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XtremeConnect – a World's First in db4objects' New Premium Service Offering
Leading Open Source Object Database Company Launches dDN Enterprise
SAN MATEO, Calif., November 13, 2007 – db4objects (www.db4o.com), creator of the leading open source object
database for Java and .NET, has launched its new premium service offering dDN Enterprise
which includes the unique new support service XtremeConnect as well as the new professional-grade
developer productivity tool ObjectManager Enterprise. The new offer is designed
to meet the growing demand of companies with cutting edge Java and .NET projects
that want to leverage db4o's popular open source database to provide competitive
new features and services while mitigating the technology risks through investment
in expert support.
The centerpiece of db4objects' new offer is XtremeConnect which allows developers
to directly connect with a db4o specialist for a remote pairing session that enables
joint design reviews, problem solving or debugging. db4objects has pioneered the
convergence of Extreme Programming and Open Source development processes by creating
a unique virtual pair programming technique that works with geographically disparate
teams. XtremeConnect makes this process innovation available to customers and their
specific projects, providing for a very efficient, lean and highly specialized support
offer unlike any other.
The new premium service offering db4o Developer Network (dDN) Enterprise is priced
at $18,000 per named developer per year and consists of a bundle of four components:
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XtremeConnect – includes 40 hourly credits for remote pairing sessions
- ObjectManager
Enterprise – an exclusive new developer productivity tool for database browsing
and analysis, which comes as a plug-in for Visual Studio and Eclipse or standalone
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A redistribution license for db4o runtimes – 500 copies of db4o's in-process license
edition
- Exclusive access to db4o's stable releases
"We have hundreds of thousands of users today, many of them developing software
for highly innovative products – they have a need for solid technical support. This
new offering is designed to respond to that demand," said Christof Wittig, chief
executive officer of db4objects. "RedHat and MySQL have pioneered commercial open
source business models where commercial tools and services boost their customers'
productivity and shorten their time to market. db4objects takes it to the next level
by leveraging the db4o project's own remote pair programming methodology into the
unique XtremeConnect support service."
Object-oriented programming and databases are not only benefiting device manufacturers
and software companies with efficiencies in the development process but also helping
unlock features and capabilities that in the past were unthinkable. For instance,
db4o's Java object storage is elevating free-form user generated data on handsets
to a key component of mobile carrier's customer retention strategy. Meanwhile, navigation
system providers are looking into over-the-air updateable geodata systems, and find
db4o's object-navigational architecture a perfect fit. These innovations at the
technology frontier require close cooperation between the domain and persistence
technology experts, as provided by dDN Enterprise.
"I would definitely endorse db4o's use in commercial Windows software due to its
performance, both in terms of memory overhead and transactional latency; its scalability
in terms of how many items you can put in the database; and its solid reliability.
But the overall endorsement comes down to db4o's support, because if you hit a snag,
the db4o team works with you to overcome it. That's solid customer support," said
Bret Savage, chief architect of the Seagate Mirra solution.
ObjectManager Enterprise represents the first product of db4objects which is exclusively
distributed under a commercial license. The company will continue to provide the
core db4o object database engine in its entirety under dual licenses--free under
the GPL or under a commercial license. The previous ObjectManager 6.0 is still available
under GPL and is maintained by the db4o community, together with a host of IDE plug-in
projects.
For more information on dDN Enterprise, read more online
or email sales@db4o.com.
About db4objects, Inc
db4objects, Inc (www.db4o.com)
provides db4o, the world's most popular object database, native to Java and .NET
and available under open source and commercial licenses. With some 30,000 registered
community members and well over one million downloads, db4o is used in a broad array
of industries around the globe. Customers include the world's most innovative companies,
including Boeing, Bosch, Ricoh, and Seagate. db4objects is based in San Mateo, California,
and backed by noted Silicon Valley luminaries including Mark Leslie, founding CEO
of Veritas; Jerry Fiddler, founding CEO of Wind River; Vinod Khosla, founding CEO
of Sun Microsystems as well as Palo Alto-based Asset Management venture firm.
Press and analyst contacts: press@db4o.com
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