Rackspace's plug-in for Visual Studio 2010 lets .NET developers deploy apps directly to the Rackspace cloud infrastructure.
Rackspace Hosting, a provider of hosting and cloud computing services, has announced the Rackspace Cloud Plug-In for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
The new plug-in is a Visual Studio toolkit that enables .NET
developers to seamlessly extend development and deployment to Rackspace
Cloud Servers for Windows.
The toolset enables developers to deploy applications written with
Visual Studio tools directly to Rackspace's cloud infrastructure. It
reduces deployment and provisioning time and provides users with a
single cloud management portal, Rackspace said
New API (application programming interface) features of the
Rackspace Cloud Plug-In for Visual Studio 2010 include the ability to:
Launch, reboot and fully control all servers; rebuild servers from
images and create custom images; schedule application backups; upsize
and scale server configurations as needed; and manage and share IP
addresses
"Rackspace has again demonstrated it is a key player in the cloud by
providing the entire MSDN community and all .NET developers a way to
quickly develop, deploy and manage cloud applications written in a
development environment familiar to them," said Scott Guthrie,
corporate vice president of the Developer Division at Microsoft, in a
statement. "This effort highlights the openness of Visual Studio and
Microsoft's unique position within the cloud computing ecosystem, as
both a partner to other cloud providers and a cloud provider itself.
The Rackspace Plug-In for Visual Studio 2010 toolkit is intended to
help with developers looking for an easier way to deploy their
applications, websites and blogs to the cloud."
Available through a single-download to Rackspace Cloud Servers for
Windows users, the Rackspace Cloud Plug-In for Visual Studio 2010
provides .NET developers with a variety of templates and plug-ins that
make the developer platform a one-stop-shop for total cloud deployment
and management. Built by Neudesic,
a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, the toolkit for Visual Studio 2010
is designed to eliminate the need for managing separate cloud and
application environments by providing developers a full view of their
environment.
"We're committed to making development for the Rackspace Cloud
as easy and intuitive as possible, and nothing makes more sense than
giving developers the ability to manage their cloud from within the
Visual Studio platform they're already so accustomed to," said Pat
Matthews, VP and GM of Cloud, Rackspace. "By partnering with Neudesic
and Microsoft, we hope to help the vast MSDN community streamline and
simplify its deployment and management of applications on the cloud.
This new toolkit will eliminate the need to toggle back and forth
between the development platform and a separate cloud management panel,
and save developers precious time."
To download the Rackspace Cloud Plug-In for Visual Studio 2010,
users need only to establish a Rackspace Cloud Servers for Windows
account and then follow the steps to download the kit. Cloud Servers
for Windows delivers a scalable environment for Windows-based hosting,
testing and developing of applications, and for supporting the high
levels of traffic required for launching online gaming platforms or the
next social networking phenomenon.
Darryl K. Taft covers the development tools and developer-related issues beat from his office in Baltimore. He has more than 10 years of experience in the business and is always looking for the next scoop. Taft is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and was named 'one of the most active middleware reporters in the world' by The Middleware Co. He also has his own card in the 'Who's Who in Enterprise Java' deck.
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