OPENSHIFT Your New
Java PaaS Platform from
OpenShift – Your New Java PaaS Platform from Red Hat Author : Sara Stanford
OpenShift – Your New Java PaaS Platform from Red Hat A novel cloud computing product by Red Hat – OpenShift is a PaaS (Platform as a Service) product. It mainly focuses towards development and hosting your apps in the cloud. Through the cloud application platform, PaaS, you can automate the hosting, configuration, deployment and administration of your application in the cloud environment. This feature offers the developers self service criteria with which they can deploy applications on demand. Organizations, today aim for faster and effective applications but are facing many challenges on the road. This innovative product from Red Hat, OpenShift is an answer to all such challenges, thereby ensuring better efficiency and effectiveness.
There are three foremost versions of OpenShift:
OpenShift Online – It hosts the application in the public cloud, automating the management and scaling of applications with more focus on development. This provides faster time to market. Freely available in the market, it is developer friendly.
OpenShift Enterprise – It enhances the application development by letting PaaS enter in the private cloud or datacentre. Using the similar environment as Online, it enables the users to create their own private cloud for deployment, leading to increased developer productivity. OpenShift Origin – A community driven open sourced framework, it assists in extending the functionality of OpenShift. Available on GitHub, developers can use Git to deploy their applications.
Why OpenShift? Focus of developers on application development rather than attending to roadblocks IT processes being automated leading to modernize IT service and delivery Maximized utility of resources, infrastructure and environments Utilizing the advantages of being an Open Source framework Building a robust cloud with innovative technologies Facility to auto scale to adjust to the varying demands Enhanced feature of application portability Built in Database Services, allowing developers to choose between different data stores Inclusion of Jenkins for continuous integration Facility to integrate Responsive Web Design, to allow viewing on any type and size of mobile device We at SPEC INDIA have experience in multi faceted Java technologies, frameworks and applications. Our Java Application Development proficiency has been increasing over the years, with our zeal to keep adding innovative and new technologies in our kitty.