Terracotta claims cure for web app bottleneck

Take one giant JVM cluster and call me in the morning Startup Java infrastructure software maker Terracotta has taken the wraps off version 2.7 of its eponymous Java application scaling and acceleration program. With Terracotta 2.7, the company is adding support for a bunch of new web application servers and application frameworks, but more importantly, it's trying to get the message out that there is a way to scale Java-based web applications that does not involve upgrading database servers. Ari Zilka, who founded Terracotta in 2003, was once the lead architect for retail giant Wal-Mart's online store, and prior to that, he was a consultant working for the online sites for Gap, Nike, Harrod's, Intel, Barnes and Noble, Compaq, and Intel - just to drop a few names. And in all of those Web site experiences, Zilka saw the same... [read full story]