Your ActiveState News for August 2011

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Issue 35 August 2011 Welcome to the August issue of the ActiveState Dynamic Languages Newsletter! In this issue you'll find: Stackato Beta Officially Launched! Whitepaper: Leverage the Cloud for Your Python & Perl Apps Events: VMWorld and Cloud Computing Expo Whitepaper: Quality Ingredients for Software As always, please feel free to drop us a line if you have ideas for future issues or feedback.   The ActiveState Team Stackato Beta Officially Launched We are happy to announce the Beta release of Stackato, our enterprise cloud platform for Perl and Python. The Beta wouldn't have been possible without all the great feedback we received from our Developer Preview over the past few months. We've incorporated your suggestions by adding and beefing up these features: Python 3 support PostgreSQL database MongoDB database Catalyst (Perl web framework) https support We'd love to get more input as we move into the Beta phase. Simply request access and we'll send you an invite code and a VM download link for you to get started. You'll also want to check out our new video: "Python in the Cloud: Lessons Learned at ActiveState". Based on our experience with Stackato, we've developed six best practices for distributing and deploying apps to the cloud. We hope you enjoy the Beta and we look forward to getting your feedback! Request access to the Stackato Beta>> 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 our featured whitepaper>> Cloud Events: VMworld and Cloud Computing Expo ActiveState is excited to be sponsoring two big cloud computing events this year! With the launch of the Stackato Beta, we want to be on hand to talk to those of you with your heads in the cloud. Aug. 29 - Sep. 1, we will be at VMworld in Las Vegas. Look for us in the New Innovator section of the hall, at booth #171O (as in "OH yeah, we're excited!). We'll be doing a technical talk as well (date TBD). If you're heading there and would like to see Stackato in action or chat with us, send us an email. Nov. 7 - 10, we will be at the Cloud Computing Expo in Santa Clara, CA. Come find us on the exhibit floor, and catch our speaking session featuring Bart Copeland, President and CEO of ActiveState. If you plan to be there and would like to arrange a chat, let us know! Of course, we're always keen on sponsoring events - check out our other upcoming events in the right hand side of this newsletter and tell us if there's one we should be attending. Quality Ingredients for Software: ActivePerl, ActivePython and ActiveTcl Spending time, resources and money "recreating the wheel" is not a wise business choice, yet many companies find that they are doing just that. When it comes to software development, rely on pre-built and proven dynamic scripting languages ActivePerl, ActivePython and ActiveTcl to give your team time to focus on core competencies and value-add. Shorten your development cycle, increase efficiency, and shorten your time to market--all while relying on the industry's best available (cross-platform) language distributions. Learn more about redistribution options for ActivePerl, ActivePython and ActiveTcl>> 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 July's quick poll. And congratulations to Kenny Fowler, who has won a free license of Komodo IDE. - Perl Dev Kit 9.1, with support for ActivePerl 5.14 Komodo IDE 6.1.2 ActiveState is proud to sponsor the following upcoming events: YAPC::EU Aug 15-17, Riga, Latvia DrupalCon London August 22-26, London, UK Kiwi PyCon August 27-28, Wellington, NZ VMWorld USA Aug 29-Sep 3, Las Vegas, NV DjangoCon US Sep 6-8, Portland, OR Perl.IT Workshop Sep 8-9, Torino, Italy Python Brasil [7] Sept 29-Oct 1, São Paulo, Brasil OpenStack Boston Oct 3-7, Boston, MA PyCon DE Oct 4-9, Leipzig, Germany PyCon Ireland Oct 8-9, Dublin, Ireland Cloud Computing Expo Nov 7-10, Santa Clara, CA Planning an event we should know about? Have an event you recommend we attend? 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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Quality Ingredients for Software - New Whitepaper

