PointBase Licenses Portion Of Its Java™ Technology-Based Database To Sun To Use In The Forte™ For Java™ IDE
Licensing agreement with PointBase helps enhance the productivity of developers using Sun's Forte for Java IDE
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA., Sept. 5, 2000 — PointBase today announced that Sun Microsystems, Inc. has licensed the right to include PointBase's industry-leading database in Sun's Forte™ for Java™ integrated development environment (IDE). The database meets the 100% Pure Java™ certification standard. The agreement gives Forte for Java products an embedded pure Java technology-based database, helping boost the productivity of Java developers writing database applications.
"With the addition of PointBase, the Forte for Java IDE is now a total solution that permits Java platform developers to write database applications right out of the box without engaging a database administrator," said Bill Moffitt, product line manager for Forte for Java at Sun Microsystems. "We selected PointBase because it had everything we were looking for in a database that meets the 100% Pure Java certification, including JDBC™ technology adherence, standard SQL compliance, ease of use, a small footprint for deployment on mobile devices and strong concurrency capability for supporting multi-threaded Java technology-based applications."
The new PointBase-enabled IDE is anticipated to support a wide range of applications on enterprise networks, the Internet and mobile device systems.
"We are thrilled to be working in such close cooperation with the inventors of Java technology," said Bruce Scott, founder and CEO of PointBase, the leader in mobile wireless data management and synchronization products that meet the 100% Pure Java™ certification. "The real beneficiaries, though, are Java platform developers worldwide, who will get a significant productivity boost by developing applications and their databases simultaneously, in one environment."
It is anticipated that both the Forte for Java IDE Tools Enterprise Edition and the Forte for Java IDE Tools Internet Edition will ship with a 5 megabyte version of the PointBase Embedded Server beginning in the third quarter. Upon licensing with PointBase, developers have the option to upgrade to a full working version at any time.
PointBase also is bundled with the Visual Café product from WebGain, Inc.
About the Forte for Java Product Line
With the Forte for Java product family, Sun delivers a complete set of development and integration tools for creating dot-com applications, from the simplest to the most complex. Users can begin at any of three entry points, and move up to a more powerful version of the IDE as their needs evolve. Forte for Java Community Edition provides business developers and individuals with a free, extensible productivity tool. Other products in the Forte for Java product line include Forte for Java Internet Edition and Forte for Java Enterprise Edition. Forte for Java Internet Edition is for professional developers creating Web-enabled applications in support of the Java 2 Platform. Forte for Java Enterprise Edition is for corporate developers and independent software vendors (ISVs) building and deploying robust, distributed applications on multiple Web and application servers for the Java 2 Enterprise Edition platform. For more information on the Forte for Java product line, please visit: http://www.sun.com/forte/ffj.
About PointBase
PointBase, the leader in mobile wireless data management, creates the technology for extending and synchronizing enterprise data among wireless devices, Internet appliances, mobile applications, PDA's, and networked servers. The company's products that meet the 100% Pure Java certification solve the problem of managing data for applications deployed globally across a diversity of platforms.
PointBase was established in 1998 by Bruce Scott, co-founder of Oracle Corporation and Gupta/Centura Software. For additional information on PointBase and its products, call 877/238-8798 (U.S. and Canada) or 650/230-7200 (International) or visit the company's website at http://www.pointbase.com.
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