Star provides on-demand business services to support software development projects from build and test to 'go live'
LONDON, 15 March 2010 – Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, has announced the launch of a specialist Dev2Live service. This is a complete range of services aimed at developers and giving them access to the managed infrastructure and collaboration tools needed to support software development projects, from build and testing to the 'live' environment.
Star's Dev2Live service is a solution to the resource and cost challenges of managing multiple providers and in-house hardware for every development project. Project leaders can now focus on a project's success with the support of an extensive range of on-demand, pay-as-you-go services managed within a private cloud environment, all from one trusted partner.
Dev2Live services are built up from components that make up the Star cloud computing platform, and include a dedicated virtualisation cluster, that gives developers a single scalable platform on which to build, test and deploy software with the ability to deploy additional machines in minutes. To ease collaboration, Star Business Email provides the resources to co-ordinate team activities and improves productivity without the need for in-house servers. Dev2Live services can be deployed within a Star managed network infrastructure, simplifying the secure delivery of applications and data to people wherever they are located.
As part of the launch of the service, Star is offering the 'QuickStartDV' Pack which includes a 7-day free trial of the virtualisation platform with a 30 day 'money back' guarantee, 5 free users of Star Business Email and Microsoft Team Foundation Server.
James Griffin, Head of Hosting Strategy at Star comments: "Whether they're working for large corporates or smaller agencies, developers face a host of challenges in taking projects from test phase to live environments. Pressures on time scales, resources and project management combine to create a number of issues which can create barriers to successful project completion."
He continues: "Star's Dev2Live services are designed to provide a complete package, which can help to overcome these obstacles with the tools and infrastructure specifically designed for the needs of developers. Star is an established provider of resilient, secure and tailored services all of which is backed up by a dedicated UK technical support team."
Dev2Live customer Harvey Flather, CEO at Intelligent ID, recalls his earlier attempt to do everything in-house: "We recognised early on that we had to find a better way to deliver our services than trying to do everything ourselves. We didn't want the cost and distraction that creating our own delivery platform would mean and the negative impact this would have on our business. I think it had the potential to hold back the development work on our solutions as well as our financial growth if we did not get this right. Making the right decision meant finding a partner with the infrastructure already in place that would help us to deliver our services quickly and cost effectively."
Download the free developer whitepaper, "Remove the road blocks to project success" from: www.star.co.uk/developer