: 1 (866) 631 4581 | Fax: (778) 786 1133 www.activestate.com

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DevOps vs. Legacy IT - Tomorrow's LIVE Fireside Chat with JP Morgenthal

Dear sherly, Does DevOps work for enterprises? Can a DevOps culture coexist with legacy IT? Join us tomorrow for a discussion on these critical issues facing your innovation strategy. Hosted by Bernard Golden, this edition of the Cloud Luminary Fireside Chats features IT strategist JP Morgenthal, Director of Cloud Computing & DevOps Practices, Perficient. Register to Attend Tomorrow's Fireside Chat. When: Thursday, Nov. 20th, 10am PT / 1pm ET / 5pm GMT Duration: 1 hour  This interactive webcast will cover topics such as: Is DevOps a technology, a process, or an over-hyped buzzword? Why all the talk about culture when the conversation turns to DevOps? Is there such a thing as "enterprise DevOps?" Is building your own DevOps environment just setting you up for a new legacy system? What are the biggest challenges organizations face when initiating a DevOps project? Does DevOps force a change in application design, development and deployment? Can using a PaaS help organizations achieve DevOps success? Guest Luminary: JP Morgenthal, Director, Cloud Computing & DevOps Practices, Perficient JP Morgenthal is one of the world's foremost experts in IT strategy and cloud computing, with over 25 years of expertise applying technology solutions to complex business problems. He is a respected author on topics of integration, software development and cloud computing, and is a contributor on the book, "Cloud Computing: Assessing the Risks". Read the blog post: "JP Morgenthal on the Importance of Process and Organization in Enterprise DevOps". Hosted by Bernard Golden, VP of Strategy, ActiveState Named in Wired.com as one of the ten most influential people in cloud computing, Bernard Golden is the author or co-author of four books on virtualization, including Virtualization for Dummies and Amazon Web Services for Dummies, and is the cloud computing advisor for CIO Magazine. Attend This Fireside Chat We look forward to seeing you tomorrow! - The Stackato Team, ActiveState Invite your colleagues:   Copyright © 2014 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved.  |  1700 - 409 Granville Street   Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1T2  |  ActiveState.com  |  Phone: (778) 786 1100  |  Toll-Free: 1 (866) 631 4581

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Does DevOps Work for Enterprises? - Next Cloud Fireside Chat, Nov. 20

Dear sherly, Join us next Thursday for an engaging discussion about the cloud, DevOps and business velocity. Hosted by Bernard Golden, next week's Cloud Luminary Fireside Chat features IT strategist JP Morgenthal, Director of Cloud Computing & DevOps Practices, Perficient. Register to Attend Next Week's Fireside Chat. When: Thursday, Nov. 20th, 10am PT / 1pm ET / 5pm GMT Duration: 1 hour  This interactive webcast will cover topics such as: Is DevOps a technology, a process, or an over-hyped buzzword? Why all the talk about culture when the conversation turns to DevOps? Is there such a thing as "enterprise DevOps?" Is building your own DevOps environment just setting you up for a new legacy system? What are the biggest challenges organizations face when initiating a DevOps project? Does DevOps force a change in application design, development and deployment? Can using a PaaS help organizations achieve DevOps success? Guest Luminary: JP Morgenthal, Director, Cloud Computing & DevOps Practices, Perficient JP Morgenthal is one of the world's foremost experts in IT strategy and cloud computing, with over 25 years of expertise applying technology solutions to complex business problems. He is a respected author on topics of integration, software development and cloud computing, and is a contributor on the book, "Cloud Computing: Assessing the Risks". Hosted by Bernard Golden, VP of Strategy, ActiveState Named in Wired.com as one of the ten most influential people in cloud computing, Bernard Golden is the author or co-author of four books on virtualization, including Virtualization for Dummies and Amazon Web Services for Dummies, and is the cloud computing advisor for CIO Magazine. Attend the Next Fireside Chat We look forward to seeing you next Thursday! - The Stackato Team, ActiveState Invite your colleagues:   Copyright © 2014 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved.  |  1700 - 409 Granville Street   Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1T2  |  ActiveState.com  |  Phone: (778) 786 1100  |  Toll-Free: 1 (866) 631 4581

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