Terracotta, a provider of infrastructure software for enterprise Java high availability and scalability, has announced support for IBM’s WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Community Edition. With this addition, Terracotta 2.4 can now be used to deliver scalability and availability for the vast majority of Java application architectures.

Terracotta 2.4, the latest version of its open source software, provides a lightweight approach to scalability that complements companies’ existing open source or proprietary infrastructures. Terracotta lowers costs and simplifies deployment by reducing development effort and easing the load on application servers and databases. With Terracotta 2.4, WAS Community Edition users can replicate session state, build distributed caches, and coordinate application workflow using Terracotta’s high performance object sharing technology.

Terracotta 2.4 is available under the Terracotta Public License, which is based on the Mozilla Public License (MPL), for free use and distribution. For download, support from the Terracotta community, and additional information, visit http://www.terracotta.org. An enterprise subscription that includes business-critical professional support is also available, along with training and deployment services. Learn more at http://www.terracottatech.com/buy.html.