Vertebra (software)

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Vertebra
Developer(s) Engine Yard
Preview release
0.3 beta / January 14, 2009 (2009-01-14)
Written in Erlang and Ruby
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Cloud computing framework
License LGPL license
Website vertebra.engineyard.com

Vertebra is a framework that aims to simplify writing applications in The Cloud written by Engine Yard.

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Release

It was released under the GNU Lesser General Public License 3 at the end of 2008. [1]

Technologies

Vertebra is written in a combination of Ruby and Erlang. [2]

Public reception

It has been characterized as a Service-Oriented-Architecture for the cloud, [3] an application deployment platform, [4] and an evolution in the architecture for cloud computing. [5] For its part, Engine Yard simply classifies it as "A Platform for the Cloud." [6]

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References

  1. "Engine Yard Releases Cloud Management Framework Vertebra".
  2. "Engine Yard's Vertebra - platform in the works, an interesting approach - Tier1 Research". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2009.
  3. "Engine Yard powers SOA for the cloud | InfoWorld | News | 2009-01-13 | by Paul Krill". Archived from the original on January 20, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2009.
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  5. "From the Editors: Darl McBush - SD Times On The Web". www.sdtimes.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-06.
  6. Reuters