Webzzle (General Internet Company) Selects Sun Microsystems to Enhance “1-Click Web Explorer” on Top of Wikipedia (English) for Expanding User-Base Worldwide and Accommodate Meteoric Growth
Sun Infrastructure allows Webzzle Users to Benefit from the 1-Click Web Explorer on Top of Wikipedia English Pages and Concepts in a Fraction of a Second and Help Webzzle Become One of Top Most Trafficked Web Sites in the World.
PALO ALTO, Calif and PARIS, France — December 19, 2008 — General Internet Company (GI), that operates Webzzle, announced today that it has selected Sun Microsystems to help it build a secure and scalable open source Web infrastructure. With Sun technology, Webzzle will be able to deliver ever-increasing volumes of explore results and also support the collaborative development and testing of new Webzzle services and applications.
Webzzle is dedicated to provide the “1-Click Web Explorer” killer application, especially from any Wikipedia English pages. To let the magic begin, users just need to either install the Webzzle Firefox plugin or the Webzzle buttons in their browser. After that, they just have to click the “Webzzle (En) Explore” button from any Web page to get results from Webzzle & Wikipedia contributors and get, at the same time, Google enhanced results.
By developing the service on an open source platform, Webzzle end-users can more easily benefit from great performance. Webzzle is built on top of Sun Java System Web Server 7.0, Sun’s open source Java EE application server Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1, Sun’s MySQL 5.1 database and Sun Open Storage infrastructure. GI is in a position to create a better and faster user experience which is critical to a service like Webzzle.
Webzzle is a service that should become soon one of the most popular Web sites in the world. GI is also a Sun Startup Essentials program member in USA and France. This program enabled GI to get high-performance, enterprise-grade systems at attractive startup prices.
« Webzzle needs a full infrastructure that can handle the ever-evolving needs of a growing, global community that should see more than 10 billion page views per month in the future. » said Juan Carlos Soto, vice-president of Cloud Computing, Sun Microsystems. “Using highly scalable and secure Sun systems and software, Webzzle now has a platform that enhances the experience of its users worldwide and contributes to global knowledge creation and sharing over the Web.”
“We would like to thank Sun Microsystems for their commitment, special programs and offers. As a startup, we rely on the support and understanding of companies like Sun to help offset costs related to rapid growth in our traffic.”
About General Internet Company & Webzzle
GI is a Web Science & Technology company seeking to enhance knowledge, invent new solutions to help people solve their problems. Webzzle’s mission is to enable users to explore and organize the knowledge Web, the meaning based collaborative Web. GI is a young company committed to a bright future, making business in Europe and North America. GI is the result of 10 years of hard work, passion & innovation (3 international patents). GI is committed to users benefit, technology and new revenue sharing mechanisms. GI plans to offer grants to services like Wikipedia, open source projects like Mozilla, GlassFish and associations regarding education (like “Monde Sans Frontières” in Paris) and mental diseases (like “L’Oasis” for children in Paris).
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