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Stackato 2.4 Released: PM Perspective

By Brent Smithurst, November 2, 2012

Stackato 2.4 shirt 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!"

Logyard: Log Aggregation in Stackato

By Troy Topnik, October 30, 2012

Tugboat Hyak and log boom - James Crookall 1939 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:

Category: stackato

Komodo: Chess Grandmaster

By Todd Whiteman, October 26, 2012

Komodo chess program using Javascript macroThe macro system in Komodo allows for some creative possibilities. I've written a macro that provides the ability to replay chess games, utilizing the Komodo editor to display the board, game pieces and sequence of moves:

JavaScript macro source code here.

Category: komodo

Mobile Apps & Stackato: Develop Once, Deploy to Any Cloud with FeedHenry

By Diane Mueller, October 25, 2012

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.

Category: stackato

The Evolution of PaaS

By Bart Copeland, October 24, 2012

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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.

The Cloud Adoption Gap and Other Notes on GigaOM Structure Europe

By Bart Copeland, October 17, 2012

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Autumn in Amsterdam is always beautiful. Throw in a cloud conference and you’ve got yourself a really great time! I was honored to have the opportunity to speak at GigaOM Structure Europe and enjoyed many conversations with some of the finest “cloudy” minds in the business. I thought I’d take this opportunity to share some of my thoughts and observations of the goings on at Structure Europe.

OpenStack at ActiveState: SysAdmin Kevin Woolley on Folsom

By Diane Mueller, October 15, 2012

OpenStack Folsom OpenStack train keeps rolling with "Folsom" release

Category: stackato

Fall Events: Meet the Superstars Behind your Favourite ActiveState Products

By Navrup Johal, October 4, 2012

We love our customers and always look for any opportunity to come out and meet all of you. We have a ton of events going on this quarter, so if you're free, in the area, or want to make the trek - come on out and say hi. You may score one of the highly coveted, limited edition Stackato t-shirts!

Check out the list below of where we'll be, between now and December:

OpenStack Summit
Where: San Diego
When: October 15-18
Who: Diane Mueller, Cloud Evangelist

Stackato Gets Some Sugar

By Troy Topnik, October 1, 2012

SugarCRM on Stackato Sugar CRM is industry-leading customer relationship management software. We've had it working well on Stackato since before 1.0 was released, but we've held off on putting it in Stackato's App Store till we could get a smooth install experience.

Category: stackato

Come on! Work with me here!

By Troy Topnik, September 25, 2012

The ActiveState Editor ActiveState has posted a few jobs on our Careers page recently, and one in particular has caused some of my friends in the software world to ask me: "Isn't that what you do?"

Category: announcements