Bungee Connect Advances to Public Beta
Single Environment Integrating Web Application Development, Testing,
Deployment and Hosting Becomes the Most Extensive Implementation of a
Platform-as-a-Service
Reference Application Integrating Microsoft Exchange, Salesforce.com,
Google Calendar and Others Provided to Developers for Exploration,
Modification and Use in Real-World Business Applications
SALT LAKE CITY (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) February 18, 2008 --
Bungee Labs™ today released a new version of
the Bungee Connect™ web application
development and hosting platform and opened its Public Beta program to
all developers, becoming the most extensive implementation of a
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).
Developers use Bungee Connect to build professional-class, desktop-like
web applications that leverage multiple web services and databases, then
instantly deploy them on Bungee’s
high-performance multi-tenant grid infrastructure. By providing
development, testing, deployment and hosting in a single, on-demand
platform, Bungee Connect enables a new class of extremely interactive
rich web applications while eliminating significant time and cost across
the entire application lifecycle—reducing
time-to-market by as much as 80 percent.
Most Extensive Platform-as-a-Service
The greatest differentiators of the Bungee Connect web application
platform include:
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A single, on-demand environment for developing, testing, deploying and
hosting
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Interaction delivered entirely via browser with no download or plug-in
for developers or end users
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Delivery of highly interactive user experience without compromising
accessibility and security
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Automated integration of web services (SOAP/REST) and databases
(MySQL/PostgreSQL)
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Built-in team collaboration and testing
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Built-in scalability, reliability and security
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Deep instrumentation of end-user application utilization for analytics
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Utility pricing model based on end-user application use
With Bungee Connect, developers and IT managers can now leverage a
completely on-line platform to build and deliver powerful, AJAX-enabled,
multiple data source web applications. Bungee-powered applications may
be embedded within other web applications and pages,
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions, or delivered as stand-alone web
destinations. Bungee Connect and all Bungee-powered applications are
accessed through Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari with no software
to download, install or plug-in. Bungee Connect is the first end-to-end
Platform-as-a-Service for professional-class web application development
and delivery.
“Cloud computing, internal-external mashups
and online business services are hastening the need for new business
models that can support entire application lifecycles,”
said Dana Gardner, principal analyst of Interarbor Solutions. “It's
not enough to develop as a service, or to deploy as a service—the
fuller cost-benefit payback comes from the application lifecycle as a
service. All the better that costs to support the applications from
inception to sunset are commensurate with use and demand. Enterprise IT
innovators and efficiency-minded independent developers alike should
view the Bungee Connect model as the platform and mashup approach of the
future.”
Business Model
Development, team collaboration and test deployment hosting on Bungee
Connect are free of charge. Developers pay only when their
Bungee-powered applications are actually used by end-users. Once a
Bungee-powered application is deployed on the Bungee Grid™
infrastructure, end-user utilization of the application is deeply
instrumented to provide developers with detailed insight into
application performance and usage patterns, and to compute the
application’s utility bill. Depending on the
usage profile of an application, businesses can expect to pay between
$2-5 per user per month for a heavily used business productivity
application, or fractions of a cent per e-commerce transaction. All
Bungee-powered applications are hosted for free during the Bungee
Connect Public Beta.
Bungee Connect Reference Applications
Today, Bungee Labs also released WideLens™, a
comprehensive reference application for Bungee Connect, solving
real-world calendar integration woes between Microsoft Exchange,
Salesforce.com, Google Calendar and other data sources. WideLens and
other included reference applications provide examples of integrating
multiple databases and web services; end-user authentication; and
numerous dynamic user interface presentation patterns. The source code
for each reference application may be imported into any developer’s
Bungee Connect account and freely explored, modified and used in whole
or in part for experiments, prototypes and commercial applications.
“Our reference apps provide examples of the
underlying capabilities and processes that make Bungee Connect the most
extensive Platform-as-a-Service,” said Martin
Plaehn, CEO of Bungee Labs. “WideLens
specifically shows how developers can use Bungee Connect to orchestrate
multiple data silos into valuable business solutions with exceptionally
interactive user experiences—in this case,
Microsoft Exchange, Google Calendar, Salesforce.com and other web
services.”
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About Bungee Labs
Bungee Labs is creator of the Bungee Connect™
web application development and hosting platform, a single environment
for building and delivering a new class of extremely interactive rich
web applications. Bungee Connect facilitates rapid integration of web
services and databases (public and private), eliminates programming for
Ajax interactivity, and enables instantaneous application deployment for
end-user use. Bungee Connect eliminates significant time and cost across
the entire application lifecycle. Organizations use Bungee Connect to
build highly interactive web applications, then instantly deploy them on
a high-performance multi-tenant grid infrastructure. Bungee Connect is
the most extensive implementation of a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). A
privately held company, Bungee Labs is backed by North Bridge Venture
Partners, Venrock Associates, and Wasatch Venture Fund. For more
information please visit www.bungeelabs.com.
Bungee Labs, bungeelabs.com, Bungee Connect, bungeeconnect.com, Bungee
Grid, WideLens and widelens.com are trademarks of Bungee Labs, Inc. in
the United States and other countries. All other names and brands may be
claimed by their respective owners.
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