Nodester acquired by AppFog
blog.nodester.com
blog.nodester.com
Kind of like a multi-PAAS HireFireApp that also handles deployment.
Balancing between multiple companies I think would still be better just because of different middlewares and the cascading nature of problems at high scale though.
Need a node.js PaaS that supports both sockets and SSL. Haven't found anything yet.
"As part of the AppFog family, Nodester users will now be able to use the same PaaS for their Ruby and Java apps that they use for their Node apps. It brings the serious support and operational excellence of AppFog to our users, enabling them to run production and enterprise workloads on their developer PaaS. Perhaps most significant of all - it allows Nodester users to deploy apps to a wide range of different IaaS providers - at a highly competitive price" (emphasis is mine).
AppFog has a ton of options, and their setup is super easy. Deploying apps is as simple as doing a git push and the service is super fast. I am a total fanboy.
We at Cloudnode know the value of Nodester for a long time now. Thanks for helping us to you and the team.
My possibly flawed perception, is that it's cheaper, but one has less support and more work, going that route. Whether that's true or not, I'm unsure.
It is true though that you can automate and provide yourself an infrastructure and keep separation of concerns.