Platform
All Guidewire applications are built on a shared technology platform providing unparalleled performance, reliability, flexibility, and openness. Our platform was entirely designed and built on a completely modern architecture to meet the specific needs of the insurance industry. Guidewire is widely considered the technology leader in the insurance industry and has been recognized by multiple leading analyst firms.
- Guidewire applications are built in Java and conform to the J2EE standard, the preferred technology of the insurance industry;
- A 100% web client ensures that no software must be installed on end-user desktops;
- Web service APIs enable Guidewire applications to integrate seamlessly into a services-oriented architecture and interact with any other applications in any technology;
- Clustering, caching, and never-ending performance tuning ensure that Guidewire applications can support thousands of concurrent users;
- Guidewire applications run on the insurance industry's preferred application servers, operating systems, and databases; and
- An unmatched commitment to quality - embodied by more than 20,000 tests that run continuously throughout the development cycle - makes Guidewire applications the most reliable and trustworthy in the industry.

On the Record
Hear from Guidewire's CTO and Co-Founder, John Seybold, about our development philosophy.