<s>
Heroku	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
service	I-Application
(	O
PaaS	B-Application
)	O
supporting	O
several	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
cloud	B-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
,	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
in	O
development	O
since	O
June	O
2007	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
supported	O
only	O
the	O
Ruby	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
but	O
now	O
supports	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
Node.js	B-Language
,	O
Scala	B-Application
,	O
Clojure	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Go	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
reason	O
,	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
is	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
polyglot	O
platform	O
as	O
it	O
has	O
features	O
for	O
a	O
developer	B-Application
to	O
build	O
,	O
run	O
and	O
scale	O
applications	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
manner	O
across	O
most	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroku	B-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Salesforce	B-Application
in	O
2010	O
for	O
$212	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroku	B-General_Concept
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
by	O
James	O
Lindenbaum	O
,	O
Adam	O
Wiggins	O
,	O
and	O
Orion	O
Henry	O
for	O
supporting	O
projects	O
that	O
were	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Ruby	B-Language
programming	I-Language
platform	O
known	O
as	O
Rack	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
on	O
,	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
faced	O
setbacks	O
because	O
of	O
lack	O
of	O
proper	O
market	O
customers	O
as	O
many	O
app	O
developers	B-Application
used	O
their	O
own	O
tools	O
and	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2009	O
,	O
Byron	O
Sebastian	O
joined	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
as	O
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Salesforce.com	B-Application
acquired	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
as	O
a	O
wholly	O
owned	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Salesforce.com	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
12	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Yukihiro	O
"	O
Matz	O
"	O
Matsumoto	O
,	O
the	O
chief	O
designer	O
of	O
the	O
Ruby	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
joined	O
the	O
company	O
as	O
Chief	O
Architect	O
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
month	O
,	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
added	O
support	O
for	O
Node.js	B-Language
and	O
Clojure	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
15	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
introduced	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
for	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
At	O
present	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
supports	O
Redis	B-Operating_System
databases	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
standard	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2022	O
,	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
its	O
free	O
plans	O
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
,	O
citing	O
fraud	O
and	O
abuse	O
as	O
reasons	O
for	O
the	O
change	O
,	O
leaving	O
many	O
customers	O
upset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
"	O
is	O
a	O
portmanteau	O
of	O
"	O
heroic	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
haiku	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japanese	O
theme	O
is	O
a	O
nod	O
to	O
Matz	O
for	O
creating	O
Ruby	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
itself	O
is	O
pronounced	O
similarly	O
to	O
the	O
Japanese	O
word	O
meaning	O
“	O
widely	O
”	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
creators	O
of	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
did	O
not	O
want	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
their	O
project	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
particular	O
meaning	O
,	O
in	O
Japanese	O
or	O
any	O
other	O
language	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
chose	O
to	O
invent	O
a	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
that	O
are	O
run	O
on	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
typically	O
have	O
a	O
unique	O
domain	B-Protocol
used	O
to	O
route	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
requests	I-Protocol
to	O
the	O
correct	O
application	B-Application
container	I-Application
or	O
dyno	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroku	B-General_Concept
's	O
Git	B-Application
server	O
handles	O
application	O
repository	O
pushes	O
from	O
permitted	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
services	O
are	O
hosted	O
on	O
Amazon	O
's	O
EC2	B-General_Concept
cloud-computing	B-Architecture
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
network	O
runs	O
the	O
customer	O
's	O
apps	O
in	O
virtual	O
containers	B-Application
which	O
execute	O
on	O
a	O
reliable	O
runtime	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroku	B-General_Concept
calls	O
these	O
containers	B-Application
"	O
Dynos	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
Dynos	O
can	O
run	O
code	O
written	O
in	O
Node	O
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Go	B-Application
,	O
Scala	B-Application
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
or	O
Clojure	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroku	B-General_Concept
also	O
provides	O
custom	O
buildpacks	O
with	O
which	O
the	O
developer	B-Application
can	O
deploy	O
apps	O
in	O
any	O
other	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroku	B-General_Concept
lets	O
the	O
developer	B-Application
scale	O
the	O
app	O
instantly	O
just	O
by	O
either	O
increasing	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
dynos	O
or	O
by	O
changing	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
dyno	O
the	O
app	O
runs	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroku	B-General_Concept
Postgres	B-Application
is	O
the	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
database	O
(	O
DBaaS	O
)	O
service	O
for	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
based	O
on	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroku	B-General_Concept
Postgres	B-Application
provides	O
features	O
like	O
continuous	O
protection	O
,	O
rollback	O
,	O
and	O
high	O
availability	O
;	O
also	O
forks	O
,	O
followers	O
,	O
and	O
dataclips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroku	B-General_Concept
Redis	B-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
customized	O
Redis	B-Operating_System
from	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
to	O
provide	O
a	O
better	O
developer	B-Application
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
fully	O
managed	O
and	O
is	O
provided	O
as	O
a	O
service	O
by	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
helps	O
in	O
managing	O
instances	O
with	O
a	O
CLI	O
,	O
associate	O
data	O
with	O
Postgres	B-Application
to	O
gain	O
business	O
insights	O
using	O
SQL	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
lets	O
customer	O
gain	O
performance	O
visibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroku	B-General_Concept
Teams	O
is	O
a	O
team	O
management	O
tool	O
which	O
provides	O
collaboration	O
and	O
controls	O
to	O
bring	O
a	O
customer	O
's	O
developers	B-Application
,	O
processes	O
,	O
and	O
tools	O
together	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
build	O
better	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
Teams	O
,	O
teams	O
can	O
self-organize	O
,	O
add	O
,	O
and	O
manage	O
members	O
,	O
get	O
fine-grained	O
control	O
with	O
app-level	O
permissions	O
and	O
also	O
use	O
collaboration	O
tools	O
like	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
Pipelines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroku	B-General_Concept
Enterprise	O
provides	O
services	O
to	O
large	O
companies	O
which	O
help	O
them	O
to	O
improve	O
collaboration	O
among	O
different	O
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroku	B-General_Concept
Connect	O
lets	O
users	O
create	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
apps	O
that	O
can	O
easily	O
integrate	O
with	O
Salesforce	B-Application
deployments	O
at	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
having	O
a	O
seamless	O
data	O
synchronization	O
between	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
Postgres	B-Application
databases	O
and	O
Salesforce	B-Application
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroku	B-General_Concept
Elements	O
provides	O
users	O
with	O
Add-ons	O
(	O
tools	O
and	O
services	O
for	O
developing	O
,	O
extending	O
,	O
and	O
operating	O
the	O
app	O
)	O
,	O
Buildpacks	O
(	O
which	O
automate	O
the	O
build	O
processes	O
for	O
the	O
preferred	O
languages	O
and	O
frameworks	O
)	O
and	O
Buttons	O
(	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
one-click	O
provisioning	O
,	O
configuring	O
,	O
and	O
deployment	O
of	O
third	O
party	O
components	O
,	O
libraries	O
and	O
patterns	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
