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Listing the Java PaaS Public and Private Clouds

03.15.2012
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[UPDATE): I added Jelastic and created another category I'm calling Private Java PaaS in which I put GigaSpaces Cloudify, Cumulogic and ActiveState Stackato.]

A little while ago at OracleWorld/JavaOne, Oracle announced its public cloud offering, including its Oracle Java Cloud Service -- the latest entrant into the increasingly crowded Java Platform-as-a-Service space. Despite being the most popular programming language, PaaS offerings for Java were not adopted as quickly as those for Ruby, Python and PHP.

Not surprisingly, however, once Java PaaS arrived at the scene, many of the big players now have PaaS offerings -- given Java's popularity in the enterprise. 

Here's the list I compiled (in alphabetical order). If I have overlooked anything, please let me know in the comments:

Public Java PaaS


Private Java PaaS

It should be noted that HP has a also made some noise about a Java PaaS but it hasn't launched yet.

Additional reading:

  • Java PaaS Shootout: A technical comparison of Google App Engine, Amazon Elastic Beanstalk, and CloudBees RUN@Cloud
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Judah Johns replied on Fri, 2012/03/16 - 1:08am

One thing of note, I would drop Amazon off this list since they have decided to no longer pursue the PaaS.

Mitch Pronschinske replied on Fri, 2012/03/16 - 7:33am in response to: Judah Johns

What do you call Elastic Beanstalk and SWF if not PaaS?

Niel Eyde replied on Fri, 2012/03/16 - 9:28pm in response to: Mitch Pronschinske

I recently attended the Architecting for AWS training, and Beanstalk was described as an orchestrated set of infrastructure, but not a PaaS.

Niel Eyde replied on Fri, 2012/03/16 - 9:31pm

CloudFoundry.com is a public PaaS based on Cloud Foundry cloud platform (.org; open source), but Cloud Foundry can also be installed and used in a private cloud. 

 

Benjamin Wesson replied on Mon, 2012/03/19 - 10:54am

Note that SAP also has a brand new Java-based cloud Platform-as-a-Service called NetWeaver Neo. Information about the platform is on the SAP Developer Network at http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/index?rid=/webcontent/uuid/80fb04dc-4619-2f10-24bc-e79653e747c4

nati shalom replied on Fri, 2012/04/27 - 12:17pm

Good post as usual.

"Despite being the most popular programming language, PaaS offerings for Java were not adopted as quickly as those for Ruby, Python and PHP."

That's true and the main reason IMO is the fact that most PaaS offering are too limited in the type of application that that can be hosted on the platform. In addition to that the way public PaaS are offered they assume control over your cloud infrastructure, your stack etc. This makes them suit fairly simple web apps but in most real life applications you would need higher level of control and thus would use something like Chef and other automation tools to build your own PaaS.

The main goal behind Cloudify was to change all that by bringing the best of of DevOps and PaaS togather. 

Few notes on Cloudify.

1. Its not limited to Java and can host Ruby, PHP and other langagues

2. It runs on both Private and Public cloud 

I think that the cateogries shouldn't be private vs public PaaS as it may be misleading to thinnk that private PaaS can run only on private environment.

I think that a beter categorization would be "Self Service PaaS" vs PaaS-Stack  - Self Service PaaS as their name suggest alows you to run your apps through a managed service and a PaaS stack gives you the infrastructure and tools to build your own PaaS.

Nati S.

cloudifysource.org - The Open PaaS Stack

 

 

 

Chris Haddad replied on Sun, 2012/04/29 - 11:26am

Hi Geva,  

Thank you for mentioning WSO2 Stratos and WSO2 StratosLive.  Unfortunately, you have mischaracterized the WSO2 Stratos offering.    WSO2 has one codebase, the WSO2 Carbon Enterprise Platform, that may be deployed across all three deployment options;  private PaaS, public PaaS, and traditional terrestrial.

WSO2 Stratos is our private Java PaaS offering.   Customers download the bits and run an on-premise, internally managed Platform as a Service environment.   PaaS providers also download WSO2 Stratos and run a public or community Cloud from their organization's datacenter. 

WSO2 StratosLive is a public Java PaaS, which is hosted and managed by WSO2. 

I believe only stating public Java PaaS and private Java PaaS as available architectural options continues to overly simplify the consumer-provider relationship.  You will notice in their latest NIST Draft - Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations, the paper redefines private/public and describes six distinct Cloud environments across three dimensions;  sharing, location, and responsibility.  For more information on Cloud dimensions as defined by NIST and how they apply to PaaS, read my blog post, which discusses  how sharing, location, and responsibility influence PaaS offering selection and deployment choices.

 

Khazret Sapenov replied on Sun, 2012/05/06 - 7:35am

You can also find a comprehensive list of Cloud PaaS, categorized by generic application platforms and 'fancy' ones in this spreadsheet 

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Stacey Schneider replied on Tue, 2012/10/09 - 9:59am

Hi Geva,

Thank you for writiing good articles!

There is also a Java/Spring-centric cloud offering from VMware called vFabric. Companies build both public and private clouds with this platform.  This reference architecture provides a good overview in the context of how the application platform can be used.

Kindly,

The vFabric Team

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the current entrant into the progressively thronged Drink Platform-as-a-Service expanse. Despite state the most favorite planning faculty  PaaS offerings for Drink were not adoptive as quick as those for Ruby http://www.testbells.com/vendor/Microsoft

 

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Diane Mueller replied on Fri, 2013/01/11 - 7:32pm


I thought I'd just update the post with a link the HP Cloud announcement of the inclusion of Application PaaS that supports Java  because (as you'll read in the announcement) HP has chosen to run ActiveState Stackato  as it PaaS layer.

Here's also a link to all the Stackato Java documentation:  http://docs.stackato.com/deploy/languages/java.html

Stackato has several Java frameworks to choose from:

If you have any questions at all, drop us a note 

Paul Meserve replied on Fri, 2013/01/25 - 4:37pm

Pogoapp is a buildpack/Heroku API-compatible PaaS. Along with many other languages we support Java, and we're using it internally e.g. for elasticsearch/JRuby apps.

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