Software AG has announced the availability of reliable high performance database management solution that meets the changing needs of the database market. ADABAS D Version 10 offers users high availability, superior performance, remote access capabilities, e-commerce support and low cost of ownership.
ADABAS D Version 10 runs over almost all platforms, including Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Linux and Unix and SCO UnixWare, behaving and feeling the same on each platform. The new version also has a new Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) interface, providing SQL support from Java programs and direct access from browsers. All of these versions have SMP (Symmetric Multi Processing) built-in
Says Schalk Viljoen, Software AG business manager at SPL, part of JSE-listed Dimension Data: "Having extended its capabilities to offer greater functionality, ADABAS D is well positioned to become the work group server of choice for all businesses from small enterprises to multinational corporations."
The new system, which position ADABAS D as a workgroup server for Unix and Windows NT, has been optimised for high availability, is very easy to install, and runs virtually without operator intervention. It actively manages indexes, data and free space allocation, eliminating the need for costly database reorganisations that interrupt operation.
ADABAS D does not require any middleware and runs straight on TCP/IP sockets. Version 10, with a new graphical user interface, may also be managed remotely, allowing database administrators to manage ADABAS D servers in remote locations via the Internet, eliminating the need for on-site administrators.
The high performance features of ADABAS D have also been extended with Version 10. The multi-threading architecture and optimised multiprocessor support significantly improved response times when many users are active. These features combined with row -level locking make ADABAS D ideal for OLTP in organisations that have large numbers of on-line users and high workloads in either NT or UNIX environments.
For applications in small to medium enterprises that need scalability beyond that offered by Microsoft Access, an Upsizing Wizard is provided which simplifies the task of data migration and enables existing Microsoft Access applications to run unchanged against ADABAS D.
Support for e-commerce also becomes a reality with WEBDB, a functional layer which has been extended to provide support for both Microsoft Explorer and Netscape web servers, making it possible to perform dynamic HTML access and SQL queries directly from the Web through a JDBC interface which is 100 per cent pure Java compliant.
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