BitRock and RightScale Enable Application Deployment on Amazon"s EC2

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 30, 2008

BitRock Inc., the leading provider of tools and services for deploying open source applications, and RightScale, the leader in cloud computing management, announced today a partnership to provide one-click deployments of popular open source applications on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Users of RightScale’s cloud computing management system can now select from a menu of applications, such as Drupal, Joomla!, WordPress, and MediaWiki, and launch them in an instant to EC2.

“RightScale has done a great job of automating the deployment and management of EC2 images,” said Erica Brescia, BitRock’s CEO. “Combining their technology with our ready-to-run BitNami Stacks makes deploying open source applications to EC2 a snap.”

RightScale offers free developer accounts and new users receive ten hours of free EC2 computing time when they register with RightScale. Once registered, users can select from several BitNami application stacks to deploy, or they can launch their own software. The BitNami-packaged applications allow users to get up and running with content management systems, blogs, wikis and even productivity software. Currently available applications include: Dokuwiki, MediaWiki, WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!, phpBB, moodle, ezPublish, Mantis, Django, Redmine, Trac and Tracks.

“We’re pleased to partner with Bitnami to add several of their most popular open source applications to the RightScale library of server templates,” said Michael Crandell, CEO of RightScale. “This combination makes the free edition of RightScale even more powerful and valuable to those looking to explore the power and convenience of cloud computing.”

To give RightScale and the BitNami Stacks a try, visit http://www.bitnami.org/rightscale.

Easy to use installers for native deployments of the BitNami Stacks are available from http://www.bitnami.org/stacks. BitNami also offers several Stacks for development environments, such as Ruby on Rails and LAMP.

About BitRock

BitRock provides tools and services to help software companies build their businesses. Working with BitRock enables software vendors to deliver their software in easy to install packages and offer value-added services such as automated updates, monitoring and backup to their customers.

BitNami is a BitRock-sponsored project focused on driving adoption of open source software. BitNami provides ready-to-run packages of popular open source software that can be installed in just a few clicks on Windows, Linux, OS X or Solaris.

Please visit http://www.BitRock.com and http://www.bitnami.org for additional information.

About RightScale, Inc.

RightScale, Inc. is the leader in cloud computing management. RightScale delivers the management platform, tools and expertise that enable companies to create scalable web solutions on cloud computing services that are reliable, easy to manage, and affordable. Funded by Benchmark Capital, RightScale is a private company headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. To learn more about RightScale, or sign up for a free edition of its automated management system, visit http://www.RightScale.com.

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BitRock and RightScale Enable Application Deployment on Amazon"s EC2

BitNami Adds Support for AWS CloudFormation, Simplifies Deployment of Open Source Apps on the Amazon Cloud

Alameda, CA (PRWEB) March 3, 2011

BitNami, which simplifies the process of deploying web applications natively, virtually and in the cloud, released today free templates for popular open source applications for Amazons new CloudFormation service.

AWS CloudFormation simplifies the process of deploying applications on top of Amazon Web Services by allowing developers to describe a stack of cloud resources and bring them up and down as a single unit. A CloudFormation stack can include load balancers, databases, EBS volumes and EC2 instances, among other resources.

By providing all of the PHP and Ruby-on-Rails-based BitNami applications as CloudFormation templates, BitNami makes it easier to deploy and provision open source applications on the cloud. Applications available as CloudFormation templates include:

BitNami Adds Support for AWS CloudFormation, Simplifies Deployment of Open Source Apps on the Amazon Cloud

BitNami and Red Hat Bring One-Click Web App Deployment to the Amazon Cloud

San Francisco, Ca (PRWEB) February 16, 2012

BitNami, developer of the BitNami library of easy to install web applications, and Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, announced today that they have collaborated to simplify the deployment of popular open source software to the Amazon Cloud as Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based Amazon Machine Images (AMIs).

