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ocPortal and BitNami Simplify Content Management in the Cloud

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 28, 2012

ocPortal and BitNami have joined forces to release the BitNami Stack for ocPortal, a ready-to-run package that enables users to deploy the latest release of content management system in native, virtual or cloud environments in one click.

Unlike many other popular content management systems, ocPortal contains a wide range of features right in the application itself, eliminating the need for users to extend the software via third party themes and extensions. This means that users have the option of adding features such as catalogs, galleries, calendars, quizzes, forums, paid membership sections, chat rooms, polls and more to their website without the need to add custom code or configure additional software. This makes it easier for less technical users to build powerful websites for a wide range of purposes without hiring a programmer.

“ocPortal is a great content management platform for BitNami users looking for a flexible but easy to use solution for building websites,” said BitNami founder and CTO Daniel Lopez Ridruejo. “We are excited to be able to offer the recently-released v9 of ocPortal to our users, who can now deploy the software in one click on their local server or to the cloud.”

As with all BitNami-packaged applications, the BitNami ocPortal Stack is available free of charge as a native installer for Linux, Windows and OS X, as an Ubuntu-based virtual appliance and as an AMI for the Amazon Cloud. In addition, BitNami has added support for ocPortal to its BitNami Cloud Hosting platform, which provides one-click deployment and automated management of web applications in the cloud. By combining BitNami and Amazon’s free tiers of service, users can run ocPortal in the cloud free for one year with BitNami Cloud Hosting.

Chris Graham, CEO of ocProducts Ltd, also commented on this new release, “BitNami is the world-respected leader in VM and cloud deployment for Open Source software, so we’re really pleased that ocPortal 9 is now available on the BitNami platform. ocPortal is designed to bring you all the features you might need for an advanced website or Intranet in one simple flexible package – the BitNami stack furthers this by also minimizing your enterprise maintenance costs.”

To learn more or download the BitNami ocPortal Stack, visit: http://bitnami.org/stack/ocPortal

To deploy ocPortal to the Amazon Cloud free of charge, sign up for a BitNami Cloud Hosting at: http://bitnami.org/cloud

About BitNami

BitNami simplifies the process of deploying web applications natively, virtually and in the cloud. BitNami Cloud Hosting provides a growing library of the most popular open source applications, ready to be launched with the click of a button. With BitNami Cloud Hosting, solution providers and businesses of all sizes can deploy and manage business applications such as Jasperserver, SugarCRM, Alfresco, Drupal and many more. BitNami is developed by BitRock, a leader in cross-platform application deployment.

BitNami, Amazon, ocPortal, Ubuntu and all other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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Blue River Announces Launch of MuraCloud – High Quality Mura CMS Hosting in the Cloud

Ranch Cordova, CA (PRWEB) January 11, 2013

Blue River today announced the launch of MuraCloud Hosting, the premier hosting option for Mura CMS. Blue River partnered with Standing Cloud, a leading provider of cloud infrastructure and management services, to develop MuraCloud for businesses and other organizations looking for high-quality, high-performance Mura CMS hosting in the cloud.

MuraCloud is fast, convenient and extraordinarily portable, enabling MuraCloud customers to deploy a new production-ready instance of Mura CMS in just a few minutes. Users simply choose the cloud provider, data center and geography of their choice from a wide range of leading public cloud providers, specify RAM size and disk space, and the site is available instantly.

Mura CMS deployments hosted through MuraCloud on Standing Cloud are completely portable from cloud-to-cloud, meaning users are never locked in to a single platform or cloud provider; options include Amazon Web Services (AWS GovCloud coming soon), Rackspace, GoGrid, VPS.net and more. Users can quickly add capacity or move to another cloud, and are protected against downtime and service outages. Each MuraCloud instance is deployed on industry-standard, open source solutions, including: Mura CMS, Railo, MySQL, Tomcat, Apache, and Ubuntu or Cent OS.

Once the Mura CMS instance is up and running, MuraCloud provides simple point-and-click access to easy-to-use application management tools, including automated backups, monitoring services, resource scaling and more.

