SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov.21, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- Appeal Virtual Machines offers free trial license for its JRockit 3.0 server side Java(tm) Virtual Machine featuring Management Console for Java Performance Enhancement and Java Systems Optimization. Real life benchmark confirms industry-leading scalability
Appeal Virtual Machines, a technology leader in producing manageable, high performance Virtual Machines for the Java platform, announced that the latest versions of the company's JRockit product line are available today for download from the company's Website at www.jrockit.com. The products are delivered under the terms of a free trial license, which allows for up to 30 days of testing, benchmarking and production evaluation.
Appeal Virtual Machines' JRockit 3.0 has been certified as fully compatible with the Java2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) on the Windows2000/NT operating systems. This gives companies the option of a manageable and highly scalable JVM without compromising Java compatibility.
"We offer this download service to prospective clients since we are confident that they will want to purchase the product once they have had the opportunity to try JRockit in their own environments. We are particularly proud of our industry leading scalability and the groundbreaking Management Console incorporated in JRockit 3.0," said David Parker, CEO, Appeal Virtual Machines.
"We sell our Funonym community software to service providers, and scalability is a competitive advantage both for us and for our customers. JRockit is the scalability leader of all Virtual Machines for Java according to our tests. JRockit JVM gives us the ability to run 12 000 concurrent users on a specific server, while no other JVM exceeded 1 200 users. This translates to better service and response time for end users, and less hardware required for our customers," said Andreas Kura, Geschaftsfuhrer of smartup solutions GmbH.
"JRockit has a balanced architecture with across-the-board scalability and performance for server-side Java, but actual performance depends on the application. Software architected in the spirit of the Java framework, like the Funonym community application from smartup, suits JRockit extremely well with a scalability gain in this case of one order of magnitude," said Joakim Dahlstedt, CTO, Appeal Virtual Machines.
Appeal Virtual Machines' JRockit products are designed and optimized for the demands of server side execution of Java technology, including multi-user scalability, selectable non-disruptive garbage collectors, support for multiprocessors, and the ability to monitor and manage the execution of Java technology based applications.
In the 3.0 version of JRockit, Appeal Virtual Machines has taken multiprocessor scalability one level further by redesigning thread synchronization and by improving concurrent garbage collection. JRockit 3.0 with a concurrent collector has no conceivable pauses related to garbage collection of gigabyte-size heaps. JRockit 3.0 also introduces the JRockit Management Console, enhancing the ability to manage and monitor the Java Virtual Machine.
About Appeal Virtual Machines
Appeal Virtual Machines has offices in Stockholm, Stuttgart and San Mateo California. Appeal's JRockit product line is a family of superior virtual machines for Java, providing customers and partners with manageable, high performance Java operating environments. JRockit is a line of products available for Solaris, Linux and Windows NT/2000 operating systems. Appeal Virtual Machines is a licensee of Sun Microsystems Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE). The company was founded in 1998. Please visit, www.jrockit.com for more information, benchmarks and a free trial license.
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