SAN FRANCISCO, USA: WaveMaker, the leading visual development platform for web applications has announced WaveMaker Cloud Edition.

WaveMaker Cloud Edition is the first open source, integrated development environment (IDE) for cloud computing.

"WaveMaker eliminates proprietary lock-in for developing cloud applications," said Christopher Keene, CEO of WaveMaker. "Now anyone can quickly and easily create and deploy web applications on-site or to the cloud."

With WaveMaker Cloud Edition, developers use a visual, drag and drop studio to create full business applications in a browser without needing to install any software onto the desktop. Because WaveMaker Cloud is hosted by Amazon EC2, deploying applications to the cloud has never been easier.

Keene added, "WaveMaker Cloud Edition also provides an excellent way for any Java ISV to modernize and SaaS-enable their applications."

Now Java ISVs can SaaS-enable their applications

WaveMaker Cloud Edition is the ideal SaaS-enablement solution for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) who use Java. WaveMaker Cloud provides the complete package of features necessary for an online application, including:

    * A Rich Ajax client based on Dojo
    * A Multi-tenant studio which can be embedded into an ISV's application, enabling easy self-service for end users
    * Scalable Java server architecture based on Spring and Hibernate
    * Easy integration of existing Java code, web services, enterprise security, existing databases

"WaveMaker's approach to visual development makes it easy to build and deploy web-based business applications," said Raven Zachary, contributing analyst, The 451 Group.

"With the launch of WaveMaker Cloud Edition, they are introducing an open source solution that brings easy development and deployment to cloud computing," he added.