Released on: August 19, 2008, 8:25 pm

Press Release Author: Morph Labs

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: Morph Labs, a leading Platform as a Service (PaaS) provider
for Web applications and FiveRuns, the application monitoring and systems management
company for Ruby on Rails announced a partnership to increase the trust and
confidence of applications running in the cloud. In a two phase strategy, the
companies are working together to promote application performance testing and
monitoring to increase the reliability and scalability of Ruby on Rails applications
that utilize Morph\'s managed Platform as a Service, Morph AppSpace.

Press Release Body: Portland, OR - August 19, 2008 -- Morph Labs, a leading Platform
as a Service (PaaS) provider for Web applications and FiveRuns, the application
monitoring and systems management company for Ruby on Rails announced a partnership
to increase the trust and confidence of applications running in the cloud. In a two
phase strategy, the companies are working together to promote application
performance testing and monitoring to increase the reliability and scalability of
Ruby on Rails applications that utilize Morph\'s managed Platform as a Service, Morph
AppSpace.

With the partnership, the companies are combining FiveRuns TuneUp and FiveRuns
Manage with the Morph AppSpace environment, giving developers an enterprise class
managed hosting platform that provides insight into application performance at a
level that enables developers to make decisions on how and where to optimize their
code.

\"Ruby on Rails applications are leading the way for Software as a Service (SaaS) and
becoming commonplace in business. With this high adoption rate for everything from
departmental applications to customer-facing websites, we see an opportunity to add
value by integrating a new level of application performance analysis and ongoing
monitoring into each Morph AppSpace,\" said David Abramowski, CEO of Morph Labs.

Now available, developers can subscribe to Morph AppSpace for free and select the
version that automatically integrates FiveRuns TuneUp. The developer simply deploys
the application without any special modifications or hassles. The Morph AppSpace
automated deployment system then activates FiveRuns TuneUp and almost instantly the
developer can see the results. Using FiveRuns TuneUp, developers gain valuable
insight on potential bottlenecks and performance issues. By running the application
in an enterprise quality environment like the Morph AppSpace, the developer gains a
clear picture of how the application will perform in production, therefore, taking
away the mystery and reducing the risk.

\"Our goal is to provide a forum for focused collaboration to solve interesting and
difficult performance problems. TuneUp gives developers deep visibility and relevant
information to debug and improve the performance of their application, and a
community setting to collaborate with others to solve tough problems,\" said Steve
Sanderson, Vice President of Development and Technology at FiveRuns.

Users of the integrated Morph AppSpace and FiveRuns TuneUp environment may also
choose to participate in a secure group or open community where they can share their
performance information for tips, tricks and advice from a broad audience of Rails
enthusiasts. The combined offering of Morph Labs and FiveRuns helps to close the gap
between troubleshooting and ongoing maintenance in a production environment.
FiveRuns TuneUp combined with a developer subscription to the Morph AppSpace are
provided free of charge to encourage developers to test and analyze their
applications.

\"The rapid development benefits of Rails have been proven out thoroughly. Now the
question for Rails applications centers around the rest of the application
life-cycle: managing those applications in production, trouble-shooting problems,
and evolving the application as needed. Collaborative IT Management offerings like
FiveRuns TuneUp aim to help the trouble-shooting process by pulling in help from the
greater Rails community,\" said Michael Coté, Industry Analyst at RedMonk.

In the second phase of the partnership, Morph Labs will integrate FiveRuns. Manage
as a production option for each Morph AppSpace. By adding FiveRuns Manage,
developers will be able to continually monitor the health and well being of each
application running within a Morph AppSpace subscription. FiveRuns Manage also
provides additional information to enable developers to quickly diagnose problems
and proactively maintain application performance. The integrated Morph AppSpace and
FiveRuns Manage solution is expected to be available in the 4th Quarter of 2008.

About Morph Labs:
Morph Labs is the leading provider of Platform as a Service (PaaS) that virtualizes
the application environment through the use of open source technologies to simplify
the deployment, delivery, and management of web based applications. Morph Labs uses
virtual infrastructures including Amazon Web Services to provide a truly elastic
environment for web applications that can be instantly provisioned and seamlessly
scaled. Morph Labs is a global company with headquarters in Cebu City, Philippines
with additional in-country operations in Manila along with Los Angeles, California
and Portland, Oregon in the U.S.

About FiveRuns Corporation:
FiveRuns provides an ecosystem of tools around Ruby on Rails, including its flagship
monitoring and management tool, FiveRuns Manage, a free Rails application profiling
tool, FiveRuns TuneUp, a free Rails stack, FiveRuns Install and several open source
contributions. Built on Ruby and Rails and delivered as a service, FiveRunsʼ
products enable organizations to save money and reduce operational complexity by
managing the entire Ruby on Rails application lifecycle - from installation to
production. For more information or to start a free trial subscription, visit
fiveruns.com.

Web Site: http://www.mor.ph

Contact Details: Maryellen Cronin or James Gerber
Prompt Communications on behalf of Morph Labs
Tel: (617) 576 5763 / (617) 291 9899
morphlabs@prompt-communications.com