Jelastic Version 3.1 Supports Production Ready Secure Docker Containers and Native .NET Based on Windows Containers
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Jelastic launches support for production-ready Docker, .NET/Windows, environment export/import and websockets Jelastic, Inc., the first company that introduced a new degree of freedom in the cloud with containerization for DevOps, announced today a new version of the leading platform. Two of the most impressive new features are the production-ready release of Docker containers and .Net/Windows on top of Parallels Containers virtualization for Windows applications support, highly demanded by enterprises. "I love the way the Jelastic weaves together so many powerful technologies. It provides a very high-level, comprehensible interface that significantly eases cloud deployments. Especially cool, the the seamless integration between private and public clouds, " said James Gosling, Father of Java and Independent Director of Jelastic. Docker Standard This innovation is intended to give end-users the possibility to create multi-container environments for different microservices, based on Docker templates. Jelastic´s solution for Docker application packaging standard is solving the task of application delivery and simultaneously provides orchestration of multi-container environments in public, hybrid and private clouds. "We see a trend with companies moving towards using microservices instead of implementing a monolith architecture. With Docker support, our PaaS now gives them an even better experience!" said Joakim Öhman, CEO of Elastx. Jelastic delivers a range of benefits that makes Dockers within the platform ready for production use: - visual environment topology builder for microservices, based on containers - smart clustering automation for complex applications - automatic vertical and horizontal scaling - deployment automation across multiple containers - high availability of containers on the hardware level, based on software defined storage - smart containers distribution across the hardware cluster, according to the load - link support between containers on multiple hardware nodes - built-in toolset for monitoring and managing container resources As a result, using common Docker Hub Registry or custom ones enables users to easily install, run and manage any application, service or stack, achieving high stability and full orchestration. "Without any doubt, the headline act in Jelastic 3.1 is the introduction of Docker. Once again Jelastic were ahead of the curve, and recognised the benefits of containers before mass-market adoption. So now Jelastic use that