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db4o – Best of Open Source Software 2008
db4objects is recognized as "Best of Open Source Software" at 2008 InfoWorld's BOSSIE Awards
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., September 9, 2008 – db4objects (www.db4o.com), creator of the leading open source object database for Java and .NET, has been awarded with "Best of Open Source Developer Tools" 2008 by IDG's InfoWorld.
InfoWorld Media Group is a division of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and event company. InfoWorld focuses on helping IT solutions management choose the right technology not merely covering the enterprise technology market, but also by identifying and promoting emerging technology segments that add unique value for the organizations that implement them, as well as the vendors that provide those solutions.
Among its many
awards programs,
InfoWorld Best of Open Source Software Awards (or
Bossies, for short) recognize the best free and open source software the
world has to offer to businesses, IT professionals, and productive individuals
who rely on computers to get work done. The 2008 BOSSIE winners include 60
products in eight categories covering business and productivity applications,
development tools, middleware, networking, security, and storage.
"The breadth and quality of open source software continues to amaze us,"
notes Doug Dineley, Executive Editor of the InfoWorld Test Center. "We've singled out 60 products for Bossies
-- developer tools, middleware, firewalls and routers, productivity apps, CRM
and ERP, etc. -- and we're only scratching the surface. When you look at all
that's available, and how good it is, you start to think that someday all
software will be free."
Even though
db4o received other
awards in past years this is the first recognition that is in the segment of
open source solutions. db4o has been
specifically chosen as "Best of open source developer tools" in the Bossies,
a category where InfoWorld's Test Center picks the top free and open source RIA
platform, Ajax framework, business rule management system, version control
package, object database, Web service test tool, and HTTP client library.
"db4o began life as a Java database library, but its designers have since
created parallel editions for the .NET languages. In 2005, db4o implemented
Native Queries, which allow you to express queries as Java (or .NET) methods.
Recent additions to the library include Transparent Update and Transparent
Activation, which more completely automate object persistence" said the
analysts behind the BOSSIE Awards. "The
engine itself deduces how many of a persistent object's members must be read
from and written to storage, simplifying coding and providing better memory
management. Also new in db4o is support for Microsoft LINQ."
"We've come a long way with db4o since the first line of code in the year 2000"
said German Viscuso from db4objects, Inc. "The pace of growth of our vibrant
community and ecosystem around the technology has been simply amazing. And the
fact that we stayed focused on open source practices was vital for this. We have
more than 2.5 million downloads so far and 40,000 registered
developers in our community,
25,000 posts in the
forums,
an open Jira issue
tracker,
public access to our SVN repository,
a
set of community programs in place and we even publish videos of the
development team pairing sessions to share knowledge (paircasts).
We're thrilled that db4o has been recognized among the best of open source
software for 2008".
db4o keeps evolving into the open source object persistence engine of choice for
thousands of developers out there. Major milestones include native queries in v5
(end of 2005) which enable developers to express queries directly with their own
programming language (eg. Java or .NET dialects), the db4o replication system
(dRS) in early 2006 that allows bi-directional replication between different
databases (including relational datastores), a new B-Tree indexing architecture
and object marshaller in v5.4 (mid 2006) that boosted performance by orders of
magnitude and transparent activation in v6.3 (mid 2007) which enabled the
retrieval objects from the db into memory as needed without user intervention.
Having the largest community of object database users, db4objects is also
committed to its role as a leader in the effort to create a standard for object
databases through the activities of the OMG.
For more information on db4objects or any of its products, visit the company’s Web site at
www.db4o.com or send an e-mail to: sales@db4o.com.
To join the largest open source community on object databases visit developer.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 40,000 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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