Sunnyvale, California, January 25th, 2011/PRNewswire Asia/-
Electric Cloud(R), a private development cloud company, today announced the launch of ElectricCommander 3.8, the first application software aimed at narrowing the gap between private cloud infrastructure and software development. By bringing self-service, manageability and flexibility to the development team, ElectricCommander 3.8 simplifies the development process and helps enterprises make the most of their private cloud. Electric Cloud also announced the integration with rPath and Eucalyptus Systems to further support private development cloud (http://www.electric-cloud.com/news/2011-0125-p.php). The company also released the results of a survey on the use and adoption of private and public clouds by senior IT professionals (http://www.electric-cloud.com/news/2011-0125-s.php).
Mike Maciag, CEO of Electric Cloud, said: "Enterprise IT organizations are accelerating their investment in private cloud computing, and the software development team will be their key users. Unfortunately, although most private clouds provide’ self-service computing resources’, for development, the end result of most of the time is a series of blank waste of server hard disk space. Now with ElectricCommander 3.8, this situation will change. "
There is a gap between what IT can provide and the resources that developers must use to develop software. The virtual and physical machines provided by IT can’t know which tools and programs developers need to concentrate on to build, test and deploy high-quality software in time. Therefore, the work between developers and IT is often inconsistent. The development of Development Operations or DevOps recognizes this problem and allocates ownership. ElectricCommander 3.8 is the system to realize this solution.
ElectricCommander 3.8 connects the ready machines, tools and processes, and creates a private development cloud, enabling developers to find the services and resources they need. At the touch of a button, any developer can take advantage of the powerful functions of private cloud and get enough machines to run compute-intensive tasks, such as construction, testing and deployment. ElectricCommander 3.8 mainly achieves this in the following ways:
Workflow automation. The new workflow and task automation engine of ElectricCommander 3.8 provides an environment that can be used to define any arbitrary task and the workflow between them.
Parallel execution. ElectricCommander 3.8 has been re-architected to perform compute-intensive tasks in parallel. With ElectricCommander 3.8, performing a definition task in parallel is as simple as selecting a selection box.
Workload distribution and management. Only ElectricCommander 3.8 can easily arrange physical, virtual and cloud computing resources for software development tasks. This enables developers to automatically obtain enough computing resources according to their own needs.
Tool integration. The plug-in structure of ElectricCommander 3.8 can seamlessly integrate the tools used in software development. With more than 60 active integrations, the days when development teams need to manually code temporary integrations are gone forever.
ElectricCommander 3.8 is an ideal solution for enterprises that want to benefit from private cloud computing and meet the special tools and process requirements of a single development team. Self-service cloud endows software development with powerful capabilities and flexibility, while IT managers can centrally control the infrastructure, with higher visibility of security and compliance.
A report entitled "Companies Building Private Clouds Focus on Infrastructure But Not Operations" published by Forrester Research Inc in November 2010 (enterprises focus on infrastructure rather than operation) pointed out that in the field of private clouds, enterprises "have insufficient investment in key aspects such as automation, self-service and tracking and reporting. Balancing investment in this area and focusing on operational deficiencies can optimize implementation faster, which will promote differentiation of its corporate value. "
ElectricCommander 3.8 is now available.
Introduction to Electric Cloud
Electric Cloud is a private development cloud company. Electric Cloud narrows the gap between physical and virtual IT environments and development processes and tools to create an intelligent development cloud. With flexible self-service tools that can provide comprehensive management and reporting, the company’s patents and award-winning products help development institutions to speed up time to market, improve developer productivity and improve software quality. Most leading enterprises in semiconductor, enterprise IT, independent software developers (ISVs), mobile devices and trading networks rely on Electric Cloud to develop cloud solutions. For customer inquiries, please contact Electric Cloud at +1-408-419-4300 or visit http://www.electric-cloud.com.
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