Developers with Rackspace Cloud Plug-In for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Built
by Neudesic, the plug-in is designed to eliminate the need for managing
separate cloud and application environments by providing developers a
full view of their environment.
New Set of Tools Allows .NET Developers to Easily Build on Rackspace Cloud Servers™ for Windows
Rackspace®
Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and
cloud computing industry, today announced the Rackspace Cloud Plug-In
for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, a Visual Studio toolkit that enables
the 6 million .NET developers worldwide to seamlessly extend development
and deployment to Rackspace Cloud Servers™ for Windows. This unique set
of tools allows developers to deploy applications written with Visual
Studio tools directly to Rackspace’s cloud infrastucture. The toolkit
significantly reduces deployment and provisioning time and provides
users with a single cloud management portal.
With this new
Rackspace Cloud Plug-In for Visual Studio 2010, developers will be fully
aware of everything going on with their cloud server instances when
they are developing or deploying an application, thus reducing overall
complexity and errors by providing a layer of automation not possible
without integration. The toolkit provides a new level of abstraction,
making it easier and faster than ever for .NET developers to create and
deploy applications to Cloud Servers for Windows. Additional application
programming interface (API) 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 • 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 Corp. "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 effectively 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 highly scalable
environment ideal 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. For more information on Cloud Servers for Windows and the
new Rackspace Cloud Plug-In for Visual Studio 2010, please click here.
About Rackspace Hosting Rackspace
Hosting is the world's leading specialist in the hosting and cloud
computing industry. The San Antonio-based company provides Fanatical
Support (r) to its customers, across a portfolio of IT services,
including Managed Hosting and Cloud Computing. For more information,
visit www.rackspace.com.
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