Terracotta Goes Open Source.

Community Gains Non-Disruptive Clustering Technology to Scale Java Applications

SAN FRANCISCO -- Terracotta, Inc. today announced that the company is open sourcing its Java clustering product line to accelerate adoption by developers using open source frameworks. Terracotta provides drop-in clustering solutions that enable developers to achieve high availability without rewriting applications. Terracotta will provide open source products free of charge, while offering professional support under a commercial subscription. See www.terracotta.org for details.

Following in the footsteps of other successful runtime technologies such as AspectJ and Spring, "Terracotta seeks to deliver what we hope will become the embedded standard in clustering with our open source offering," said Ari Zilka, founder and CTO of Terracotta. "Most of Terracotta's customers already use our technology in conjunction with open source software and will now gain broader support to achieve enterprise-class performance on a fully open sourced stack."

The company's move to open source is backed by support from developers, partners and key OSS community members, including principal contributors to Spring, Tomcat and Geronimo.

"Terracotta has very powerful clustering technology, and I am excited about their open sourcing as I can clearly see the value to the community," stated Filip Hanik, PMC Member for Apache Tomcat and key contributor for Apache Tribes. "Simply put, Tomcat plus Terracotta makes mission-critical applications easier to build and run."

John Wegis, chief technical officer at Ziff Davis Game Group, said, "Ziff Davis Media chose Terracotta's powerful clustering technology to improve the performance of our web-based gaming portal 1UP.com. It is a very nice addition to our existing open source technology stack, and we are excited about being able to extend the clustering functionality in-house. The 1UP Network applauds Terracotta's continued commitment to the open source community while providing enterprise-grade support."

"The use of Java and Open Source is pervasive in financial services," said David Campbell, vice president of Principal Investment Area at Goldman Sachs. "Terracotta is now aligned with key open source frameworks to become part of the new enterprise Java stack for production applications."

In order to ensure a strong community voice for product direction and strategy, Terracotta has established a project Steering Committee consisting of influential members from the Java OSS community including Rod Johnson, CEO of Interface21, and Jim Jagielski, CTO of Covalent and founder, developer and director of the Apache Software Foundation. Additionally, several key OSS community members have agreed to participate in the project including Adrian Colyer, Spring contributor and CTO of Interface21; Filip Hanik, Tomcat PMC Member and Tribes key contributor, and Jeff Genender, CTO and Chief Architect of Savoir Technologies and active committer for Apache Geronimo.

Read more about what OSS community members are saying about Terracotta at www.terracottatech.com/press_12_04_06_oss2.shtml.

To support the growth of its open source project and community at www.terracotta.org, Terracotta has built a comprehensive suite of tools and infrastructure services designed specifically for open source development. Developers can now download the clustering code from the online support area that also includes single sign on, build and test tools, samples, configuration files, and documentation. The online community is built on pure Java and clustered with Terracotta's products. Licensing is under the Terracotta Public License (TPL), which is based on the popular Mozilla Public License (MPL), and allows for free production use and distribution.

Terracotta, Inc.

Terracotta, Inc. is an open source provider of clustering that brings high availability and scalability to Java applications. Terracotta puts control back into the hands of application developers and operators by delivering simple clustering functionality which translates directly to faster time to market, increased return on investment, and lower total cost of ownership. Terracotta customers include industry leaders in the financial services and telecom sectors. Founded in 2003, Terracotta is a private firm headquartered in San Francisco. More information on the open source community can be found at www.terracotta.org, and more information on the company at www.terracottatech.com.

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