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June 30, 2011

The Cloud is the Future of Computing: Servoy CEO

By Beecher Tuttle, TMCnet Contributor

Although the gradual migration to the cloud generates new revenue opportunities for software application developers, it also forces them to rewrite the apps for new environments. To jump this hurdle, many independent software vendors (ISVs) partner with companies like Servoy (News - Alert), creator of a development and deployment platform for hybrid, cloud and on-premise software applications.



In order to develop a better understanding as to what Servoy can provide ISVs and corporate in-house developers, TMC CEO Rich Tehrani recently sat down with the company's CEO, Jan Aleman (News - Alert), at Cloud Expo 2011 in New York.

Servoy sets itself apart because its platform was built in the Internet era, says Aleman. Companies will often create traditional software applications and then try to squeeze them into a cloud-based environment. This is far from ideal, said Aleman.

Because Servoy's platform was built from the ground up, it enables developers to receive all the benefits of cloud computing, including elastic scaling, multi-tenancy and every feature that is needed to manage and deploy applications from a single platform, he added.

Aleman told Tehrani that Servoy has launched a program to help developers rebuild their applications for cloud-based environments. If ISVs want to do this in-house, Servoy can help retrain the developers, assist in project management activities and provide companies with frameworks to get cloud-based apps off the ground.

If ISVs or corporate clients don't want to do all the work in-house, Servoy and their partners can help rewrite the applications for them, Aleman said.

Currently, more than 10,000 companies and over 20,000 developers rely on the Servoy product suite to help manage the development and deployment of their applications.

Aleman told Tehrani that part of the reason Servoy was on-hand at the cloud expo was to introduce the sixth-generation of its hallmark product.

“We expect that the cloud is the future of computing, and those are the features that are being built more and more into our product,” said Aleman 


Beecher Tuttle is a TMCnet contributor. He has extensive experience writing and editing for print publications and online news websites. He has specialized in a variety of industries, including health care technology, politics and education. To read more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Jennifer Russell

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