NT/e releases CloudTran- building on GigaSpaces XAP platform, it is providing cloud transactions to SQL and NoSQL data stores.

NT/e Ltd has announced CloudTran, a middleware product that brings the Cloud into the mainstream as an application platform for Java. CloudTran overcomes the inherent difficulties of distributed programming by providing a simple Java view of data, mission-critical transactions and automatic distribution in the Cloud.

Nati Shalom, CTO and Founder of GigaSpaces, commented "CloudTran solves a big problem for cloud applications. Building on the GigaSpaces XAP platform, it provides cloud transactions to SQL and NoSQL data stores, as well as automating distributed programming and object-relational mapping. These are key to building enterprise Java applications in clouds.