Leading Internet Companies To Use The TowerJ Enterprise Java Deployment Solution from Tower Technology

Business Wire, April 5, 1999

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 1999--Tower Technology Corporation announced that AltaVista, Deja News Inc., and Inktomi Corporation and will all use the TowerJ Enterprise Java Deployment Platform.

TowerJ is a high performance solution for deploying process intensive server-side Java applications. TowerJ is the only multi-platform deployment solution that allows server-side Java applications to execute with optimized native compiled performance while still being able to utilize the full dynamic nature of Java within a single environment. This allows companies whose livelihood depends on reliable high-availability systems to use Java more aggressively for competitive advantage.

AltaVista Search Service is the premier resource for location information on the Internet, and regarded as one of the top destination sites on the Web. The AltaVista Search Site is the largest information resource on the Web with more than 140 million pages. AltaVista has set new standards, from indexing the entire Internet to providing the Web's first instant language translation capabilities.

Deja News today offers what is perhaps the most powerful and rewarding experience to be had on the World Wide Web, interactive communication with a knowledgeable, engaged and often passionate community of millions of Internet discussion participants. Nowhere else on the Web can participants engage one another on particular discussion topics so quickly and easily, and in any of 18 different languages. Deja News is one of the most active sites on the World Wide Web, each month serving millions of unique users generating over 140 million page views.

Inktomi develops the world's most scalable software for the world's fastest-moving software environment: the Internet. The company's core technology underpins products for the Internet infrastructure that contribute to network performance, scalability and efficiency. Inktomi technology paves the way for emerging opportunities in online commerce, media and communications by enabling the Internet to intelligently accommodate more users and data traffic.

TowerJ allows developers to convert standard platform independent Java bytecode into high performance binary native executables that can be dynamically updated via bytecode or native libraries. Developers no longer have to choose between the flexibility of interpreted code and the speed of compiled code because TowerJ delivers both within a single Java application deployment environment. Available on a broad range of server-class computers, TowerJ helps companies significantly reduce the costs related to production hardward.

"TowerJ has earned the reputation as the performance leading enterprise Java deployment platform", states Madison Cloutier, VP Marketing at Tower.

"TowerJ has proven its robustness and reliability, and it is very rewarding to see major internet companies using TowerJ to deploy their business critical systems."

ABOUT TOWER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Tower Technology Corporation was one of the first companies to recognize the potential for Java in developing and deploying server based middle-tier applications, and was the first company to deliver a Java Runtime Environment that allowed Java applications to execute with C like performance across a broad range of server-class computers. Tower's flagship product, TowerJ, is the performance leading deployment solution for server-side Java execution. Today, Tower's technology, products, services and partners are helping companies deliver server-side Java applications that excel in performance, reliability, extensibility, maintainability and scalability. Tower's technology includes optimizing native compilers and compact high performance runtime virtual machines that have been evolving for a decade and have been proven in demanding commercial systems. Tower's TowerJ product is the premier Enterprise Java Deployment Platform currently available on the industry leading server hardware and operating systems including HP-UX, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, Solaris, Windows NT, AIX, IRIX and Linux. Tower's services focus on helping companies deliver Java applications that meet enterprise requirements while minimizing total software life-cycle costs. Services include training, consulting and custom development. Tower has established business relationships with some of the industries leading OEM's and ISV's. Together, Tower and its partners provide cost efficient solutions for enterprise Java computing.

Tower, founded in 1992, is privately held and headquartered in Austin, Texas. Information about Tower's technology, products, services and partners can be found at the Tower web site at http://www.towerj.com or by contacting the company at 512-452-9455.