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Hi sherly, We wanted to send you our newest whitepaper, Quality Ingredients for Software: ActivePerl, ActivePython and ActiveTcl Spending time, resources and money "recreating the wheel" is not a wise business choice, yet many companies find that they are doing just that. You've already downloaded ActivePerl, ActivePython or ActiveTcl, so when it comes to creating software that you plan to redistribute, rely on these language distributions, giving your team time to focus on core competencies and value-add. Bundling ActivePerl, ActivePython or ActiveTcl into your products can save time, money and resources. Find out how CA, Parallels, and Rockwell Collins used our pre-built and proven language distributions to do just that. We hope you enjoy this white paper! If you have any questions about how we can help, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. Kind Regards, The ActiveState Team 1.866.510.2914 (Toll free in N. America) 1.778.786.1101

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ActivePerl Versions - Followup

Hi sherly,

I just wanted to follow up with you about last month's announcement that we are removing ActivePerl 5.8 and 5.10 from Community Edition while adding ActivePerl 5.14. We are continuing to support ActivePerl 5.6, 5.8 and 5.10 in our Business and Enterprise Editions (as well as for OEM/redistribution licensing), and I wanted to know if you've had any questions about the change in policy/support.

If you require ongoing use and support of ActivePerl 5.8 or 5.10, please let me know and we can discuss the options best suited to your needs.

Or, if you're ready to migrate to ActivePerl 5.14, you can learn more in this webcast. If you'd like information on our expert migration services (code audits, migrating your older code to5.14), please contact us.

Still have questions? Just let me know. I'd be happy to set up a call to chat about your plans and needs further.

Best Regards,

Angie Hirata
Director, Sales & Marketing
ActiveState, The Dynamic Language Experts

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Stackato Beta Now Available

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Hi sherly, We recently announced the Developer Preview of Stackato, our new cloud platform for creating a private PaaS for Python, Perl, Ruby, Java and Node.js applications. We're pleased to announce that we have just released the Stackato Beta and are opening it up to more testers. If you like the agility of the cloud, but your enterprise demands the security of an in-house solution, help us test the Stackato Beta. Sign up now to participate. Don't waste time on configuration. Deploy your applications to the cloud in 15 minutes or less. Deploy new applications or migrate your existing Python, Perl, Node.js, Java and Ruby apps to the cloud Choose your languages, frameworks, database engines, and module/package dependencies Write, debug, and deploy from the command line or straight from Komodo IDE Port between your private cloud (such as VMware vSphere clusters) and host with a provider (such as Amazon or Rackspace) Provide secure multi-tenancy and configure auto-scaling Rely on the industry-proven ActivePython and ActivePerl - you choose the version People are saying great things about Stackato, too: “Stackato is really cool and we plan on moving our production stack onto a Private PaaS within the next 2 months or so. With Stackato as our cloud platform, our developers and administrators can focus on building applications, not configuring machines or middleware. Stackato will help us get our web applications up and running very quickly.” — Mike Frager, Software Developer, Dial Your Leads. “I was impressed with the first preview of Stackato. I had a Mojolicious app running on a private cloud within 5 minutes! It took longer to figure out how to install the competitor's client than to setup a whole Stackato private cloud.”— Sebastien Riedel, creator of Catalyst and Mojolicious Perl web frameworks. I look forward to hearing from you, and hope that you will join us by participating in the Stackato Beta. Kind Regards, Diane Mueller diane.m@activestate.com Director, Enterprise Product Management ActiveState Software

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Your ActiveState News for July 2011

