Traditionally, building out a Development and/or Quality Assurance (UAT) environments has entailed mimicking the Production environment in every way. They require hardware, software, databases, web servers and all the ancillary costs. This environment then has to be supported and maintained by qualified, knowledgeable technical staff. Additionally if the environments are not exact mirror images of Production then testing can be compromised.

Consider a cloud hosted platform. Deploy applications without the cost and complexity of buying and managing the underlying hardware and software. Virtual images of the Production environment can simply be cut and pasted into the cloud to create the Development environment. The Development tool itself is hosted in the cloud, developers simply access via a browser.

These environments are often reconfigured on a regular basis as one project completes and the next begins. Building a totally flexible platform in the clouds removes the need for this expense and complexity. Additionally, multiple Development environments can be created and managed simultaneously if required.

Cloud9 manages these environments for a fixed monthly cost.

At least 50% of most data center servers are not Production. As Development gears back up, many savvy CIO’s are considering the Cloud option for future Development needs.

Cloud9 are experts in provisioning cloud based Development and Quality Assurance environments. Reducing your server footprint also helps to preserve a fragile earth. Go Green, move your Development to the cloud.

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