OpenShift 2.2 Adds Enterprise JBoss Services to Red Hat's Cloud PaaS

OpenShift 2.2, the newest version of Red Hat's (RHT) open source platform as a service (PaaS) for cloud computing, is out, bringing with it more enterprise-readiness than ever through the addition of two new JBoss services, the company said.

The new services, JBoss Fuse and JBoss A-MQ, bring additional service bus and messaging features to OpenShift. Both are based on the standard JBoss tools of the same names, which are also maintained by Red Hat, for use in traditional server environments.

Red Hat said the new JBoss features, combined with other functionality introduced in OpenShift 2.2, will do much to streamline enterprise application integration and deployment on the company's cloud PaaS. The updated version of the platform "opens the door to a new paradigm for enterprise application development," according to Red Hat, by integrating the company's "middleware stack and PaaS technologies to create a unified development and operations experience."

Craig Muzilla, Red Hat senior vice president for Application Platforms Business, added, "We believe JBoss xPaaS will be a game-changer for how enterprise development will be done in the future. Red Hat is unique in its ability to combine JBoss and OpenShift to offer enterprises a unified experience for building, integrating and running applications in an open hybrid cloud."

Additional new features in OpenShift 2.2 include integration with CloudForms, Red Hat's hybrid cloud management platform, as well as out-of-the-box support for identity management and DNS management platforms that are widely used in enterprise data centers.