Java Virtualization and Cloud Technology Specialist Waratek Chooses Intralink to Establish its APAC Region Representation

DUBLIN, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Waratek, leaders in Java Virtualization and Cloud technology, have today announced that they have selected Asia market access specialist Intralink to help drive their expansion into the APAC region.  

Organizations in the APAC region are at the forefront of Cloud delivery and use of the Waratek CloudVM for Java provides their applications with 'plug and play' benefits of elasticity and multitenancy as well as metered usage enabling them to chargeback true application usage.

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'The APAC region represents a significant opportunity for Waratek as Enterprises aim to improve their virtualization and look to the most advanced solutions available', says Howard Tolman, Director Waratek UK Ltd.  'We are delighted to be working with Intralink who have well proven and established relations through their bilingual teams in Shanghai, Taipei, Tokyo and Seoul.  Providing sector knowledge, contacts and local language support in these important markets is critical to our success'.

Intralink VP Asia, Jeremy Shaw, added 'Waratek has a unique technology and compelling value proposition and we look forward to supporting the growth of their business in this part of the world.'

Waratek were recently announced Cool Vendor by Gartner Inc, for Application and Integration Platforms [1]; selected for the Fintech Innovation Lab, where their leading global financial institution mentors gave unique insight into the benefits of Java virtualization for Enterprises; and voted Innotribe Innovator Finalist on the basis of a company that is important to the future of the Financial Services Industry.

[1] Cool Vendors in Application and Integration Platforms, 2013 dated 16 April 2013.  Authors: Benoit J. Lheureux, W. Roy Schulte, Yefim V. Natis,, Massimo Pezzini, Michele Cantara and Ben Huang

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About Waratek:

Waratek is a specialist JVM company which has developed disruptive and patented technology leading to the next generation of virtualization. The team's extensive and revolutionary research has led to game-changing Cloud technology, which increases application density whilst bringing the benefits of Cloud delivery to core code.  

The Waratek CloudVM imbues Java with Cloud features, such as elasticity and multitenancy, reducing application infrastructure requirements, and improving the speed-to-market for existing and new Java applications.  Unique utility metering provides resource specific statistics and allows for application charge-back.

Waratek is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with offices in London and New York.  Backed by 50 international investors, the largest is Mangrove Capital Partners, a leading VC and the biggest investor in Skype.

For further information and to download a free trial of the Waratek CloudVM for Java please visit http://www.waratek.com.

About Intralink

Intralink develops and implements market access and business development strategies for technology companies targeting the key Asian markets of China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Through its signature Surrogate Sales Program™, Intralink provides its clients with a low risk, cost effective and practical means to generate new and incremental revenues in these markets as an underpin towards establishing a permanent presence.  Founded in 1990, the company is headquartered in the UK and has offices in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei.

Contact:

Waratek: Debbie Fuller, Marketing and Communication Director, dfuller@waratek.com

Intralink: Alex Gover, Director Business Development, alex.gover@intralink-uk.com