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GemFire Enables Faster Time to Market for Java Developers

GemStone Systems announced GemFire, zero-latency performance software that significantly improves the performance and scalability of real-time business applications, enabling customers to make split-second business decisions, immediately adapt to market changes and increase user and system productivity. GemFire is the first product to allow data to be shared across multiple Java virtual machines at the application level using shared-memory techniques, which offers breakthrough performance by eliminating disk and network bottlenecks.

GemFire will make it easy for developers to integrate shared-memory technology incrementally into existing Java, C and C++ architectures without overhaul to the application, and build it into new applications without having to learn the intricacies of shared-memory programming. GemFire expresses shared-memory capabilities in familiar Java terms, which increases developer productivity and enables faster deployment of business applications.

"We are excited to leverage our 20 years of experience developing performance software to bring the power and speed of shared-memory computing to our customers and the development community, said Dan Ware, president and CEO of GemStone Systems. "Our industry-leading customers demand zero-latency performance to ensure they can exceed the expectations of their customers, and to give them the competitive edge to be increasingly profitable."

GemFire Offers Features to Enhance Performance, Administration and Development

GemFire Increases Performance:

• Uses shared memory for sharing data, object change notification, thread synchronization and garbage collection across multiple virtual machines to significantly increase the performance of applications
• Enables the creation, access or manipulation of shared data from thousands of concurrently executing application components at in-memory speeds
• Optimizes general-purpose programming commands for fast, safe performance in high-volume environments
• Reduces unnecessary database communication on a customer's systems as much as 98% and is over 40x faster

GemFire Reduces Administration Time and Costs:

• Automatic garbage collection of the shared-memory object space
• Console for configuration, starting and stopping GemFire
• Unobtrusive, fast performance monitoring of both system and application-defined statistics
• Can be introduced into an existing architecture incrementally without overhaul to the application

GemFire Enables Faster Time to Market for Java Developers:

• Expresses shared memory capabilities in familiar Java form, so developers don't need to learn shared-memory programming
• Provides an off-the-shelf software component that can be incrementally integrated into existing architectures and built into new applications
• Extends the simple Java synchronization model without additional programming
• The desired high-performance in applications can be realized with simple programming ensuring high developer productivity and fast deployment of business applications

GemStone has been developing high-performance, distributed object technology for 20 years; and GemFire, which is built on the core technologies of GemStone/J and GemStone Facets, is the next evolution in providing zero-latency performance, which is becoming a requirement for businesses today.

Availability

GemFire will be demonstrated for the first time at the 2002 Worldwide Java Developers Conference, JavaOne, in San Francisco (Booth # 1619). The product will enter the beta cycle this summer. For more information about GemFire, download a technical white paper at www.gemstone.com.

About GemStone Systems

GemStone Systems' technology enables customers to make split-second business decisions and immediately adapt to market change. Our zero-latency performance technology significantly increases the performance and manageability of real-time business applications, and increases user and system productivity. Building on 20 years experience with high-performance, highly scalable systems software, this revolutionary technology supports multiple languages, integrates with existing architectures and can be built into new applications. Our industry-leading customers like JPMorgan Chase, Intercontinental Exchange, UBS Warburg, Bell South Telecommunications and Orient Overseas Container Line depend on our technology and expertise to build scalable, mission-critical applications that have set the standard in their industries, and given them the competitive edge to be increasingly profitable. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, GemStone sells and supports its solutions through its US sales force and a worldwide network of distributors.

Contact GemStone Systems, Kymra Knuth, 503-533-3571, kymra.knuth@gemstone.com