Interface21 becomes SpringSource |
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We're changing our name. This week, Interface21 will become SpringSource.
As we have built the company, Interface21 has earned a reputation for exceptional products, thought leadership, outstanding people, professionalism and top quality support and services. As we continue to deliver all of those things, we believe that changing our name will help our company bring them to a wider audience.
When I founded Interface21 in 2004, I had to pick a name. I believed Spring to be the future of enterprise Java, and "Interface21" reflected those feelings—the framework for the 21st Century. Now we’re well into the 21 Century. Spring has proven to be more successful than I could have dreamed, and has become a de facto standard for enterprise Java. It's also growing in popularity on the .NET platform. Millions worldwide have downloaded Spring Portfolio products. All the major Spring committers work here.
We’ve evolved naturally to SpringSource. We are not making a fuss about it. It just makes so much sense for us to use the name that’s so close to what people naturally (and almost accidentally) use. It's simply confusing to have a name that's unnaturally distanced from the product we created and drive. Our tagline has always been "Spring from the Source," making it easy to see what the new name should be. I've always loved the way the water associations from "Spring" made "Spring from the Source" so natural.
Our name change underlines the depth of belief in our product and the evolution of our business model. Back when we started, we were a consultancy that produced a successful software product that gave it competitive advantage. Our primary service was high-level consulting. Having chosen to be self-funding at that time, it was natural to bootstrap the business that way, and I'd probably do the same again. Today, we've grown into a software company with a product that's central to many of the world's critical business applications. We're supporting some of the largest companies in the world in using that product, and we are a trusted partner for the enterprise.
We will continue to be involved in products besides the Spring Portfolio. AspectJ is an example of another important project we lead. There will probably be more. But since 2004, Spring has grown in importance–and scope, through the Spring Portfolio–to become central to modern enterprise Java architectures. (This is not just our opinion: it's borne out by recent research from Gartner, Forrester and other analysts.) We live and breathe Spring, and it's central to us too.
Our customers can expect to see all the good things they’ve experienced from Interface21 continue. And we look forward to helping many more organizations be more successful through our products and services.
For the Spring community, we'll continue to do what we've always done: work as hard as we can to make the Spring Portfolio the easiest, most flexible and most powerful platform for the enterprise. We believe that with Spring 2.5 , Spring Web Flow 2.0 and many more products on the way, there's more than ever to be excited about…
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Deepak says:
Added on November 19th, 2007 at 9:58 amAspectJ is from Xerox right ?
Jay says:
Added on November 19th, 2007 at 11:53 amI get it: SpringSource – it's a branding issue. However, part of the mystique Interface21 (at least for me), was wondering where the name came from. After learning the story, you smiled. Similar to 37Signals, now you had a bit of anthology attached to the company/group that brought you this great framework.
Either way, good luck.
Colin Sampaleanu (blog author) says:
Added on November 19th, 2007 at 12:00 pmDeepak,
AspectJ was originally created at Xerox Parc. Then a number of years ago the codebase got donated to the Eclipse foundation, where it currently lives. SpringSource's Adrian Colyer and Andy Clement are both heavily involved with AspectJ — Adrian is the lead of the project while Andy spends most of his time on AspectJ and AJDT. SpringSource's Ramnivas Laddad is the author of the well known book "AspectJ in Action".
There is a little bit of history on the project here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AspectJ
Frans Thamura says:
Added on November 19th, 2007 at 4:55 pmCongrat for the new name, honestly this is not new name, i can see the better branding, easy to remember between company and project.
but will you move from spring framework projects to another spring related brand?
waiting the market leadership, cannot wait also launch a JavaEE on Spring
Frans Thamura, Jakarta, Indonesia
stephan says:
Added on November 20th, 2007 at 3:15 amI understand why you picked this name, but I liked Interface21 more. But that`s maybe because that name sound familiar.
Remi says:
Added on January 2nd, 2008 at 1:31 amIt just makes so much sense for us to use the name that’s so close to what people naturally (and almost accidentally) use. It's simply confusing to have a name that's unnaturally distanced from the product we created and drive.
john says:
Added on December 20th, 2010 at 6:07 amHi springsource,
Kindly reply me for the following questions at kns1982@gmail.com.
Number of questions are little big.But i really want to know answers for all of them.
what is the difference between grand fathered candidate and ordiany candidate?
What is the course fees for grandfathered candidate?
is the certification same for both?
what is the course fees if i dont take the 4 days training?
where can i check my name after i got the certification.
do you provide any site to check my name that i am spring certified?
where can i find the people who has already certified to interact with?
do you provide specialist level certification training in india?
can i go for expert/specialist level without going to core exam?
what prerequisites i need to go to expert/specialist level dirrectly?
what is the validation time for voucher?
what if i dont use the voucher before the validation time.should i need to pay
the same amount again?
what are the discounts you are currently providing to spring certification?
During which months we get discounts for spring certification?
I have seen some discount of 20% on spring certifications before dec 31st what is that?
do i need to pay any amount to enrool in the certification program so that i dont loose the 20% of discount before december 31st?
what material you provide in training and how it helps to face the exam?
where can i find the spring examination stimulator?
is there any chance of asking questions beyond the syllabus?
to qualify we have to get 38 out of 50 right.
is these applicabale to all the three levels like core,expert and specialist level?
can i go for all the three exams at one shot without having prior experience in spring?
in that case what is the amount i have to pay?
what fee i have to pay if i want to do both core and expert level in one shot?
in that case what is the amount i have to pay?
what is the difference between Rich Web Applications with Spring and
Enterprise Integration with Spring?
can i reschedule my exam if i have any problem on that day?
what is the difference between spring 2.x and 3.0 certifications?
are you still providing certifications for spring 2.x if so what is its course fee?
which centre in banglore(india) is ideal for enrolling in certification?
In expert level i have seen rich web applications in spring and enterprise integration with spring what is the difference what is ideal for a java programmer?
I want to go as a developer what courses i have to do in core expert and specialist levels?
beacuse there are different courses under expert andspecialistlevel?
kindly explain me what are groovy and grials and how it is useful to a java developer?
And i have seen core spring.NET in specialist level is it for .net people are java people?
what discounts you provide after doing a certfication here?
what certification in springsource is hot in the current and future market?
what special benifits does a certified person will get from springsource other than a person
who is just working on spring and not certified?
will you provide any special discount for a group who wants to do certifiaction and what
discounts you provide and how many memebers you consider as a group?
do we need to renwel our certification every year?
Thanks In Advance.
John