The newly released AMIs combine BitNamis expertise in packaging and configuring web applications with Red Hats enterprise-class Linux operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, making the AMIs appealing for use in both development and production environments. Using the BitNami-Red Hat Enterprise Linux AMIs, developers and systems administrators can deploy applications such as WordPress, MediaWiki, Drupal, SugarCRM, and Moodle to the Amazon Cloud in one click. The first batch of applications focuses on PHP applications running on the native Red Hat Enterprise Linux stack, and JBoss-powered applications will follow.

BitNami has deep expertise in packaging open source software to make it easy to deploy, said Vijay Sarathy, Director, ISV Ecosystem Cloud Business Unit at Red Hat. Combining the BitNami-packaged applications with Red Hat Enterprise Linux AMIs gives users a quick and reliable way to get their favorite open source applications up and running in the cloud.

The AMIs are available at the same hourly rates as the standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux AMIs, so there is no additional cost to users to use the BitNami-Red Hat Enterprise Linux AMIs to run their favorite open source applications. As with the standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux AMIs, users will have access to AWS premium support with back-end support from Red Hat and access to repository updates from Red Hat to keep their cloud servers patched and up-to-date. The BitNami-Red Hat Enterprise Linux AMIs are available across all Amazon Cloud regions, enabling users to deploy them in the US, Europe, Asia, and South America.

Building BitNami AMIs integrated with Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides users with the ease of the BitNami deployment experience as well as the reliability and support that comes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, said Daniel Lopez Ridruejo, CTO of BitRock, the developer of BitNami. This combined offering benefits both BitNami and Red Hat Enterprise Linux users by making it easier to run open source apps on Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the cloud.

To get started, visit: http://bitnami.org/redhat-cloud

About BitNami

BitNami simplifies the process of deploying web applications natively, virtually and in the cloud. BitNami Cloud Hosting provides a growing library of the most popular open source applications, ready to be launched with the click of a button. With BitNami Cloud Hosting, solution providers and businesses of all sizes can deploy and manage business applications such as Jasperserver, SugarCRM, Alfresco, Drupal and many more. BitNami is developed by BitRock, a leader in cross-platform application deployment.

Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, the Shadowman logo and JBoss are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

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BitNami and Red Hat Bring One-Click Web App Deployment to the Amazon Cloud

Certified Hosting Announces Deployment of CloudLinux OS and Ksplice Uptrack Across Shared Hosting Platform for Maximum Uptime and Stability

Los Angeles, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) February 28, 2011

Certified Hosting, a leading shared, reseller, and dedicated server hosting company, announced today major improvements in uptime and stability across the companys shared hosting platform by moving to advanced, innovative CloudLinux OS and Ksplice Uptrack technologies. New and existing Certified Hosting customers using unlimited shared hosting plans will appreciate the increased stability, performance, and availability of their websites thanks to the move.

The reason for the move is to provide an even more stable environment for Certified Hosting customers using our shared hosting services, says Kacy Carlsen, Certified Hosting co-founder and CEO. With innovative technology like CloudLinux OS and Ksplice Uptrack in place, customers using Certified Hosting unlimited hosting plans will definitely enjoy better uptime and performance of their websites and improved quality of service from the Certified Hosting support team.

Regardless of how great any web hosting providers uptime is, there is still downtime every now and then caused by two different factors. While Certified Hosting has a guaranteed 99.9% uptime for customers on all shared hosting plans, occasional downtime, albeit short, has been inevitable due to the shortcomings of previous shared hosting platform technology and server reboots as a result of Linux OS kernel patching. In the past, all shared web hosting providers and their customers had to put up with these two issues as there was no way to fix these prevailing issues.

To combat these two factors and make our uptime even better, Certified Hosting chose the latest innovative CloudLinux OS and Ksplice Uptrack technology for all our shared web hosting servers, says Carlsen. When combined, these two great and innovative technologies allow running shared servers almost without any reboots resulting in nearly zero downtime for shared hosting customers websites. Each technology is aimed at combating one of the two major factors causing downtime on a shared hosting platform.

