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April 21, 2008
10gen Releases Alpha Version Cloud App Server
NEW YORK, April 15 -- 10gen Inc., the
sixth and latest addition to the AlleyCorp network of affiliated
Internet companies, today unveiled a limited alpha of its new cloud
computing platform.
Conceived and designed by three of the leading minds in the software
industry -- Kevin P. Ryan, Dwight Merriman and Eliot Horowitz,
respectively the former CEO, CTO and software developer of DoubleClick
-- the platform is an object-oriented application server designed to
help developers more easily build, test and deploy complex and scalable
Web applications hosted on large, managed grid computing environments.
It was opened to limited alpha after being successfully tested and
proven on Silicon Alley Insider, 10gen's sister company.
"The development and deployment of large-scale, high-availability
Web sites traditionally has been a costly proposition requiring
sophisticated engineering. We offer a turnkey solution that provides
all the building blocks needed to create complex, high-volume sites at
drastically reduced costs with considerably less time and effort," said
Ryan, 10gen's CEO who is also chairman and CEO of AlleyCorp. "Our
growing team of experts will work to refine the solution and leverage
our early-to-market advantages to quickly establish our leadership in
the space."
Architected from the start for cloud computing deployments, the
technology enables developers to write Web applications that scale
automatically as demand increases. Its customized application stack
provides a high-performance database and an optimized server runtime
environment. Its collaborative development tools include an editor,
debugger and profiler, and offers automatic on-demand application
scaling across servers with geographic redundancy with full data
replication.
The alpha program enables select developers to create applications
for the platform for deployment in 10gen's production environment, with
the objective of gathering practical feedback for the company's
engineering and product teams.
About 10gen
10gen is a new platform designed to help developers quickly and
easily build complex and scalable Web applications. Its cloud computing
architecture enables developers to write Web applications and
automatically scale as demand increases without re-architecting code.
10gen's customized stack is a true "Level 3" platform that provides a
revolutionary database and an optimized server runtime environment. Its
computing cloud is automatically provisioned and is managed by a set of
easy-to-use and dynamic tools that provide up-to-the-millisecond
performance and usage information, enabling facile resource deployment
and geographic redundancy. For more information, visit www.10gen.com/.
About AlleyCorp
Headquartered in New York's Silicon Alley, AlleyCorp (www.alleycorp.com/) is a network of six affiliated Internet companies founded by Kevin P. Ryan and Dwight Merriman, the former CEO and CTO of DoubleClick, respectively. Current companies in the AlleyCorp network include: Alley Insider (www.alleyinsider.com/), an online business news and analysis site that provides news, commentary and discussion on the technology, media and communications industries; Gilt Groupe (www.gilt.com/), an invitation-only online community that offers members exclusive access to coveted fashion and luxury lifestyle sample sales, events and brands; Music Nation (www.musicnation.com/) an online music community that provides bands and musicians resources to better connect and interact with fans; Panther Express (www.pantherexpress.net/), a content delivery network that ensures rapid and reliable content loading performance to Internet site visitors worldwide; ShopWiki (www.shopwiki.com/), an international shopping search engine that provides advanced Web crawling technology to help shoppers make more informed buying decisions; and 10gen (www.10gen.com/), a new platform designed to help developers quickly and easily build complex and scalable Web applications.
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Source: 10gen
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