June 07, 2012
CAMBRIDGE Mass., and Cupertino, Calif., June 7 — CloudEnable, a division of Cambridge Technology Enterprises and a leading provider of Cloud Management Services, and CumuLogic, a Java Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) software provider for enterprises, today are launching a PaaS Center of Excellence focused on promoting the PaaS value proposition, best practices, adoption, methodologies and reference architectures for enterprises, ISVs, and cloud providers.
The goal of the PaaS Center of Excellence is to enable organizations to leverage PaaS as the key layer of cloud computing to improve developer productivity, lower operation costs and speed up time-to-market.
"CloudEnable is focused on helping customers realize the full potential of the Cloud by eliminating the operational challenges of getting to the Cloud and staying secure and highly available there," said Arjun Chopra, chief technology officer at CTE. "We are excited to work closely with the stellar team at CumuLogic to help drive Cloud adoption."
As part of the PaaS Center of Excellence, CloudEnable and CumuLogic will offer a consultation at no charge to identify business requirements, evaluate cloud technologies, and develop a strategy aligned with business requirements. As part of the consultation, CloudEnable and CumuLogic will also help to identify applications that can be easily deployed on a PaaS and then define and deliver a whole solution to enable that.
"PaaS is critical for delivering the highest ROI from cloud adoption," stated Mike Soby, president of CumuLogic. "We are excited to partner with a world-class organization like CTE's CloudEnable division to deliver a robust enterprise-ready PaaS and services to accelerate adoption."
To take advantage of the PaaS Center of Excellence, visit cloudenable.com/managed-paas-coe or cumulogic.com/paascoe for more information.
About CloudEnable
CloudEnable, a division of Cambridge Technology Enterprises (NSE:CTE), is a leading provider of Cloud-based Enablement and Management services and leverages premium partner relationships to deliver unparalleled, cost effective Cloud Services to startups, ISVs and enterprises. At CloudEnable we help you leverage the true power of the Cloud, freeing you from day-to-day monitoring and management and empowering you to focus on your core business. Our comprehensive Cloud-based Enablement and 24/7 management services are designed to proactively monitor and manage all aspects of your applications, infrastructure and Cloud-based business operations, keeping you secure, scalable and highly available. For more information please visit http://www.cloudenable.com.
About CumuLogic
CumuLogic is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) software provider that enables enterprises, cloud providers and ISVs to develop and deploy Java applications in public, private and hybrid cloud environments. CumuLogic is redefining PaaS to include a complete platform for developing, migrating, running, managing, monitoring, and metering applications in the cloud. For more information, go to http://www.cumulogic.com.
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Source: CumuLogic
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