We introduced Logyard in Stackato 2.4 as a way to stream system logs to external log aggregators. In addition, we started using Logyard to manage application logs. In the recently released Stackato 2.6, both these aspects are being brought to near perfection.
Since Stackato's GA (general availability) release in February, many of our customers and prospective customers have expressed their concern about vendor lock-in: They don't want to write applications that are specific to a single vendor's cloud infrastructure.
It should come as no surprise that ActiveState is offering the ability to rebrand and white label Stackato to select enterprise and OEM partners. Stackato, ActiveState's Enterprise PaaS, comes from a long line of products that have been embedded in enterprise software and hardware.
A polyglot is defined as one who is fluent in multiple languages. This is similar to how a multilinguist is ... uh ...fluent in multiple languages. (OK, who invented two words for the same concept?)
Well, it turns out polyglot applies not only to spoken languages, but to programming languages as well. Thus in the software world, a polyglot application is one built on multiple languages. The term also applies to developer tools that can manipulate such apps.
If you're using the Stackato Sandbox, you may have already noticed some
differences in the Management Console's Logs interface. They hint at bigger
changes behind the scenes, coming in Stackato 2.4:
The latest of release of FeedHenry's App Studio includes a complete re-vamp of the Cloud Management section, enabling one-click mobile application deployment to any Stackato system, running on any cloud.
While I was in Amsterdam at GigaOM Structure Europe, I also participated in a panel on "The Evolution of Private PaaS Solutions." The panel was moderated by Barb Darrow of GigaOM and other participants included Ruben Daniels - Co-Founder and CEO, Cloud9 IDE, Johan den Haan - CTO, Mendix, and Richard Nicholson - CEO and Founder, Paremus.
This week, ActiveState was in Frankfurt, Germany to attend the 
I'm happy to announce that Stackato 2.6 is now available! It was a quick update from 
It should come as no surprise that ActiveState is offering the ability to rebrand and white label 
I'll start this post with the usual, "ActiveState is excited to announce the release of Stackato 2.4. It's the best version of Stackato yet!"
If you're using the Stackato Sandbox, you may have already noticed some
differences in the Management Console's Logs interface. They hint at bigger
changes behind the scenes, coming in Stackato 2.4:
