Adobe announces LiveCycle Developer Express via Amazon web services

The solution combines data capture, information assurance, document output, process management and content services to help organisations create applications that reduce paperwork and help ensure regulatory compliance.

Based on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Adobe’s offering provides a virtual, environment where enterprise developers can prototype, develop, and test Adobe LiveCycle ES applications without needing to install and configure Adobe LiveCycle ES themselves.

“Today’s news shows further support for our enterprise developer community, providing a ‘sandbox in the sky’ for rolling out LiveCycle ES applications faster than ever,” said Kumar Vora, vice president and general manager for LiveCycle at Adobe.

“By embracing Amazon Web Services to power this offering, Adobe combines its comprehensive enterprise solution with a cloud environment that knocks down barriers to productivity for enterprise developers worldwide,” he added.

With Adobe LiveCycle ES Developer Express, Adobe LiveCycle ES applications are pre-configured as ready to run server instances on the Amazon EC2 server.

This can help reduce the time required to boot new server instances to minutes, allowing enterprise developers to start testing and modifying applications.

Developers can bullet-proof their applications without having to invest in a development environment or test lab.

Old projects may be deleted or saved for future access and new projects can begin without any cleanup required from the last install.

Adobe LiveCycle ES Developer Express is available to all members of the Adobe Enterprise Developer Program.

“We are excited to see Adobe extend to its customers the vast potential for unlocking productivity by providing access to enterprise-scale environments in the cloud,” said Adam Selipsky, VP product management and developer relations Amazon Web Services.

“By offering developer access to its comprehensive LiveCycle ES solution via Amazon Web Services, Adobe continues to push the boundaries when supporting its enterprise developer community,” he said.