LiveCycle launches in the cloud

January 15, 2009: Adobe is making a full version of Adobe LiveCycle ES hosted in the Amazon Web Services cloud computing environment.

Using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) technologies, Adobe’s offering provides a virtual, self-contained development environment where enterprise developers can prototype, develop, and test AdobeLiveCycle ES applications without needing to install and configure Adobe LiveCycle ES themselves.

With Adobe LiveCycle ES Developer Express, Adobe LiveCycle ES applications are pre-configured as ready to run server instances on the Amazon EC2 server. This can help reduce the time required to boot new server instances to minutes, allowing enterprise developers to quickly begin testing and modifying applications. Developers can effectively bullet-proof their applications without having to invest in a development environment or test lab. Old projects may be deleted or saved for future access and new projects can begin without any cleanup required from the last install.

“Today’s news shows further support for our enterprise developer community, providing a ‘sandbox in the sky’ for rolling out LiveCycle ES applications faster than ever. By embracing Amazon Web Services to power this offering, Adobe combines its comprehensive enterprise solution with a cloud environment that knocks down barriers to productivity for enterprise developers worldwide,” saidKumar Vora, vice president and general manager for LiveCycle at Adobe.

Adobe LiveCycle ES is a server solution that combines data capture, information assurance, document output, process management and content services drawing on the Portable Document Format (PDF).

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