▁Ter rac otta , ▁Inc . ▁is ▁a ▁computer ▁software ▁company ▁that ▁special izes ▁in ▁increasing ▁scal ability , ▁avail ability , ▁and ▁performance ▁of ▁real - time ▁Big ▁Data ▁applications . ▁The ▁company ' s ▁flags hip ▁product ▁is ▁Ter rac otta ▁DB , ▁an ▁in - memory ▁distributed ▁data ▁management ▁platform ▁which ▁provides ▁persistent ▁storage , ▁caching ▁and ▁compute ▁capabilities . ▁Ter rac otta ▁is ▁used ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 ▁countries ▁by ▁over ▁two ▁million ▁developers ▁and ▁has ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 . 5 ▁million ▁deploy ments . ▁The ▁company ▁is ▁owned ▁by ▁Software ▁AG . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Ter rac otta ▁began ▁as ▁a ▁provider ▁of ▁clust ering ▁techn ologies ▁for ▁Java ▁intended ▁to ▁simplify ▁development , ▁deployment , ▁testing ▁and ▁management ▁of ▁enter prise ▁applications ▁by ▁moving ▁clust ering ▁and ▁caching ▁services ▁to ▁the ▁Java ▁Virtual ▁Machine ▁( J VM ) ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁application . ▁ ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Ter rac otta ▁purchased ▁E h cache . ▁The ▁company ▁expanded ▁the ▁capabilities ▁of ▁E h cache ▁and ▁developed ▁enter prise - class ▁products ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁open ▁source ▁project . ▁▁ ▁That ▁year , ▁Ter rac otta ▁also ▁acquired ▁Quart z , ▁the ▁de ▁fact o ▁standard ▁job ▁sch eduler ▁for ▁Java . ▁ ▁Software ▁AG ▁acquired ▁Ter rac otta ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁Wol fram ▁J ost , ▁C TO ▁of ▁Software ▁AG , ▁c ited ▁Ter rac otta ' s ▁scal ability , ▁performance , ▁cloud