OpDemand Integrates with Heroku’s Cloud Application Platform, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
March 12, 2013
Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: C J Arlotta.
Cloud management platform OpDemand recently announced support for maintaining, deploying and monitoring Heroku cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS) inside the OpDemand console. Heroku now can be implemented into a larger cloud management strategy that provides centralized configuration management, monitoring, and auditing of all changes to Heroku applications. The solution spans infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and PaaS.
Heroku applications can consume a wide range of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Web Services EC2-powered databases, caches and other backing services, providing users with the ability swap out expensive or inflexible add-ons for new custom add-ons built to exact specifications. Both EC2 add-ons and Heroku applications are managed from a unified console. Any changes made to a Heroku application is automatically logged into OnDemand’s event feed, allowing administrators to follow any modifications…
"Heroku’s platform has revolutionized cloud application deployment," said OpDemand CTO Gabriel Monroy. "However, most software teams need to compliment Heroku applications with databases, middleware and other services. While Heroku includes a large selection of add-ons, developers increasingly require custom EC2 add-ons that provide more flexibility at a lower price point. With OpDemand’s Heroku integration, software teams can finally incorporate both Heroku and Amazon EC2 into a unified cloud management solution."…
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