Appcelerator announced it has
acquired Aptana, an integrated development
environment (IDE) for building web applications. The acquisition will allow the creation of native applications that
integrate easily with the cloud. The acquisition also brings together
two of the world's largest web development communities, Appcelerator's
and Aptana's, to create an application development base of over
1,500,000 application developers.
The press release states "Web developers are uniquely positioned to benefit from the two biggest
trends in technology today: cloud computing and mobility. As the
industry shifts from a 3-tiered web model to a distributed mobile world
filled with Internet-connected mobile applications, so too does the
need for a platform that better orchestrates and enables the extension
of the web to mobile devices."
Appcelerator has tens of millions of users using over 10,000 native iOS, Android and
desktop applications The
Aptana acquisition moves the company to the next level by extending the
capabilities of Appcelerator's popular development platform.
Jeff Haynie, CEO, Appcelerator said that the acquisition allows the growing community of
developers to build, test, and deploy native, cloud-connected mobile
applications faster and with higher quality than ever before.
"We think bringing Aptana's affinity with a large web developer base
together with Appcelerator's solutions for the mobile developer will
create a lot of value," said Arthur Patterson of Accel Partners."
As part of the acquisition, the entire Aptana team has joined
Appcelerator to continue building out the company's platform and tools. Appcelerator plans to integrate support for its mutual customer base and
combined developer community over the coming months.
Appcelerator will begin offering a free beta of its integrated
Appcelerator/Aptana offering in late Q1, 2011. This release will include
a full debugger, auto-complete, and robust editing tools for
Titanium-based applications. The company will also be making additional
product roadmap announcements over the coming months.