Press releases
ConPaaS team to launch ConPaaS-1.2 introducing Platform-as-a-Service over multi-clouds
Amsterdam/Leipzig 2013-06-17
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Contrail consortium have launched Contrail PaaS (ConPaaS) release 1.2. This release extends ConPaaS with multi-cloud deployment, and support for complex applications.
Paving the way to the Cloud
The Cloud Summerschool 2013 will take place from July 22 to July 26 in Almere, the Netherlands.
Almere 2013-06-05
This year Almere, conveniently located near Amsterdam Airport, will once again host a Cloud Computing Summerschool that will bring together students from all over the world. Keynote lectures will be given by leading European Cloud experts and major Cloud projects such as Contrail. Hence, students get lectures from the persons that are paving the way to the Cloud.
ConPaaS team to launch ConPaaS-1.1
2013, February 4, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Contrail consortium have launched Contrail PaaS (ConPaaS) release 1.1. Until ConPaaS, considerable system administrator skills were needed to deploy applications in the Cloud. ConPaaS simplifies the way applications can be started and managed in the Cloud. With ConPaaS, deploying applications making full use of the capabilities of the Cloud requires only a few mouse clicks.
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The Contrail project is proud to present its first complete set of interoperable Cloud federation tools
2012, October 23, Bled - Slovenia
Cloud computing is more and more being used. However, with the increased usage, also issues come up that seem to become more and more of a problem. Two years ago, the Contrail project set out to tackle a number of these very hard to handle problems. Now, after a long development and extensive testing phase the first set of collaborating tools is available. They can be used as independent tools or as an integrated set.
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ConPaaS 1.0 changes the way Cloud applications are deployed and managed
2012, October 23, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Contrail consortium announced Contrail PaaS (ConPaaS) release 1.0. ConPaaS simplifies the way applications can be started and managed in the Cloud.
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Contrail Cloud Summerschool Almere welcomes 35 students from 15 countries
2012, July 23, Almere - The Netherlands
Today about 35 students will start with a one week intense Summerschool training on Cloud computing.
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Contrail proudly presents its first software component: ConPaaS.
2011, August 29, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
With ConPaaS, bringing hundreds of web servers and application servers on-line is done with no more than a single mouse click.
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Defining the federated Cloud
2011, January 24, Rennes - France
In Rennes (FR) some twenty scientist gathered for their second general technical meeting.
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Kick-off of the Contrail Project
2010. November 9. Amsterdam - The Netherlands
At the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Contrail Project partners gathered for their kick-off meeting.
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Contrail is a project managed by the Contrail consortium. Contrail is partially funded by the FP7 Programme of the European Commission under Grant Agreement FP7-ICT-257438.