Covalent Assembling Apache Developer Group
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Brain trust to benefit both open-source community and business sector
Orlando, FL, ApacheCon 2000 Conference, March 8, 2000-Covalent Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of
Apache Web server e-commerce solutions, announced today that it has assembled an industry-leading group of Apache
Web server developers to work in its San Francisco office. These experts include some of the most highly regarded
developers in the Apache and open-source community.
Covalent is the first company to devote its resources solely to the development, support, and training programs for the
open-source Apache Web server platform, which powers 58% of the world's Web servers-more than double the
number of servers using Microsoft's Internet Information Server and a 4.5% increase in market share since October of
1999.
"With the development team we are building, we will be working to add value to Apache by developing related products
and services that continue to increase the acceptance of Apache as the Web server platform of choice," said Randy
Terbush, Covalent Chairman and CTO. "By providing unrivaled expertise to businesses using Apache as part of their
Internet solutions, we help the Apache Software Foundation achieve their goals of establishing the Apache Web server as
the Web server software standard."
"Covalent appears to have gathered some of the best and brightest of the Apache developer movement," said
Christopher Galvin, Managing Director and Senior eBusiness Analyst with Chase H&Q. "It bodes very well both for the
future of this first-mover in the Apache world and for the open-source community."
Members of Covalent's new development team include (alphabetically):
Ryan Bloom
Ryan is a member of the Apache Software Foundation. Ryan has played a leading role in the development of Apache
2.0, and his focus is towards the next generation of Apache Web server technology.
Harrie Hazewinkel
Harrie is the author of the SNMP module, an extension for retrieving and managing the status of an Apache Web server
via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). He is also the co-chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF) working group for HTTP MIB development.
Doug MacEachern
Doug is a member of the Apache Software Foundation and the author of mod_perl, a popular add-on that integrates Perl
with the Apache API. He is considered a leader in the Perl and Apache communities and is the coauthor of "Writing
Apache Modules with Perl and C".
Daniel Lopez Ridruejo
Daniel is a member of the Apache Software Foundation and the developer of Comanche, an open-source GUI for
configuring and managing Apache. He is a data network engineer and a fan of Linux and open-source technologies.
Dirk-Willem van Gulik
Dirk-Willem van Gulik is a member of the Apache Software Foundation's Board of Directors. He has been working on
Apache since the early days of NCSA, and his main interest is effectively integrating the individual server components that
make up a complete Internet service. Dirk has also been a very active participant in the IETF.
About Covalent Technologies, Inc.
Covalent Technologies is the leader in e-commerce solutions and secured data applications for the open-source Apache
Web server platform. Covalent maintains its role as a founding member of the Apache Project and actively participates in
the research, development and administrative efforts of the Apache Software Foundation.
Covalent offers comprehensive commercial support services and develops quality add-on products for the Apache Web
server. Customers who want commercial support for Apache can select from a variety of Apache 1st expert support
plans. Raven SSL, Covalent's security add-on for the Apache Web server, is utilized by thousands of customers. Raven
SSL provides Web administrators with the tools necessary for safely and securely transferring data over the Internet.
A wide-range of customers have selected Covalent's products, including AT&T (NYSE:T), AMD
(NYSE:AMD),Federal Express (NYSE:FDX), Harvard University, Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HWP), Lucent
(NYSE:LU), Merck (NYSE:MRK), NASA, Oracle (NasdaqNM:ORCL)and QUALCOMM (NasdaqNM:QCOM).
Covalent is backed by H&Q Venture Associates, LLC (www.hqva.com) and their affiliated funds Adobe Ventures and
TI Ventures. More information about Covalent's products and services is available by calling 1-800-444-1935 or visiting
www.covalent.net.
About Apache Web server software
Apache, a freely available open-source product, is the most popular Web server software on the Internet. Introduced in
1995, the Apache HTTP Web server was developed through the collaborative volunteer efforts of programmers from
around the globe. Apache is now the Web server software of choice for over 5 million of the world's Web
professionals-approximately 58 percent of the Web server market, more than Microsoft (22%) and Netscape (8%)
combined*. Apache's success is a leading example for other open-source software projects. For more information, see
the Apache Software Foundation's Web site at www.apache.org.
*Source: 2/00 Netcraft survey at www.netcraft.com/survey
For more information: Rob Kay Covalent Technologies 808-539-3627 press@covalent.net
(Submitted by John Wolley of Linux Today)
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