Aptana to Launch Cloud Platform

Aptana have announced their Cloud initiative, a platform-as-a-service offering for developers to build Web applications based on open-source technology.

"Aptana's mission is to be the leading provider of tools and infrastructure for Web developers who use scripting languages," said Kevin Hakman, director of product marketing at Aptana.

Aptana will supply with the following features: 

• IDE plug-in integrates Cloud development, deployment and management life-cycles right into Aptana Studio in either its standalone or Eclipse based editions
• Instant deployment of projects to Cloud
• One click sync your project to the Cloud, or provide fine grained sync control too
• Integrated service management consoles
• Configure desired memory size and disk size
• Develop and instantly preview remote files right inside your Studio desktop environment
• Subversion source control.

Aptana Cloud is now in a private beta with select users, but the company will announce an Early Access Program in a few weeks. There will be a free 30-day trial use of the offering. However, pricing for using Aptana Cloud is expected to start at less than $1 a day, Hakman said.