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PointBase Release 4.6 Increases Flexibility and
Enhances Mobile Security
New Features Include Support for Connections to Multiple Databases from a Single JVM and Improved Synchronization Security with Optional Password Authentication
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – June 2, 2003 – PointBase, the
leader in Java embedded database products for managing and synchronizing enterprise
data across all platforms, today announced the release of version 4.6 of their
award-winning PointBase Embedded database. For PointBase products in production-level
environments, PointBase Embedded 4.6 provides additional flexibility in data
organizations and can now connect to multiple databases from within a single
JVM. For mobile applications, PointBase UniSync 4.6 features increased security
with optional password authentication.
The PointBase 4.6 product family, in response to the rapidly growing embedded
database market, offers a number of technically sophisticated enhancements.
Deferred referential integrity checking supports more complex integrity assertions
with validity being checked at the end of the transaction. Significant performance
gains have resulted from improved JOIN cardinality estimates, faster processing
of complex queries and enhanced table scan performance. The PointBase Embedded
Console now also supports index management through its GUI interface.
PointBase
UniSync connects and synchronizes mobile databases, such as PointBase Micro,
to backend databases, such as PointBase Embedded or other leading SQL
databases. The UniSync Console has been enhanced so the full functionality
of the API is now available through the graphical user interface. Significant
enhancements to UniSync’s security include access restriction by IP address
and optional password authentication for connecting spokes, addressing the
needs of security-conscious organizations such as healthcare, government and
manufacturing.
"With PointBase 4.6, the company continues to lead in the rapidly growing
embedded database market, bringing platform-independent data access and management
to
real-world enterprise applications, both mobile and embedded," said Bruce
Scott, CEO of PointBase. "The PointBase 4.6 upgrade expands important
technical, security and remote capabilities to meet the needs of real-world
users in today’s multiplatform and increasingly mobile database markets."
The
PointBase Product Family
PointBase 4.6 products include:
- PointBase Embedded – A powerful, small-footprint,
Java Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), ideal for embedding in
Java applications that need
a full-featured SQL product. Noted for its transparency to end users, PointBase
Embedded offers true portability across all platforms, streamlined application
deployment and integration, and automatic administration. It is a robust SQL
product with a rich set of features including views, triggers, outer joins,
security roles, referential integrity, Java stored procedures, distributed
XA transactions and more.
- PointBase Micro – A high-performance Java RDBMS that
boasts an ultra-small footprint of 45K on J2ME™ MIDP, perfect for advanced
Java-based mobile devices. Specifically designed for the J2SE™ and J2ME
platforms, PointBase Micro supports a broad subset of the JDBC API. With its
all-Java implementation,
PointBase Micro opens the door for a wide variety of enterprise applications
to run smoothly on today’s growing number of mobile devices, eliminating
the need for a constant wireless connection to enterprise database servers.
- PointBase UniSync – This database synchronization product easily
synchronizes and maintains subset copies of master databases, utilizing newly
supported
JOIN filters, which allow applications to synchronize sets of tables without
denormalization. PointBase UniSync provides bidirectional data synchronization
between PointBase database products and also enterprise databases, such as
Oracle® and Microsoft® SQL Server™. Enterprises can now extend
the reach of their critical data through the PointBase solution, which
includes such comprehensive synchronization features for distributed applications
as filtering and conflict resolution.
For further information, visit PointBase
at www.pointbase.com/products or contact
PointBase directly at 877-238-8798 (U.S. and Canada). Version 4.6 of all
PointBase products can be downloaded for evaluation from the PointBase website
at www.pointbase.com/products/downloads/.
About PointBase
PointBase is the leading provider of Java data management and synchronization
products for the embedded database and data mobility markets. PointBase products
are used in Java server applications and are also embedded within Java applications.
The company’s products are the preferred solution for Java mobile data
applications found on laptops, PDA’s and other mobile devices. Bruce
Scott, part of the Oracle Corporation founding team and co-founder of Gupta/Centura
Software, founded PointBase in 1998 with a management team that includes industry
veterans from IBM, Hyperion and Oracle.
Note to Editors—PointBase and the PointBase logo are registered trademarks
of PointBase Java, 100% Pure Java, all Java-based trademarks are trademarks
or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. All other products and services mentioned are trademarks of
their respective companies.
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