About Lutris

Lutris Technologies is a leading provider of Open Source enterprise software and services. As the sponsors of Enhydra, the Open Source Java™/XML Internet application server, we are the premier providers of Enhydra-based support and professional services to customers ranging from Internet startups to members of the Global 2000.

Leveraging the Open Source movement's proven ability to drive innovation and embrace emerging standards, our customers benefit from pioneering work in XML and wireless technologies.

Founded in 1995, Lutris developed Enhydra in response to customer requirements. Introduced to the Open Source community in January 1999, Enhydra has since become a leading Java/XML Internet application server. To support that success - and to bring the power of Enhydra to companies of all kinds - Lutris has built a worldwide organization dedicated to providing comprehensive customer support, product training, technical documentation, and Internet professional services.

The demand for sophisticated Internet solutions has revealed that high-quality applications must be designed by a team of experts - information architects, designers, programmers, product managers - all working collaboratively from the outset. Lutris has developed an integrated methodology that combines e-Business consulting and creative/information design with cutting-edge technologies. The result is world-class Internet applications and environments that help clients achieve their business objectives and take advantage of new opportunities.

Through its professional services organization, Lutris partners with clients by deploying these focused teams to develop and implement total e-Business solutions. We offer strategic insight, technical expertise, best practices, and progressive technologies, helping clients create or expand their Internet business strategies. Services also include tailored application architecture and development, Internet systems integration, and creative user interface design and branding.

The Lutris commitment to Open Source

The merits of Open Source technologies are innumerable. Under continuous scrutiny and peer review, these products are tested in real-world scenarios by a larger, more diverse group of developers than possible for a commercial product. With a worldwide community of experts contributing code enhancements and bug fixes, Open Source technologies put control into the hands of actual customers: since developers themselves are the only people working on the code, the resultant technology is guaranteed to deliver 100 percent customer-focused solutions.

For business, Open Source products offer security. Because successful Open Source technologies have active, thriving communities behind them, businesses can be assured that these products won't be discontinued and their suppliers won't disappear.

By providing advanced services and supporting products to make Enhydra the application server of choice, Lutris plays a critical role in establishing Open Source market leaders. Developers in this arena should view Lutris as a collaborator in the Open Source movement - a partner with the power to raise awareness and expand the reach of the products to which they contribute.