The Java application deployment company, Phurnace Software, Inc., announced that it has completed its $5 million Series A financing, led by S3 Ventures, a Texas-based venture capital firm. Previous investors, including DFJ Mercury, also participated in the financing. To expand sales, marketing and development activities for its patent-pending deployment automation products is what the capital will be used for by Phurnace.
To dramatically reduce application deployment times, decrease configuration errors, lower costs and enable more efficient enterprise Java deployments, the company provides IT operations staff with data center automation tools. Phurnace Deliver™, the company's flagship product, is used by some of the country's largest companies in multiple vertical markets. It supports deployments and automated configurations on the leading web application server platforms, including BEA WebLogic®, IBM WebSphere® and RedHat JBoss™. The company has also recently announced automated deployment support for IBM WebSphere® Portal.
Managing Director at S3 Ventures, Brian R. Smith, declared:
"S3 invests in companies with innovative technology, a compelling measurable value proposition and significant customer traction." He added: "Phurnace's products address a clear need in the marketplace, as evidenced by its use among Fortune 500 companies, and we are looking forward to helping them expand their rapidly growing business."
To reduce errors, save time and eliminate the need for hard-to-maintain scripting while configuring web application servers, system administrators and Java developers use Phurnace's technology. The use of Phurnace software results in a significantly more efficient deployment process which can be shortened from weeks to minutes. The agent-less architecture of Phurnace Deliver™ fits into companies' existing data center processes and the command line interface (CLI) option allows for direct integration to software build and operation toolsets such as HP Server Automation®, IBM Rational®, IBM Tivoli® and BMC BladeLogic™.
Florida Health Insurance Web examines the 2008 presidential race and its impact on the State of Florida and how the election may affect Florida Health Insurance benefits and available rates. Morgan Moran said the "sadly the Republican candidates offer little to help Florida's uninsured." Insurance consultant Moran said, If you're one of the tens of million Americans without coverage, or if you don't like the coverage you have, " you will have a chance to pick the person who will deliver the best health care plan." She concluded that "the Democrats seem to be winning the health insurance debate.”.gif&max=85)