“We’re excited to work with the team at Blue River to help bring Mura CMS to cloud, making it possible to deliver single-click hosting, provisioning, deployment and management for their customers at a simple monthly bundled price,” said Joni Klippert, Director of Customer Development for Standing Cloud. “With the choice, flexibility and reliability of multiple clouds, it’s great for organizations, enterprises and small business users in the cloud.”

Mura Cloud is available today at http://www.muracloud.com. Customers interested in evaluating the solution can get started immediately with a no-cost two hour hosted “Test Drive” in the cloud on any one of the 15+ supported cloud providers.

“We developed Mura CMS with the goal of making it simple to publish web content quickly and easily, and now Mura Cloud takes it to a whole new level, delivering instant hosting and management in just a few clicks,” said Sean Schroeder, one of the lead developers of Mura CMS and partner at Blue River Interactive Group. “Enabling our users to choose from more than 15 leading cloud providers from a single interface is a key benefit and unique advantage for Standing Cloud, and we’re excited to be working with them.”

Blue River and Standing Cloud will be showcasing MuraCloud in a special Mura Show web cast on Wednesday, January 16th at 1:00 Pacific Time. We’ll be providing a walkthrough of all the great features, and will include a Question/Answer segment during the show. Go to http://www.getmura.com/support/mura-show/ for more info, or to view the web cast.

ABOUT BLUE RIVER AND MURA CMS

Mura CMS was created by Blue River Interactive Group, and is the leading open-source, CMFL-based content management system for enterprises, government and small business users. Learn more online at: http://www.getmura.com. Blue River Interactive Group is a software development and full-service interactive agency based in Sacramento, California. Visit us online at http://www.blueriver.com.

ABOUT STANDING CLOUD

Standing Cloud is a leading provider of cloud marketplace and management solutions. We deliver a seamless application layer for cloud service providers, ISVs and technology solutions providers, making application deployment and management fast, simple and hassle-free for their customers.

Our standard application catalog includes 100 open-source and commercial applications; our platform supports multiple programming languages, and a wide range of cloud service providers and orchestration software systems.

Founded in 2009, Standing Cloud is based in Boulder, Colorado. Investors include Foundry Group and Avalon Ventures. Visit us online at: http://www.standingcloud.com

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X2Engine Introduces X2 Virtual Private Server Edition Cloud Based Customer Relationship Management Application

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Santa Cruz, CA (PRWEB) October 16, 2012

X2Engine today announced the introduction of X2CRM Virtual Private Server Edition, a next generation software as a service sales management application and hosting platform. X2VPS is a specialized virtual private server that combines the power of a fully managed server with the ease of use of a cloud based CRM system.

In addition to X2CRM 2.0’s sales force management capabilities, X2VPS gives system administrators full control of virtual CentOS or Ubuntu powered cloud server. Designed for speed and flexibility, X2VPS incorporates a purpose built, compact design eliminating the black box, hotel style hosting approaches used by older monolithic CRM systems, and thus gives system administrators the power of a modern virtual server without the cost of hardware and a datacenter.

“With X2VPS, CRM systems administrators have complete control of their virtual private servers running open standards based server operating systems,” said John Roberts, founder of X2Engine. “Why lock yourself into monolithic, hotel style CRM hosting platforms that were invented decades ago, when you can have the power and control of your very own virtual private server and for at a fraction of the cost.”

X2CRM Virtual Private Server Key Features:

X2CRM 2.0 – Customer Relationship Management

Virtualmin Server Admin Control Panel

Shell/SSH Access

FTP Accounts

Apache / PHP

MySQL Databases

Daily, Weekly Remote Backups

Subdomains

AWStats Server Statistics Tool

Monthly Billing

About X2EngineCRM

X2Engine Inc., of Santa Cruz, California, was founded in 2011 by John Roberts, a SugarCRM co-founder and Customer Relationship Management software entrepreneur. The company provides software and cloud hosting services for X2EngineCRM, a next generation open source, sales management system. X2EngineCRM has been installed on over 2,000 unique public and private cloud servers across 115 countries.    

For a live demonstration, a detailed feature list and screenshot and video library please visit http://www.x2engine.com. X2Engine CRM takes advantage of the latest open source software including Apache, PHP, MySQL and Linux (LAMP).

For more information, visit http://www.x2engine.com or email haley (at) x2engine (dot) com.

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