We’re happy to announce the release of OpenGeo Suite 2.4.3!

For the first time ever, we’re releasing the Enterprise and Community editions of the OpenGeo Suite simultaneously. We’re even updating our Cloud offerings on both Skygone and Amazon Web Services. Aligning our release process to account for all tiers seems to be a sensible step, and one that we have been working toward for a while behind the scenes.

So what’s the difference? Glad you asked. The OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition comes with valuable add-ons for administrators, such as Suite Analytics for graphically viewing and managing server load. No need to go digging through the logs when you can get a report of all the failed requests right in your browser. You can even see where your requests are originating from, due to an embedded IP-based geolocation service.

It’s more than just the add-ons. The OpenGeo Suite comes complete with the entire OpenGeo Suite team! (We’re glad companies don’t ship software boxes anymore.) You get access to the core developers of all the components, unlimited bug fixes, updates, and even custom development hours on some plans. We understand that commercial support is one of the key barriers to adoption of open source software, and our clients allow us to reinvest directly into our communities, furthering development of the software in line with our core mission of bringing the best practices of open source software to organizations around the world.

See what’s new in this release. And then download a free trial of the Enterprise Edition (or the Community Edition) today!

The OpenGeo Suite is designed to help you publish and share your geospatial data. Since applications like GeoExplorer and GeoServer are web-based, the OpenGeo Suite has always been itching for the cloud. We’re removing the final hurdle by making it possible to deploy without your own infrastructure—the OpenGeo Suite is now optimized for the cloud!

While there’s a lot of talk and hype about cloud computing, at its most basic it is really just externally hosted servers. In the cloud, computing power is more like a commodity or a utility. By dynamically allocating server resources, cloud deployments enable ownership while also minimizing the effort involved in managing hardware. Consider the extra benefits of high availability, dynamic storage, auto-scaling, etc., as bonuses.

Though we’ve provided limited cloud services in the past, today we are throwing the gates wide open with almost a dozen new tiers from two providers: Amazon Web Services and Skygone. Many people are familiar with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and their cloud computing platform. As leaders in cloud computing providing managed hosting solutions specifically geared towards geospatial applications Skygone is a natural fit for OpenGeo.

Signing up for the OpenGeo Suite on the cloud means having a public server provisioned for you, already configured, and ready to go within minutes. We do the hard work so you can concentrate on doing yours. Go on, upload some data with GeoExplorer and share a map with your friends to see just how easy it is.

In keeping with our desire to promote the OpenGeo Suite for any budget, we have many different options for cloud deployment. For those who want to start small, we offer tiers on Amazon with no setup fee and only a modest per hour charge. For those who want support from OpenGeo, we offer a number of plans with a range of computing power. With our partners at Skygone, we are offering a free trial of the OpenGeo Suite with no payment required to start; just enter in some information, and within a few minutes, the OpenGeo Suite is ready to go.

For more details, please see our Cloud Edition website.nd if you have any questions about our new offerings. This is only our initial release, so please send us some feedback and let us know if there are any issues with your initial deployments.

OpenGeo Suite Cloud Edition