SpringSource Caps off Fiscal Year Marked by Record Growth and Reaffirms Position as Java Industry Leader

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SpringSource, the leader in enterprise Java, today announced its most successful fiscal year ended April 30, 2009. The company more than tripled its support revenue from the previous fiscal year while achieving a series of milestones that both demonstrate SpringSource’s leadership position in the enterprise Java industry and its success delivering strategic value to customers, partners, IT operations professionals and developers.

“In advancing and expanding its software and support, SpringSource has risen relatively quickly to become a major enterprise Java player—one that has significant impact on the future direction of Java,” said Jay Lyman, enterprise software analyst, The 451 Group. “The company is positioned at the intersection of application development and application deployment and operations in enterprise environments, including virtualized and cloud architectures, and that is a good place to be right now.”

Evidence of SpringSource’s success is widespread and stretches over numerous key areas:

Customer, Partner, Revenue and International Growth

• SpringSource more than doubled its subscription base during the fiscal year, and subscription bookings were up by greater than 230 percent. New customers include: Cellular South, the European Patent Office, LinkedIn, MTV Networks, Qualcomm and Wells Fargo Bank.
• SpringSource rapidly expanded its international reach during the fiscal year and now operates in seven countries, including the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The company also formalized strategic partnerships with more than 35 companies around the globe, including Accenture, Adobe, Archer Systems, SAS, Unisys and VMware.

Open Source Java Innovation by Acquisition and Internal Development

• SpringSource acquired G2One, Inc., the company driving Groovy and Grails, and Hyperic, a leading provider of open source software for monitoring and managing enterprise applications. Based on these deals, and internal development of the freely available SpringSource Tool Suite and other offerings, SpringSource now offers a full line of software solutions that unify the entire build, run, manage enterprise Java application lifecycle from the developer to the datacenter to the cloud.
• SpringSource introduced two new lightweight application server runtimes, SpringSource tc Server and SpringSource dm Server. SpringSource dm Server is an OSGi-based Java server designed to run enterprise Java applications with a new degree of modularity, flexibility and reliability. SpringSource tc Server is Apache Tomcat hardened for enterprise use and coupled with key operational capabilities, advanced diagnostics and backed by mission-critical support.

An Expanded, Proven and Influential Executive Team

• SpringSource expanded its executive team to include proven visionaries across the open source and enterprise application landscape. In addition, several SpringSource executives are influential members of initiatives that are defining the future of Java and open source. SpringSource’s Rod Johnson was elected to the executive committee of the Java Community Process (JCP), Chief Open Source Officer Jim Jagielski is chairman of The Apache Software Foundation’s Board of Directors, and Peter Cooper-Ellis, SpringSource senior vice president of engineering and product management, sits on the OSGi Alliance Board of Directors.

Vibrant Developer Community Thought Leadership

• SpringSource employs the founders, leaders and major contributors for many of the most popular open source projects, including Spring, Apache, Tomcat, Groovy, Grails and Hyperic. The ubiquity of these frameworks and tools is not in dispute; Spring has now been downloaded more than six million times, the use of Grails is rapidly on the rise, Apache is the world’s most popular web server, and Tomcat is the most widely used application server.
• SpringSource introduced the Tomcat Expert Seminar Series, with sold-out events in 17 cities across three continents with more than 2,000 participants.
• SpringSource University was unveiled, offering more than 750 courses and training more than 5,000 people throughout the world on Spring, Apache, Groovy and Grails technologies.

A Landslide of Praise for Technology and Corporate Success

• Publications and industry influencers deluged SpringSource with praise, based on the company’s innovative technology and leadership position.
  • Spring, the de facto standard programming model for enterprise Java applications, was honored by Developer.com with a 2009 product of the year award.
  • eWeek magazine recognized SpringSource for providing one of the top application development products of 2008, SpringSource dm Server. The publication also selected SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson as a leading open source business influencer.
  • SD Times honored SpringSource with the 2008 SD Times 100 award.
  • SpringSource-acquired Hyperic was recently named a “cool vendor” by Gartner and a “company to watch in 2009” by Linux Magazine.

“SpringSource has clearly taken the mantle as a leader in enterprise Java and that leadership position enables us to provide the software necessary for all enterprise application stakeholders to benefit from Java-based solutions,” said Rod Johnson, CEO of SpringSource. “We accept the responsibility for our role in the future of Java and for stewardship over many of the most significant open source communities that are contributing to Java’s influence and importance every day.”

About SpringSource

SpringSource provides a complete suite of software products that accelerate the entire build, run, manage enterprise Java application lifecycle. SpringSource employs the open source leaders who created and drive innovation for Spring, the de facto standard programming model for enterprise Java applications. SpringSource also employs the Java and Web thought leaders within the Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP Server, Hyperic, Groovy and Grails open source communities. Nearly half of the Global 2000, including many of the world’s leading retail, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, technology and public sector clients are SpringSource customers. For more information visit: www.springsource.com.