NaviSite Makes Available TestDev Cloud Solution

NaviSite, a provider of enterprise-class hosting, managed application, managed messaging and managed cloud services, has announced the availability of its TestDev Cloud solution.

Built on the enterprise-class NaviCloud platform, NaviSite (News - Alert) TestDev Cloud is designed to address the development and testing requirements of ISVs and enterprises with in-house development teams.

Touted as an agile, on-demand development platform, it’s said to be suitable for development and testing initiatives of any size. Company officials said that TestDev Cloud provides added flexibility, with role-based access control to ensure complete, secure resource governance, and also a Web console that simplifies management and administration.

Company officials said that NaviSite TestDev Cloud accommodates most development platforms. It includes TestDev Development Tools; TestDev Testing Tools; cloud enablement services; and managed cloud services.

Company officials said that TestDev Development Tools provide support for a number of development environments, including Windows, .NET (News - Alert), Java-based, LAMP, and Ruby on Rails.  TestDev Testing Tools are pre-defined and customizable scripts that increase speed-to-market.

Moreover, cloud enablement services accelerate migration to the cloud. The services include Cloud Readiness Assessment; Cloud Migration and Integration; and Cloud Optimization.

Company officials said that managed cloud services enable on-demand scalable provisioning of IT services, including applications, servers, storage, and networks. Additionally, the NaviCloud platform offers enterprise IT advantages that tap into the core of NaviSite's application and enterprise infrastructure management expertise.

NaviSite's cloud-based solution creates a strong collaborative environment. Company officials said that it enables dispersed development and testing teams to work together, while the scalable platform enables development teams to replicate complex customer-use scenarios for testing.

Thanks to the advanced capabilities – snapshots, cloning, airlocks, and templates – developers get the tools to efficiently debug and troubleshoot their development environments. Also with TestDev Cloud, enterprises can take the next step, enabling rapid conversion of test environments to live, cloud-based production environments.

“With TestDev Cloud, development teams can leverage the flexibility and scalability of NaviSite’s enterprise-class cloud for new development initiatives or to augment existing testing capabilities,” said Denis Martin, executive vice president and chief technology officer at NaviSite, in a press release.

This year in October, the company introduced Apple (News - Alert) iPad support for the NaviCloud AppCenter management console.