Terracotta Unveils Support for Apache Geronimo; Virtuas, Terracotta, and Others to Host Geronimo Live! at OSCON 2006.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Terracotta, Inc., a leader in delivering groundbreaking solutions for enterprise Java scalability, today announced plans for full commercial support of Apache Geronimo 1.1, an open source JEE application server developed by the Apache Software Foundation. Terracotta brings a production-proven JVM (Java Virtual Machine) clustering engine to Geronimo for enterprise-distributed environments.

In addition, Terracotta has teamed up with Virtuas Open Source Solutions, LLC to further extend consulting, training, and support services for Geronimo and other open source technologies. Together, they and others will host Apache Geronimo Live! on July 27, 2006 at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON), in Portland, Oregon, where attendees can learn more about the Apache Geronimo Project and the organizations that support and utilize the application server.

"Terracotta brings high availability and scalability to applications running on Apache Geronimo," said Phil Robinson, Vice President Global Alliances for Virtuas. "We strongly believe in the customer demand for this solution, and so we were pleased to partner with Terracotta to complete the integration work."

Terracotta is a natural fit for enterprises planning to implement or already using Geronimo, as no changes are needed to the application code. Since clustering happens at the JVM level , the Geronimo framework does not have to change or become cumbersome in order to adapt to the demands of large enterprises.

"Terracotta is inherently aligned with the 'best of breed' approach that Geronimo provides," said Ari Zilka, Founder and CEO of Terracotta. "Whether IT organizations are using commercial solutions, open source, or a combination, we bring reliability that enterprises can count on when building their JEE stack."

As part of Terracotta's strategy to combine enterprise-class availability and scalability solutions in concert with open source, Geronimo joins Apache Tomcat and the Spring framework in their ability to deliver low-cost, highly-available solutions to address today's IT demands.

Information on the Terracotta partnership with Virtuas will be available at the Virtuas booth (#719) at OSCON during July 24-28.

Availability & Pricing

Terracotta Sessions for Geronimo is scheduled to be available later this year. Terracotta Sessions licenses are free for all platforms for four JVMs and under. Production licenses are available directly from Terracotta. For more information, interested parties can call 888-30 TERRA, email [e-mail], or visit www.terracottatech.com.

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Virtuas Open Source Solutions, LLC

Virtuas Open Source Solutions is the premier provider of enterprise-level support services for widely adopted open source software such as Apache Geronimo, Apache Tomcat, AppFuse, Spring and Hibernate. Since 1999, Virtuas has provided the Global 2000 with world-class enterprise software solutions. For more information about Virtuas, please visit www.virtuas.com.

Terracotta, Inc.

Terracotta, Inc. delivers plug-in capacity and availability for enterprise Java at runtime with no application code changes. Terracotta gives application developers and operators substantial advantages in development, deployment, and management that translate 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 Terracotta can be found at www.terracottatech.com.

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