Phurnace Software, Inc., the Java application deployment company, today announced the general availability of its newest version, Phurnace Deliver's8482; 3.6 and Phurnace WebSphere Portal Deliver's8482; 3.6. The latest release focuses on increased ease of use and troubleshooting of environments, including enhanced features specifically developed for IBM's174; WebSphere Portal's174;. Phurnace'ss products provide IT operations staff with the tools they need to effectively manage large scale enterprise implementations of IBM WebSphere Portal, as well as IBM's174; WebSphere's174;, Oracle WebLogic's174;, and RedHat JBoss's174; web application servers. Accurate configuration and streamlined deployments are some of the most challenging obstacles to successful Portal and web application rollouts.
Phurnace Deliver reduces deployment times and associated costs to create faster, more comprehensive enterprise Java deployments. Phurnace Deliver 3.6 comes with an intuitive and powerful
Eclipse RCP user interface, as well as a full command line interface. In addition, Phurnace Deliver has available integrations to popular operations frameworks such as BMC
BladeLogic's174;, HP Server Automation's174;, IBM's174; Rational's174; Build Forge's174;, and Electric Cloud's174; ElectricCommander's174;. Phurnace Deliver also integrates easily and
quickly into the custom build/roll out process built by their customers.
The Phurnace Deliver products continue to grow as we add new features and capabilities at a rapid pace. These features are in direct response to customer and prospect requests, said Larry
Warnock, president and CEO of Phurnace Software. We have been able to embed the specific configuration knowledge and nuances of each environment that we support into our product. It is an
admin in a box, if you will. Because of this, we are saving I.T. departments money almost immediately upon using our product.
The latest release of the company'ss flagship product, Phurnace Deliver 3.6, provides comprehensive support for IT staff and developers during complex enterprise Java troubleshooting and
deployments to decrease errors, streamline implementations, and avoid the downtime and outages that come with manual or script-based processes.
The release includes enhancements for all supported platforms as well as providing unique features for the IBM WebSphere Portal Server including enhanced dependency management, automated
archiving, roll backs to specific points in time, and pin-point comparisons between Portal environments.
Phurnace Deliver's8482; 3.6 enhancements include:
> User interface enhancements including additional process wizards
> The ability to perform intelligent merges between Portal environments
> Increased support for Virtual Portals
> Archiving of live Portals, with push button roll backs
> In-depth dependency management of changes, insuring that new items are deployed along with all other relied on and dependant objects
> Enhanced support for the IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1 release
> Eclipse RCP graphical user interface and command line interface options for all functions
Phurnace Deliver 3.6 will make a big splash in the IBM WebSphere Portal community, said Daniel Nelson, vp of products at Phurnace Software. We listened to the pain in the community and
developed targeted, powerful, specific features for our customers to leverage. Our sales cycle accelerates quickly when we show a portal system administrator how our product makes their
life easier.
About Phurnace Software, Inc.
Phurnace software helps companies drive revenue and dramatically reduce cost by accelerating the deployment of business critical applications into physical environments, virtual images or
to cloud computing providers. Leveraging patent-pending technology, Phurnace automates web application deployments - from installation to deployment to upgrades - eliminating manual,
error-prone processes and delivering tangible ROI within weeks. Based in Austin, Texas, Phurnace is funded by S3Ventures, DFJ Mercury and other private investors. www.phurnace.com.
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