Infrastructure How far will Red Hat, Google go? Howard Solomon @HowardITWC Published: July 5th, 2013Two weeks ago we wrote about Google and Red Hat Inc. teaming up to create a new Java programming framework. A Gartner analyst thinks it could go far.The industry needs a new programming model for clouds, Yefim Nais writes in a blog. And Google, with its experience in cloud computing, and Red Hat, with its enterprise background, could be a dynamic duo.(Graphic from Shutterstock) Their project, dubbed CapeDwarf, is an implementation of Google’s AppEngine API which allows applications to be deployed on Red Hat’s JBoss Appliciation Servers without modification.RELATED CONTENTGoogle helping JBoss on AppEngineReport on mission-critical computingUltimately all APIs of AppEngine would be implemented. A chart on the JBoss community page suggests that 12 of 18 APIs are done.The question Nais asks is are the partners imaginative enough to grow the project to an industry standard. Related Download Sponsor: Telus Delivering on the Promise of 5G: A Game Changer for Canadian Industry You can’t overemphasize 5G’s capacity for disruption, Smart cities and smart buildings are going to be consuming and sending and receiving data like never before. Download Now Infrastructure computing canada, Google, Red Hat, software development
