Published: 13:13 21.11.2001 GMT+1 /HUGIN /Source: Appeal Virtual 
Machines /SSE: APP /ISIN: 

Appeal Virtual Machines AB: JRockit 3.0 JVM Available for Free Trial 
Download, Featuring Innovative Management Console and Record 
Scalability

Appeal Virtual Machines offers free trial license for its JRockit 3.0 
server side JavaTM Virtual Machine featuring Management Console for 
Java Performance Enhancement and Java Systems Optimization. Real life 
benchmark confirms industry-leading scalability

San Mateo, CA, November 21, 2001. Appeal Virtual Machines, a 
technology leader in producing manageable, high performance Virtual 
Machines for the Java platform, announced that the latest versions of 
the company's JRockit product line are available today for download 
from the company's web site at www.jrockit.com. The products are 
delivered under the terms of a free trial license which allows for up 
to 30 days of testing, benchmarking and production evaluation.

Appeal Virtual Machines' JRockit 3.0 has been certified as fully 
compatible with the Java2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) on the 
Windows2000/NT operating systems. This gives companies the option of 
a manageable and highly scalable JVM without compromising Java 
compatibility.

"We offer this download service to prospective clients since we are 
confident that they will want to purchase the product once they have 
had the opportunity to try JRockit in their own environments. We are 
particularly proud of our industry leading scalability and the 
groundbreaking Management Console incorporated in JRockit 3.0," said 
David Parker, CEO, Appeal Virtual Machines.

"We sell our Funonym community software to service providers, and 
scalability is a competitive advantage both for us and for our 
customers. JRockit is the scalability leader of all Virtual Machines 
for Java according to our tests. JRockit JVM gives us the ability to 
run 12 000 concurrent users on a specific server, while no other JVM 
exceeded 1 200 users. This translates to better service and response 
time for end users, and less hardware required for our customers," 
said Andreas Kura, Geschäftsführer of smartup solutions GmbH.

"JRockit has a balanced architecture with across-the-board 
scalability and performance for server-side Java, but actual 
performance depends on the application. Software architected in the 
spirit of the Java framework, like the Funonym community application 
from smartup, suits JRockit extremely well with a scalability gain in 
this case of one order of magnitude," said Joakim Dahlstedt, CTO, 
Appeal Virtual Machines.

Appeal Virtual Machines' JRockit products are designed and optimized 
for the demands of server side execution of Java technology, 
including multi-user scalability, selectable non-disruptive garbage 
collectors, support for multiprocessors, and the ability to monitor 
and manage the execution of Java technology based applications.

In the 3.0 version of JRockit, Appeal Virtual Machines has taken 
multiprocessor scalability one level further by redesigning thread 
synchronization and by improving concurrent garbage collection. 
JRockit 3.0 with a concurrent collector has no conceivable pauses 
related to garbage collection of gigabyte-size heaps. JRockit 3.0 
also introduces the JRockit Management Console, enhancing the ability 
to manage and monitor the Java Virtual Machine.
 
About Appeal Virtual Machines
Appeal Virtual Machines has offices in Stockholm, Stuttgart and San 
Mateo California.  Appeal's JRockit product line is a family of 
superior virtual machines for Java, providing customers and partners 
with manageable, high performance Java operating environments. 
JRockit is a line of products available for Solaris, Linux and 
Windows NT/2000 operating systems.  Appeal Virtual Machines is a 
licensee of Sun Microsystems Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 
(J2SE). The company was founded in 1998. Please visit www.jrockit.com 
for more information, benchmarks and a free trial license.

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, J2SE, Java Community 
Process, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered 
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other 
countries.

For more information, please contact:

PR@Jrockit.com
Appeal Public Relations in United States, +1 408 832 5244
Appeal Public Relations in Europe, +46 (0)70 710 62 83



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