March 2, 2011 — Joyent, which literally sponsors Node.js by, among other things, employing Node creator Ryan Dahl, has just launched No.de, a new hub for the company’s Node.js-specific hosting services.
Joyent’s No.de hosting service uses Git revision control and is backed by Joyent SmartMachines.
Joyent is placing particular emphasis on these Node SmartMachines, which the company says “are what virtual machines would be if they were optimized for software applications instead of being designed to replicate hardware.” SmartMachines are particularly designed with real-time web apps in mind, and they are intended to give better performance and better utilization of hardware resources than traditional server options. Read More
