TheLadders.com Maintains Competitive Edge with Spring

Online Recruiting Firm Selects Spring to Meet an Aggressive Two-Week Release Cycle Designed to Create Website Features According to Customer Requests

SAN MATEO, Calif.—June 10, 2009—SpringSource, the leader in enterprise Java, today announced that TheLadders.com, the world's leading online service catering exclusively to the $100k+ job market, has deployed its website using Spring, the de facto standard programming model for enterprise Java applications. TheLadders.com implemented Spring to eliminate lengthy maintenance cycles to facilitate bi-weekly website enhancements. With Spring’s lean approach, TheLadders.com is able to deploy rapid website changes necessary to remain competitive in the marketplace.

TheLadders.com connects qualified, experienced job candidates with senior level positions. Based on customer feedback, TheLadders.com often updates website features and functionality to remain competitive. Since Spring-based development requires less code, the maintenance on the code is reduced despite the regular website feature updates.

“We produce and deliver new website tools every two weeks and Spring’s lean approach simplifies how those updates are created,” said Kyriakos Sarantakos, manager of the Core Architecture Team at TheLadders.com. “Spring gives us more time to focus on the user experience instead of development, and allows us to meet our two-week release cycle easily. There is no other Java application platform available that is as effective as Spring.”

SpringSource delivers the following business results to TheLadders.com:

  • Increased Productivity—Spring requires less code, which means less development effort and maintenance overall. Every additional line of code added requires maintenance in the future.
  • Fast Developer Ramp Up—SpringSource allows the company to quickly ramp up developers with the suite of training offers. Previously, it took six weeks to get maximum productivity from a developer and now developers are contributing code to new releases in two weeks.
  • Superior Application Quality—Spring enables TheLadders.com to test applications with ease, resulting in fewer bugs. Additionally, Spring allows it to reduce the number of lines of code it is responsible for testing and maintaining.
  • Saved Resources on Training—SpringSource’s extensive training resources further increase efficiency for the developers at TheLadders.com. Without these resources, TheLadders.com would have to develop its own in-house training.
  • Attracting Top Developer Talent—Spring’s well known and exciting platform helps TheLadders.com attract top developer talent to its company.

"The experience by the team at TheLadders.com is exactly why Spring is the ubiquitous Java development platform that it is today,” said Mark Brewer, senior vice president of enterprise delivery for SpringSource. “SpringSource is the leader in helping developers to create effective Java applications, and that is reflected not only in the tools and platforms we have helped to create, but also with regard to the training and support we offer.”
                                                                                            
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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 world’s leading retail, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, technology and public sector clients are SpringSource customers. For more information visit:  www.springsource.com.