SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 02/10/15 — , the container infrastructure company and corporate steward for the Node.js open source project, today announced the launch of certified Docker container images for Node.js, increased Node.js support for the enterprise and the creation of the . With these developments, Joyent cements its commitment to ongoing support for the growing Node.js ecosystem, which is now used by tens of thousands of organizations in over 200 countries. Joyent also announced today the creation of an independent in partnership with IBM, Microsoft, PayPal, Fidelity and The Linux Foundation.
Since Node.js was first created and published in 2009, Joyent has been committed to supporting the community of contributors that took Node.js from beloved developer tool to enterprise-grade framework of choice. Joyent–s level of hands-on support will only grow as Node.js continues to flourish.
“At Joyent, we–ve spent the last five-plus years working alongside the greater Node.js community to help grow it into what it is today,” Joyent CEO Scott Hammond said. “As the runtime transitions into a formal foundation, we–re only increasing our support. We firmly believe the Node.js platform is poised to change the way organizations build applications across industries at a massive scale. We–ll be here to make sure that happens.”
Docker images are rapidly emerging as an important deployment option for Node.js applications. To ensure developers are using up-to-date and optimized Docker images to power their Node.js applications, Joyent is announcing that it will maintain, going forward, the official Node.js image for Docker.
“We–re thrilled to have Joyent join the Docker Hub Official Repos program as a contributor,” said Nick Stinemates, Docker Head of Business Development and Technical Alliances. “Official Repos provide great base images for applications, so developers and system administrators can do what they do best: focus on building new features and functionality, while minimizing repetitive work. The official repo and the developers who use it will benefit from Joyent–s years of experience contributing to, supporting and running Node.js in production.”
The certified Node.js image for Docker can be found in the Official Repo on . It will also be available for download from and the , and will ship as a default image with .
Anticipating the continued growth of enterprise adoption, Joyent offers Node.js technical support services, focusing specifically on enterprise-level organizations running Node.js in production. Joyent Enterprise Node.js Support will offer 24/7 support to Linux and SunOS operating systems in virtually any hosting environment. Backed by Joyent–s years of experience developing and running Node.js in production, Enterprise Node.js Support offers a flexible support package that can be tailored to individual environment needs. To learn more about Enterprise Node.js Support visit .
As part of its ongoing support of the larger Node.js ecosystem, Joyent is establishing the Node.js Incubator program for those writing a mobile or web application in Node.js. Members of the year-long incubator program receive $25,000 in Joyent Cloud hosting credits, a customized kick-off training session with Joyent experts, entry into the Joyent Node.js Innovator of the Year Award, as well as networking, collaborating and co-marketing opportunities. Learn more about the program and apply now:
Joyent is the high-performance container infrastructure company. The Joyent Cloud is built from the ground up to meet the requirements of today–s demanding realtime web and mobile applications. Joyent is the steward of Node.js, the open source server-side JavaScript project that provides developers and enterprises with the most powerful runtime for developing dataintensive, real-time apps. For more information visit .
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