Elastra Corporation, a provider of application infrastructure automation software, has announced the immediate availability of Elastra Cloud Server (ECS) 2.0, Enterprise Edition.
In this release, ECS lets customers compose, orchestrate and manage systems made up of Oracle databases, WebLogic Application Servers and other Enterprise-grade software as well as open-source applications like MySQL, Apache, and Tomcat. ECS integrates with enterprise tools such as Tivoli, OpenView, Patrol, CA Spectrum, Zenoss, and Splunk. ECS can be used on private clouds based on VCenter from VMware or XEN from Citrix as well as the public cloud available from Amazon. Systems created for one environment are portable to another.
Elastra brings an unprecedented level of automation to IT organizations seeking to leverage the economics of cloud computing while staying true to existing architectural practices and corporate policies. ECS addresses some of the fundamental challenges faced by IT organizations today:
- Make IT LEANER: ECS automatically generates deployment plans and provisions sophisticated systems that are optimized to minimize operational and capital expenses. At the same time, applications are deployed to be compliant with the customers’ own sets of policies, procedures, and service level agreements.
- Make IT AGILE: ECS dramatically cuts the lead times IT needs to create complex development, testing, and production environments by automating the processes traditionally managed by hand or via hand-crafted scripts.
- Keep IT MANAGEABLE: ECS lets IT organizations maintain control of their operations using familiar tools and technologies while delivering on-demand, self-service system provisioning to their users.
The beta program for the Enterprise Edition of Elastra Cloud Server involved customers from a variety of industries including: a large European Telecommunications company, a leading US Federal Government systems integrator, and a major IT services and outsourcing company. This beta program has now concluded with the general availability of the product.
Elastra offers a free edition of ECS running on Amazon Web Services and an Enterprise Edition for private data centers.
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