PaperCut Selects Open Source Jetty for Web-Based Application

Webtide today announced that PaperCut, which provides a solution to monitor, quota and report network printing and Internet use, has chosen its open source HTTP server and Java Web container, Jetty, as an embedded component for its Web-based product.

 

Rather than a stand-alone server, Jetty will be an embedded component in PaperCut’s Web application interface of its print accounting application. PaperCut’s interface is based on open source technologies, including Tapestry, Spring, Hibernate and Apache Derby, according to the company.

 

Since Jetty and the entire stack is included in a simple and easy-to-use installer for Linux and Mac, users across these operating systems can deploy the application easily and without any involvement or knowledge about Web servers, company officials say.

 

Webtide officials said that Jetty was selected after careful evaluation of various criteria, including technical functionality. Its team was chosen to support the project based on its experience with Jetty and its ability to work with PaperCut’s development team to embed Jetty, plan for the future and efficiently handle AJAX and server-push events in a scalable fashion, according to the company.

 

Jetty deployment requires no configuration or maintenance and now it runs throughout PaperCut’s network of servers worldwide, company officials say. It works equally well on small business servers using the PaperCut application to support a few users to university environments supporting hundreds of thousands, they say.

 

Chris Dance of PaperCut said, “When we implemented Jetty, it truly gave us a scalable solution that we could use as an embedded component. This scalability is key to us as more businesses and private organizations realize the benefits to themselves and the environment of tracking and managing activities such as printing. There was zero configuration and zero maintenance, and Jetty works without a hitch. We can’t recommend Jetty more highly. It’s a great Web component, and is backed by a switched-on forward-looking and innovative team.”