Goodbye dotCloud, hello Docker
Bowing to the inevitable, dotCloud, the company that created Docker.io container technology for Linux apps, will now be known as Docker Inc.
PaaS pioneer dotCloud gets new CEO in industry vet Ben Golub
Former CEO of Gluster says PaaSes need to support multiple stacks and environments — running in house, public clouds, wherever.
How MemCachier went from a favor for a friend to cloud ubiquity
Hosted memcached provider MemCachier is expanding like crazy, moving from its homebase on Heroku into the AppFog, CloudBees, DotCloud and Amazon EC2 platforms. It’s impressive growth for a bootstrapped company that launched in April and was little more than an idea a year ago.
DotCloud adds Redis, MongoDB and MySQL
DotCloud, the platform as a service that won our Structure 2011 Launchpad competition, said Wednesday that it will support three new data stores as part of its multi-language platform. The company will add MySQL, Redis and MongoDB support.
AppFog gets (more) multilingual with Java support
AppFog, which started out as a PHP-based Platform-as-a-Service, just added Java to its roster of supported programming languages. AppFog already added support for Ruby and Node.js. Still to come: support for Python, .NET and “smaller languages like Erlang,” said AppFog CEO Lucas Carlson.
Amazon turns back to core audience with new caching service
Amazon has been adding all kinds of features to attract enterprise users to its cloud computing platform, but with it’s new caching product, it’s returning to web developers. Perhaps with an influx of platforms and OpenStack, Amazon realizes it needs to concentrate on its core.
OpenLogic scores $2M for new open PaaS
OpenLogic, a software vendor that helps companies better utilize open-source software, is turning its attention toward cloud computing. On Tuesday, it announced $2 million in funding for a new Platform-as-a-Service offering featuring open-source components.
3 PaaS lessons from CloudBees’ funding
Here are three lessons to take away from the $10.5 million funding round for Java-centric Platform-as-a-Service startup CloudBees: Be specialized, inclusive, and first.
What makes DotCloud so hot?
With all the great languages, databases and cloud hosting options available, now is a great time to be a software programmers. But that same variety makes it very difficult to be the IT manager tasked with configuring applications. That is where PaaS startup DotCloud comes in.
Red-hot DotCloud is Structure 2011 LaunchPad winner
Our 12 LaunchPad finalists — Acunu, Beyondcore, BigSwitch, Cloudability, CloudFloor, DotCloud, GenieDB, PHP Fog, Real-Status, vCider and Zerto — reflect the growing maturity in the cloud space