January 18, 2007; 02:45 AM
Instantiations, Inc., a leading provider
of advanced software development solutions, today announced notable
growth during 2006. Ranked among the 100 fastest growing private
companies in Oregon for 2005, Instantiations is a pioneer in building a
profitable business based on the open source software model.
Involved in the Eclipse open source software movement since 1999,
privately-held Instantiations grew its company revenue over 70 percent
during 2006. During the same time, the company also increased its
staff by 40 percent. The company achieved its 2006 growth by focusing
on adding high-value, high ROI software development functionality
targeted at its primary market, professional software developers in
organizations and enterprises that build their own software systems.
"We're passionate about contributing to the success of open source
software, especially Eclipse, because it provides the best technology
and software platforms for developing enterprise software applications
and the tools necessary to create them," said Mike Taylor,
Instantiations CEO and Eclipse Foundation board member. "Our strong
growth in 2006 was driven by new strategic products and expansion of
our sales activity in Europe. We also added more enterprise-level
companies, like BEA, SAS, JP Morgan, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
and others to our customer list. In 2007 we will significantly expand
our consulting services and continue broadening international
distribution of our products."
During 2006, the company added two innovative products for developing
rich client applications based on the Java programming language. RCP
Developer(TM) is the first development tool to leverage the open source
Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) for creating Java-based client and
standalone desktop applications. GWT Designer(TM) is the definitive
tool for creating Ajax Internet applications using the Google Web
Toolkit (GWT). Shorthand for asynchronous JavaScript and XML, Ajax is increasingly
popular as a way to build rich Web-based applications. Google endorses
using GWT Designer with its GWT.
In addition, the company has two other major product brands, WindowBuilder
Pro(TM) and CodePro AnalytiX(TM). WindowBuilder Pro is the
market-leading product for creating Java graphical user-interfaces
(GUIs) and is used worldwide by tens of thousands of Eclipse
developers. CodePro AnalytiX is among the most popular software
development tools available for Eclipse. It automatically helps
developers improve software quality, reliability, and maintainability
in the applications they develop.
"Currently, U.S. companies are leading the use of open source
solutions, like Eclipse, for developing enterprise-level applications,"
said Taylor.
"However, the use of these tools by enterprises worldwide is ramping up
and is expected to grow dramatically in 2007, because IT managers are
pressured to find high-value, high-ROI software development tools that
help bring business-critical applications to users faster."
About Instantiations
Instantiations, Inc. provides leading-edge software products, services
and technologies for Eclipse, Java and Smalltalk. The company offers
high-value, high-ROI professional development environments that focus
on improving software quality and developer productivity.
Instantiations is a member of the Eclipse Foundation and offers a line
of products for Eclipse, IBM Rational and WebSphere Studio, and
MyEclipse. Based in Portland, Ore., Instantiations was founded in 1997
by a team of internationally recognized pioneers in component software
technology. For more information, visit www.instantiations.com. Or
call the company at (800) 808-3737.