Company Overview

SpringSource provides a complete suite of software products that accelerate the entire build, run, manage enterprise Java application lifecycle: from high productivity developer tools and frameworks, to lightweight application server runtimes, to complete application infrastructure management and monitoring.

SpringSource employs the open source leaders who created and continue to 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, Groovy and Grails open source communities.

SpringSource forges this open source innovation into software products for the most demanding enterprise deployments. These products include:

  • SpringSource Enterprise: Enterprise version of the ubiquitous Spring framework container provides application and server management, performance and reliability optimizations for Oracle Database environments, and the best Spring application development tools available.
  • SpringSource tc Server: Apache Tomcat hardened for enterprise use and coupled with key operational capabilities, advanced diagnostics and backed by mission-critical support.
  • SpringSource dm Server: Completely modular, OSGi-based Java server designed to run enterprise Java applications with a new degree of modularity, flexibility, and reliability.
  • SpringSource ERS: Enterprise ready version of Apache Web Server that provides better performance and security and improves service quality, reliability and scalability of Web infrastructures.

SpringSource also provides enterprise support for open source projects including:

Quick Facts

  • More than 96% of our customers renew our services each year
  • Job listings for Java developers with Spring expertise now exceed listings specifying Oracle WebLogic and IBM WebSphere backgrounds
  • Cumulative downloads for Spring have surpassed the 3,000,000 milestone on SourceForge and more than 5,000,000 estimated total downloads worldwide across all download sources
  • SpringSource has grown 250% year-over-year in quarterly bookings and has more than doubled revenues for the third consecutive year
  • SpringSource employees are responsible for 80 percent of the commits to Apache Tomcat in the past two years

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SpringSource is at the forefront of rapid enterprise adoption of "lean software" that dramatically cuts cost and complexity, increases productivity, and accelerates the delivery of high-quality, business-critical applications.

Already most of the Fortune 2000, including many of the world’s largest financial institutions, retailers, manufacturers, healthcare, technology and public sector organizations are SpringSource customers.

Headquartered in San Mateo California, SpringSource has offices in locations throughout the globe, including the United Kingdom, France, Canada, The Netherlands, Germany and Australia. The company is privately held, with venture capital investment from Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital.