Informix has announced an upgrade of Cloudscape, a 100% pure Java SQL database management system.
The new release is designed to be embedded in client or server applications as a local data manager. It implements the SQL-92 standard and adds extensions for Java that enable the developer to create a column of type "Java class", to store procedures in Java for execution inside the database management system (DBMS).
Cloudscape adds Java object support within the DBMS itself, and the new version, Cloudscape 3.5, now provides improved performance, reliability as well as security to support mobile devices running Microsoft Windows CE and Pocket PC environments.
Cloudscape 3.5 consists of the Cloudscape DBMS, Cloudsync for data and application synchronisation, and Cloudconnector, a server framework for Internet connections to the Cloudscape DBMS.
"Cloudscape 3.5 is a compelling solution for customers and partners building next-generation Web-based applications that scale from the smallest devices to enterprise-class systems," says Julian Field, Cloudscape product manager at Informix SA.
"The application enables mobile users to connect to their corporate network once, download their data and applications to a mobile device, and use the system offline throughout the day synchronising the device and corporate database when the next connection is made."
Cloudscape also comes with Cloudview, a database schema development tool and browser. It provides a GUI interface that enables creation, modification and examination of all database-managed objects.
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