Leaders in Rails Performance Monitoring and Custom Software Development Team to Deliver Rails Benefits to Organizations

AUSTIN, TX (April 18, 2008) – FiveRuns, the application monitoring and systems management company for Ruby on Rails, and Ayoka, a trusted leader in enterprise software development services with a practice specializing in Ruby on Rails, announced a partnership to provide custom Ruby on Rails applications with integrated performance monitoring. This unique partnership between Ayoka’s team of experienced Ruby on Rails developers and FiveRuns Manage application monitoring software will benefit companies needing to implement robust business applications that are optimized for performance.

Ayoka, based in Arlington, Texas, focuses in the custom software development market, providing enterprise class solutions that help mid-sized companies in diverse industries achieve core business goals. Combining Ayoka’s development and integration services with FiveRuns’ industry-first monitoring tools, joint customers will be able to deploy Ruby on Rails applications and ensure optimal performance quickly, easily and affordably. Ayoka’s initial end-user customer, product labeling manufacturer DRG Technologies, tapped Ayoka to provide back-end integration services and to develop an e-commerce system called http://www.hellolabels.com, which offers wholesalers, dealers, and retail customers a fast, simple interface for ordering customized labels.

“Ayoka is committed to improving core business operations in order to optimize critical processes and improve profitability. Our business model of offering ‘Made in USA’ services that are competitive to offshore outsourcing allows us to bring local talent at affordable rates.” said Ayoka's founder and CEO Eknauth Persaud. “Ruby on Rails has been an effective option for many of our clients, with rapid development leading to lower costs. FiveRuns’ cost-effective monitoring software is an excellent way to manage these applications going forward.”

Ayoka has extensive experience with the Ruby on Rails and was one of the first companies to begin development with this framework just after its release. Their robust team of Ruby on Rails and open-source developers provide creative, cost-efficient alternatives to developing enterprise class applications. FiveRuns delivers Ayoka and its customers simple and affordable tools that allow them to monitor the performance of these Rails applications and their underlying infrastructure.

“Ayoka has recruited a strong team of developers who are building enterprise class applications with Ruby on Rails. With FiveRuns, they will have the opportunity to monitor these applications and other relevant systems in a production environment,” said Dean Cruse, vice president of sales and marketing for FiveRuns. “As partners leveraging the same powerful open source technologies, together we can make a substantial business impact at an affordable cost.”“Ayoka has recruited a strong team of developers who are building enterprise class applications with Ruby on Rails. With FiveRuns, they will have the opportunity to monitor these applications and other relevant systems in a production environment,” said Dean Cruse, vice president of sales and marketing for FiveRuns. “As partners leveraging the same powerful open source technologies, together we can make a substantial business impact at an affordable cost.