The dotCloud Platform is a service provided by cloudControl, Inc. The Platform launched in 2011 as the industry’s first multi-language Platform as a Service. The Platform simplifies application development by allowing programmers to focus just on the code for their service while the Platform handles code building, scaling, deployment and load-balancing. How dotCloud works: 1. Configure your stack Don’t waste time with servers. Just select the services you need and combine them into a stack. One configuration file tells our platform how to setup your stack. 2. Go live When you’re ready, simply run a few commands to push your application to our platform. Done! Your app is now online. 3. Scale If you’re expecting a surge in traffic, simply scale your application to handle the load and increase reliability. We take care of load-balancing and failover automatically – no configuration required. 4. Monitor Using our advanced dashboard you can see exactly what is going on with your traffic, response times and memory use.