CloudLinux is an innovative server operating system (OS) that has been designed specifically for shared hosting environments as an alternative to conventional operating systems like CentOS and RHEL. CloudLinux OS features website account isolation on an OS level, which is similar to VPS hosting and results in a more stable shared hosting solution platform. Deploying CloudLinux OS allows Certified Hosting to ensure resource spikes caused by a customers website do not take down the entire server. Each customer will be assigned a finite amount of resources, which will ultimately increase stability and uptime for all shared hosting accounts.

The Ksplice Uptrack service combats another major factor causing downtime in any hosting environment reboots due to Linux OS kernel patching. Usually, Linux servers need to be rebooted monthly or more often to apply kernel security updates. If you look at Certified Hostings uptime record, you will see that most of our downtime is caused by having to reboot servers to apply these updates, says Carlsen. With Ksplice Uptrack, Certified Hosting limits the amount of downtime, if any, that normally occurs due to kernel security updates. There will be no more server reboots as all updates will be applied by hot-patching a running kernel.

Certified Hosting technicians have also embraced both technologies. With CloudLinux OS and Ksplice Uptrack in place, they will not have to rush to pinpoint website accounts causing spikes and get servers back online or spend additional hours to take servers down to perform kernel updates. Instead, Certified Hostings tech support team can spend more time answering questions and helping customers get the most out of their shared web hosting experience.

Certified Hosting constantly monitors the IT market for new and innovative technologies that we can implement to make our customers online experiences even better. We are extremely confident that the CloudLinux OS and Ksplice Uptrack combination will provide us and Certified Hosting customers with a more reliable, stable, and secure shared hosting environment than ever, concludes Carlsen.

Certified Hosting also provides 24/7/365 expert support and monitoring with all shared hosting plans and a host of other free features. To find out more about Certified Hostings unlimited shared hosting plans with maximum uptime and availability in the hosting industry, shared web hosting customers are encouraged to visit http://certifiedhosting.com/unlimited-web-hosting/.

About Certified Hosting

Certified Hosting was established in 1999 as a Southern California-based unlimited web hosting company to provide shared hosting, reseller hosting, and managed dedicated servers to Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and individuals worldwide. Recognizing that each client has unique goals, Certified Hosting tailors hosting services to meet specific needs including individualized services available for clients in many different specific industries such as unlimited FFmpeg hosting, Flash hosting, WordPress hosting, Dolphin hosting, Elgg hosting, Magento hosting, Joomla hosting, Drupal hosting, and PHP Motion hosting, among many other hosting technologies available for webmasters and business owners.

For more information about Certified Hosting, visit http://certifiedhosting.com.

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Certified Hosting Announces Deployment of CloudLinux OS and Ksplice Uptrack Across Shared Hosting Platform for Maximum Uptime and Stability

BitNami Brings One-Click App Deployment to Windows Azure

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 06, 2012

In conjunction with Microsoft Corps announcement of its new Virtual Machine Image Gallery for Windows Azure, BitNami has announced that it is making two of its popular open source application bundles available free of charge for Windows Azure. The BitNami application bundles, called stacks, allow developers to get their favorite web applications and development environments up and running on Windows Azure in minutes.

We are excited to be working with BitNami to support their open source web applications and development frameworks on Windows Azure, says Helene Love Snell, director of Marketing, Microsoft Server and Tools Business. BitNamis solution allows developers to get their favorite web applications up and running quickly and easily.

The first two images being made available from BitNamis library of over 45 different ready-to-run application packages are BitNami WebPack and BitNami DevPack. WebPack is focused on web publishing and includes the popular Drupal, WordPress and Joomla! website development platforms. DevPack includes Ruby on Rails, PHP, Django and Java development environments to give web developers a solid foundation on which to build their Windows Azure applications. Both BitNami images allow developers and systems administrators to bring up fully-functional servers in the cloud with a single click, simplifying the process of deploying applications and runtime environments for development, testing or production purposes.

We are very happy to see Microsoft adding Virtual Machine capabilities to Windows Azure, said Erica Brescia, CEO of BitNami. The combination of our one click app deployment and the new Windows Azure functionality will make it easier than ever for developers to get their favorite applications up and running on Windows Azure.

