ActiveState Journal

"The Obama/Kundra effect of pushing more government data to the web and promoting the application of cloud scale efficiencies has been felt across all markets," noted Bart Copeland, President & CEO of ActiveState Software, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. "The thought leadership and leadership by example," Copeland continued, "has raised both the visibility and spurred the growth of a number of important projects." Cloud Computing Journal: How fast will the last remaining barriers to enterprise-wide cloud adoption melt away - are secure public clouds feasible, for example, or only private ones? Bart Copeland: Enterprise adoption of private IaaS is definitely on the rise as one solution for eliminating these barriers. We believe that the advent of Private PaaS solutions such as Stackato will further accelerate enterprise use of ... (more)

Creating a Private PaaS

"We have a new cloud product - Stackato - a cloud platform for creating your own private PaaS. We're all about the development, management, and distribution of solutions for software applications and it was a natural extension for us to get into cloud deployment," states Bart Copeland, President and CEO of ActiveState, in this SYS-CON.TV interview with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan at the 9th International Cloud Expo, held Nov 7-10, 2011, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. A Rock Star Faculty, Top Keynotes, Sessions, and Top Delegates! Cloud Expo... (more)

ActiveState Introduces Multi-Language IDE for End-to-End Dynamic Web Development

ActiveState Software Inc., the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic languages, announced the first beta of Komodo 4.0, introducing advanced support for Web 2.0 technologies to the award-winning IDE for dynamic languages. The release is available now. Komodo 4.0 is the first IDE built specifically for end-to-end development of dynamic web applications. A rich feature set for client-side languages, coupled with powerful support for Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl, enables developers to quickly and easily create robust web apps. With this release, Komodo's advanced dynam... (more)

Clarifying Our Position on SSD & Other Items

Recently, a blog post appeared on the www.techopsguys.com talking about our technology and our position on SSDs. It’s a good post, and I’m very glad to hear our field team was engaged with the author of the post, but it contains some misperceptions that I’d like to clear up. First, the blog makes several points about our view of SSD that are based on some recent articles in the trade press. The articles were originally triggered as a result of my speaking at Flash Memory Summit back in July, and they drew the conclusion that Xiotech was integrating SSD into the Emprise line for ... (more)

ActiveState Introduces Free AJAX Supported Multi-Language Editor

(SYS-CON Media) - ActiveState Software, provider of development tools and services for dynamic languages, announced the release of Komodo Edit 4.0, a free editor based on the award-winning Komodo IDE. Komodo Edit 4.0 delivers powerful editing capabilities for dynamic languages including Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl, plus support for browser-side code including JavaScript, CSS, HTML and XML. Background syntax checking and syntax coloring catch errors immediately, while AutoComplete and CallTips guide developers as they code. It is available now on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. ... (more)