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Issue 34 July 2011 Welcome to the July issue of the ActiveState Dynamic Languages Newsletter! In this issue you'll find: ActiveState Acquires Phenona, Perl Cloud Company Upcoming Webinar: Highlights of Perl 5.14 Stackato Screencast: See our New Cloud Platform in Action ActivePerl 5.8 & 5.10: Extended Support Options As always, please feel free to drop us a line if you have ideas for future issues or feedback.   The ActiveState Team ActiveState Acquires Perl Cloud Company Phenona We're pleased to announce that we've acquired Phenona, a Perl PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) cloud company based in Seattle, WA. Phenona is the brain child of 15-year-old Daniil Kulchenko, who created Phenona when he couldn't find a Perl PaaS for the contract work he was doing. He thought that there should be an easy way to get Perl apps on the cloud, and we agree!  The Phenona technology, knowledge, and talent will extend our cloud strategy while helping us accelerate our development in the fast-paced cloud market. Phenona’s use of open source components, portability, security and multi-tenancy model all fit closely with our cloud strategy and we will leverage Phenona’s stack, which includes Perl modules, MySQL, Redis, and Mojolicious, into the ActiveState cloud product roadmap. You can find the official Phenona acquisition press release here. Those who had been beta testing Phenona will be invited to participate in the Developer Preview of Stackato, our enterprise cloud platform for Perl and Python. You too can apply to the Developer Preview of Stackato to get started getting your Perl and Python apps to the cloud. As we have indicated - and to no surprise - the cloud market is moving really fast. We are super excited as to the depth and breadth of innovation that is happening across many different companies, and Phenona is a prime example. July Webinar - Highlights of Perl 5.14 (Continuing Evolution of Perl)   Register today for our webinar to learn more about the Continuing Evolution of Perl, and Highlights of Perl 5.14. Hosted by Jan Dubois, Senior Perl Developer. Date: Wednesday, July 13 Time: 10:00 - 10:30 AM PST Space is limited so register now. Perl 5.14 is here as promised. What impact will it have on your development plans for new applications and on the code you're already running? Should you be upgrading now? In this webinar for developers and system administrators, join us to learn: What's new in Perl 5.14 Community version support policies (Perl 5.14, 5.12, 5.10, 5.8) Refactoring or maintaining existing code The new web frameworks: Mojolicious and Dancer Running Perl applications in the cloud Whether you're thinking of upgrading to 5.14 or need to maintain older Perl code, don't miss this webinar. Register now to reserve your spot. Screencast: Stackato Overview By now you've probably heard lots about Stackato, our end-to-end enterprise cloud platform for Perl, Python and other dynamic (scripting) languages. Now's your chance to see Stackato action.  Troy Topnik, Technical Sales Engineer, and Diane Mueller, Director Enterprise Product Management guide you through a brief introduction to Stackato in this video. Why did we build Stackato? What is Stackato and who should use it? Find the answers and see Stackato in action in this video. Want more? Learn more about Stackato and apply for the developer preview today. Extended Support Options for ActivePerl 5.6, 5.8, 5.10 With the release of Perl and ActivePerl 5.14, there are some changes that we think you'll want to know about. We're bringing ActivePerl Community Edition in line with the maintenance and support policy of the perl5-porters. When the underlying Perl version becomes "unsupported" by the Perl community itself, support for and access to the corresponding ActivePerl versions becomes limited. But if you still need access to the older versions, ActivePerl 5.6, 5.8 and 5.10 are still available to Business Edition, Enterprise Edition and OEM customers. Not sure which version is best for you? Compare editions. Last year we blogged about our rationale for removing older builds from Community Edition. We used an analogy about stale bread to illustrate the point, but someone on reddit summed it up much more succinctly: "The good stuff is free, the old broken stuff will cost you". While there's nothing particularly broken about the latest releases of Perl 5.8 and 5.10, if something were broken or vulnerable, the perl5-porters won't be fixing it "officially". Read more... 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 June's quick poll. Congratulations to Thomas Pomphrey of Dragonfly Software who will receive his choice of Komodo IDE or Perl Dev Kit! We will be in touch to send you your new license! . PDK 9.1 with added support for ActivePerl 5.14 ActivePerl 5.14.1 ActiveState is proud to sponsor the following upcoming events: OSCON Join us at our Stackato BOF! July 25-29, Portland, OR PyOhio July 30-31, Columbus, OH YAPC::EU Aug 15-17, Riga, Latvia DrupalCon London August 22-26, London, UK Kiwi PyCon August 27-28, Wellington, NZ VMWorld USA Aug 29-Sep 3, Las Vegas, NV Python Brasil [7] Sept 29-Oct 1, São Paulo, Brasil PyCon DE Oct 4-9, Leipzig, Germany PyCon Ireland Oct 8-9, Dublin, Ireland Cloud Computing Expo Nov 7-10, Santa Clara, CA Senior Developer Gisle Aas just returned from EuroPython in Florence, where he spoke about Python on the cloud. Read about the event and his experience in this blog post.  Planning an event we should know about? Have an event you recommend we attend? 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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