BitNami WebPack and DevPack for Windows Azure will be made available to users in the very near future. To learn more about BitNami for Windows Azure, visit: http://bitnami.org/azure

About BitNami

BitNami simplifies the process of deploying web applications natively, virtually and in the cloud. BitNami Cloud Hosting provides a growing library of the most popular open source applications, ready to be launched with the click of a button. With BitNami Cloud Hosting, solution providers and businesses of all sizes can deploy and manage business applications such as Jasperserver, SugarCRM, Alfresco, Drupal and many more. BitNami is developed by BitRock, a leader in cross-platform application deployment. Learn more at http://bitnami.org.

BitNami, BitRock and all other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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Virtacore Simplifies App Deployment in its VMware-Powered Cloud with BitNami

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 23, 2012

Virtacore Systems Inc., an industry leading cloud services provider, and BitNami, developer of the BitNami Application Library, have announced that select applications from the BitNami library will soon be available on the Virtacore public cloud platform.

Virtacore is a leading cloud services and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider, offering public (pay-as-you-go) and private clouds to the middle market through the companys best-of-class VMware and Cisco-based platform. From their state-of-the art Equinix data center facilities, Virtacore enables customers to virtualize and migrate their IT infrastructure into the cloud, reducing capital costs and operating expenses, while improving data security, network availability, application performance and scalability.

Virtacores ability to allow users to move resources between public and private cloud servers is unique in the cloud space, said Erica Brescia, CEO of BitRock, the developer of BitNami. We are excited to bring our library of the top open source applications to Virtacore Cloud customers, who can now benefit from our one-click deployments and battle-tested server images across public and private cloud environments.

BitNami and Virtacore have selected over 20 popular open source applications that may be deployed in one-click to the Virtacore cloud platform, including SugarCRM, Drupal, WordPress, JasperSoft, Alfresco, Moodle and Redmine, among others. Several of these applications are immediately available on the Virtacore Cloud, with the remainder to be released over the coming weeks. The application images are available at no additional cost to Virtacore customers.

The new applications available on-demand allow our customers to run business services within their own cloud deployments at very little cost,” said George Mitsopoulos, VP, Cloud Products and Services at Virtacore. Customers can test, develop, and deploy without the hassle of installing and maintaining software on premise.

Bundling BitNami into our overall cloud offering is the start of the next wave of larger cloud offerings we are bringing to market, said George Naspo, CEO at Virtacore. Virtacore will also be exhibiting at VMworld (Booth #716) August 26th-29th, 2012 in San Francisco, CA. There we will be discussing our new cloud platform, orchestration engine, and white label cloud services. To learn more about the Virtacore Cloud and sign up for service, visit: virtacore.com

About BitNami

BitNami simplifies the process of deploying web applications natively, virtually and in the cloud. BitNami Cloud Hosting provides a growing library of the most popular open source applications, ready to be launched with the click of a button. With BitNami Cloud Hosting, solution providers and businesses of all sizes can deploy and manage business applications such as Jasperserver, SugarCRM, Alfresco, Drupal and many more. BitNami is developed by BitRock, a leader in cross-platform application deployment. Learn more at http://bitnami.com.

About Virtacore Systems

Virtacore Systems is a leading provider of cloud services, offering VMware-based public and private cloud solutions to mid-market businesses and organizations worldwide. Virtacore offers seamless migration of data between public clouds, managed private clouds and internal private clouds, using VMware technology and a unified management portal. Virtacore also offers Google Apps and related application services and support for businesses and service providers. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IKANO Communications, which is backed by Insight Venture Partners. Headquartered in Sterling, VA, Virtacore has offices in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and Seattle. For more information, visit http://www.virtacore.com or http://twitter.com/virtacore.

Virtacore, VMWare, Cisco, vCloud, SugarCRM, Alfresco, BitRock, BitNami, and other trademarks are property of their respective owners. VMware and VMware vCloud are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions.

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