SpringSource Announces Explosive Growth in Job Listings Requiring Spring Skills – Exceeding WebSphere and WebLogic
SAN MATEO, Calif.—October 23, 2008 – SpringSource, a leading provider of infrastructure software and the company behind Spring, the de facto standard in enterprise Java, today announced that job listings for Java developers with Spring expertise now exceed listings specifying Oracle WebLogic and IBM WebSphere backgrounds. This provides further testimony to the portability of Spring across all Java platforms, and its central role in today’s enterprise Java. With more than five million downloads to date, Spring is the leading open source enterprise Java application infrastructure at organizations worldwide.
As tracked by www.indeed.com, the most comprehensive search engine for jobs, the comparison may be viewed at:
“This metric clearly demonstrates the massive and growing adoption of Spring and the fact that Spring is the de facto standard in Java. We are excited to see the jobs that Spring is helping to create and the fact that Spring skills are now in greater demand than for any of the server platforms which run with Spring,” said Rod Johnson, CEO of SpringSource. “In the current economic climate, we anticipate continued strong demand for the productivity benefits and cost reductions that Spring delivers
Spring developers who wish to differentiate themselves in a competitive marketplace can participate in the Spring Certified Developer program available from SpringSource. Hiring managers can be assured that program graduates have proficient Spring knowledge and the practical expertise for implementing Spring-based solutions successfully to boost productivity, increase efficiency and reduce costs.
As the most widely used enterprise Java application platform worldwide, Spring is transforming enterprise Java. Most recently, the company announced that cumulative downloads for Spring have surpassed the three million milestone on SourceForge with more than five million estimated total downloads worldwide across all download sources. In addition to the growth in Spring downloads, SpringSource has grown 250 percent year-over-year in quarterly bookings and has more than doubled revenue growth for the third consecutive year.
About SpringSource
SpringSource created Spring, the de facto standard platform to build, run and manage enterprise Java applications. SpringSource is also the leading support provider for Apache Tomcat. SpringSource delivers an end-to-end platform that is designed from the ground up for complete portability and scalability for today’s data center and for next-generation virtualized, grid and cloud deployments. Nearly half of the Global 2000, including many of the world’s largest financial institutions, retailers, manufacturers, healthcare, technology and public sector clients are SpringSource customers. For more information visit: www.springsource.com.