Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Microsoft Corporation India Private Ltd
Monday, September 20, 2010 04:32 PM IST (11:02 AM GMT)
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Microsoft Makes Commitment to Openness in the Cloud: Releases New OSS Tools for Windows Azure
New tools and SDKs expand choices for PHP developers targeting Windows Azure
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Monday, September 20, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Microsoft today announced the availability of a new set of developer tools and Software Development Kits (SDKs) for PHP developers that want to build applications for Windows Azure. This was announced at the Open Source India conference, OSI Days 2010, and is targeted to provide developers with more choice, especially open source developers targeting Windows Azure.
Microsoft has been working to build bridges with open source communities for several years, and over the past two years has expanded its open source community project work to support cloud platform interoperability. "We are working to give open source developers more access to our platforms," said Vijay Rajagopalan, Principal Architect for Microsoft's Interoperability Strategy team. "One example of this is our support for an open and interoperable cloud, which we believe is critical for businesses, governments and organizations to take full advantage of cloud-enabled innovations. The new SDKs and tools we are announcing today are an important step towards ensuring an open cloud that in turn brings greater flexibility to our partners and customers."
The Company presented the technology preview and global availability of the following tools and SDKs that support open source developers working in mixed IT environments:
. Windows Azure Companion (new) Community Technology Preview (CTP) - a new tool that aims to provide a seamless experience when installing and configuring PHP platform-elements (PHP runtime, extensions) and web-applications running on Windows Azure. This first CTP focuses on PHP, but it may be extended to be used for deploying any open source component or application that runs on Windows Azure
. Windows Azure Tools for Eclipse for PHP (update) - plug-in for PHP developers using the Eclipse development environment, which provides tools to create, test and deploy web applications targeting Windows Azure
. Windows Azure Command Line Tools for PHP (update) - a command-line tool, which offers PHP developers a simple way to package PHP based applications in order to deploy to Windows Azure
. Windows Azure SDK for PHP version 2.0 (update) - enables PHP developers to easily extend their applications by leveraging Windows Azure services (like Blobs, tables and queues) in their web applications whether they run on Windows Azure or on another cloud platform.
The AzureT Services Platform (Azure) is an internet-scale cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers, which provides an operating system and a set of developer services that can be used individually or together. Azure's flexible and interoperable platform can be used to build new applications to run from the cloud or enhance existing applications with cloud-based capabilities. The Windows Azure platform already allows developers to use multiples languages (.NET, PHP, Ruby, Python or Java) and development tools (Visual Studio or Eclipse) to build applications which run on Windows Azure and/or consume any of the Windows Azure platform offerings from any other cloud or on premise platform. Windows Azure has been designed from the ground up with a standards-based approach and the platform supports multiple Internet protocols including HTTP, XML, SOAP and REST -ensuring data portability.
Microsoft continues to work with many industry organizations to explore the meaning of openness in the cloud. Developer Choice is one of four foundational elements being explored, along with Data Portability, Standards and Ease of Migration and Deployment. The four foundational elements, along with practical and technical examples, are the basis for a broad industry conversation about cloud platform interoperability. Microsoft has detailed the elements through supporting technical examples on its website www.microsoft.com/cloud/interop.
"The cloud is just one area where we're committed to being more open," said Jean Paoli, General Manager for Interoperability at Microsoft. "We've taken tangible steps to demonstrate our commitment as a company by building bridges to open source communities as well as continuing our work on developing interoperability solutions that meet the needs of today's mixed IT environments."
This commitment to openness in the cloud creates opportunities for developers to combine new Azure cloud-based applications with other platforms. Developers can easily combine applications living on other clouds or on-premise using services offered by the Windows Azure platform. They can also build and enhance applications using their existing skills, whether they are familiar with the Microsoft Visual Studio development environment and the .NET Framework, or with other development environments like Eclipse.
Microsoft's continued focus on delivering comprehensive cloud services across all three layers [Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)] for businesses of all sizes has already seen strong momentum among customers and partners across the world and in India. For example, in India, over 6,000 applications are available on Windows Azure. Indian ISVs and SIs including Wipro, Infosys, TCS, HCL Technologies and Mahindra Satyam are building applications and solutions across verticals ranging from healthcare to banking to manufacturing for both local and global markets.
More information on today's launch and Microsoft's other open source initiatives including work on the cloud interoperability is available on the Interoperability@Microsoft blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/interoperability/archive/2010/09/19/windows-azure-platform-gets-easier-for-php-developers-to-write-modern-cloud-applications.aspx
Additional links:
. Interoperability Elements of a Cloud Platform: http://www.microsoft.com/cloud/interop
. Windows Azure Platform and Interoperability: www.microsoft.com/WindowsAzure/interop
. Other Windows Azure Interoperability projects: http://www.interoperabilitybridges.com/azure
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