Software Developers Rate Cloud Foundry Top Cloud Platform In User Satisfaction Survey

Santa Cruz, CA (PRWEB) November 17, 2011

Software developers active in Cloud development rated the top cloud platforms and gave VMware Cloud Foundry the highest overall score according to a new survey conducted by Evans Data Corp. In the survey, only those developers who use a particular platform were asked to rank the attributes of the platform. Cloud Foundry achieved the highest overall score, while IBMs cloud offerings ranked first among developers targeting private clouds, and Google ranked first with public cloud developers.

"The top three competitors were very close, with one appealing to private cloud development, one to public and Cloud Foundry appealing to both, said Janel Garvin, CEO of Evans Data Corp. "This is important because many cloud deployments are hybrid clouds blending private, public and on-premises instances. Flexibility is key.

The survey looked at fourteen different Cloud platform attributes and asked users to rate each one for the Clouds they use. Cloud Foundry was strongest in reliability, supplied development tools and price for service and storage among others, while IBMs top scores included best security, proven expertise, and auto-scaling, and Google was seen as the vendor with the most market potential and best vision for the future.

The ultimate compliment any product can receive is when it comes directly from developers, and thats why the entire Cloud Foundry team is honored to have been selected as the number one provider for cloud services in the Evans Data user survey," said Jerry Chen, vice president, Cloud and Application Services, VMware. "Cloud Foundry was recognized for providing choice with an open PaaS to developers - not only the choice of deployment clouds, but also choice of frameworks and application services. We are pleased to see developers appreciate the open PaaS Cloud Foundry provides.

The Evans Data Users Choice user satisfaction surveys are not vendor sponsored and are conducted several times a year, focusing on platforms and tools that are important to software development. They are published as a service to the development community and provide competitive user satisfaction scores on technologies such as application servers, software configuration management tools, databases, software development platforms and developer programs.

Evans Data Corporation provides regularly updated IT industry market intelligence based on in-depth surveys of the global developer population. Evans' syndicated research includes surveys focused on developers in a wide variety of subjects, while private research efforts focus on thought leadership, program and product perception benchmarking, and segmentation.

Copyright 2011 Evans Data Corporation. All other company names, products and services mentioned in this document are the trademarks and property of their respective owners.

VMware and VMware Cloud Foundry are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions.

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VASCO Data Security and OneLogin Protect Customers Accessing the Cloud

OOK TERRACE, Illinois; ZURICH, Switzerland and San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 17, 2011

OAKBR VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (http://www.vasco.com), a leading software security company specializing in authentication products, and OneLogin, (http://www.onelogin.com) a cloud-based Identity and Access Management (IAM) provider, announce the integration of DIGIPASS as a Service with OneLogins single sign-on (SSO) portal. Now customers can securely access their OneLogin account with VASCOs strong authentication in an easy to use, convenient manner that is managed entirely in the cloud.

OneLogin offers identity and access management for enterprise Web applications. With one click, customers can access to more than 1,800 cloud applications. Now, VASCOs cloud-based authentication service, DIGIPASS as a Service, eliminates static passwords and introduces multi-factor authentication, making access to OneLogin more secure. This reduces the risk of unauthorized access to corporate data accessible through the Internet and eliminates the hassles associated with password management.

DIGIPASS as a Service is offered as a complete outsourced authentication model, in which VASCO manages the entire authentication process. The service is completely integrated with OneLogin so enterprises dont need to invest in an on-premise infrastructure to protect their cloud applications. The DIGIPASS as a Service offering includes a fully redundant hosted authentication back-end, the provisioning of DIGIPASS software, hardware or mobile authenticators to end-users, first line support and professional and fulfillment services. End-users can use the same DIGIPASS for multiple applications.

DIGIPASS as a Service is sold in a subscription model, on a monthly or yearly basis. The service supports as few as five users with an unlimited growth of users.

For VASCO customers that are not ready to move fully to the cloud and have already deployed IDENTIKEY, an off-the-shelf centralized authentication server that supports the deployment, use and administration of strong user authentication with DIGIPASS, OneLogin has also integrated support via the RADIUS protocol. Strong authentication available through both VASCOs cloud-based and on-premise offerings provides a migration path to the cloud for many organizations.

Security is the number one driver for identity and access management today, said Thomas Pedersen, chief executive officer of OneLogin. VASCOs strong authentication products combined with OneLogin bring bank-level security to thousands of cloud-based applications in a turnkey solution that is instantly accessible to organizations of any size.

Enterprises moving into the cloud need to take the security risks into account, especially since in addition to VPNs companies are enabling employee access to corporate data available through cloud applications. With the integration of VASCOs cloud-based DIGIPASS as a Service offering in OneLogin, enterprises can securely access their cloud applications and focus on their core business instead of security issues, said Jan Valcke, COO and President of VASCO Data Security.

About OneLogin:

OneLogin provides the fastest path to IAM in the cloud with an on-demand solution consisting of single sign-on, password management, multi-factor authentication, directory integration, user provisioning and an application catalog with over 1,800 pre-integrated applications, including AtTask, Box.net, Cornerstone OnDemand, DocuSign, Google Apps, LotusLive, Netsuite, Salesforce.com, SugarCRM, WebEx Workday, Yammer and Zendesk. OneLogin, Inc. is backed by Charles River Ventures. Free Trial Available at: http://www.onelogin.com | Twitter: @onelogin.

About VASCO:

VASCO is a leading supplier of strong authentication and e-signature solutions and services specializing in Internet Security applications and transactions. VASCO has positioned itself as global software company for Internet Security serving a customer base of approximately 10,000 companies in more than 100 countries, including over 1,700 international financial institutions. VASCOs prime markets are the financial sector, enterprise security, e-commerce and e-government.

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