Breaking News - Operating Systems & Middleware:
Versant Announces New Open Access Suite For JDO, .NET
Versant Corp announced its new line of products called the Versant Open Access
Suite. Versant's Open Access Suite offers leading high-performance
object/relational mapping and data persistence software designed for both Java
and .Net developers. The Versant Open Access Suite is offered initially in two
packages -- Versant Open Access JDO and Versant Open Access .NET. The product
is designed to enable enterprises to broadly deploy applications requiring
object persistence.
Products in the Open Access Suite come with robust features and platform
support including:
- Integration with leading development environments including Eclipse
(supported by IBM and Borland) and Microsoft's Visual Studio.
- Performance boosters include Versant's Hyperdrive technology, multi-level
caching and configurable pre-fetch systems to speed up data access
dramatically.
- Visual ER Diagrammer, Query Builder, Performance Monitor to facilitate
developers with multiple skill sets to use O/R Mapping in their projects.
- Support of multiple technologies including Java and .NET and multiple
databases including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Hypersonic, DB2,
PointBase, Sybase, Informix, SAP DB, InterBase, Firebird, Postgres and Versant
Database.
The Versant Open Access Suite for Java developers additionally includes the
following key features:
- Integration with lightweight frameworks like Spring and Java Server Faces
to enable fast Web services development.
- Support for enterprise class Web application servers including IBM
Websphere, BEA Weblogic, JBoss, JRun, SunOne and Jonas.
- In the future, Versant Open Access Suite will offer support for Enterprise
Java Beans 3.0 (EJB 3.0) and Service Data Objects (SDO) standards.
The Versant Open Access Suite for .NET developers additionally includes the
following key features:
- Integration into Microsoft's ASP.NET Web services development, supporting
the complete Microsoft architectural concepts.
- Support for all .NET languages including C#, Visual Basic .NET, J#, Borland
Delphi and all other MSIL compatible languages.
- In the future Versant Open Access will offer support for Microsoft Visual
Studio 2005 including all new standards and enhancements.
"The Open Access Suite dramatically simplifies the complex areas of object
persistence and object relational mapping," said Nick Ordon, president and
chief executive officer of Versant. "We are successfully leveraging the
strengths of our object heritage to address the growing needs of Java and .NET
architects and developers. Development organizations from small ISVs to large
enterprises can leverage Versant Open Access Suite to deliver high-performance
persistence."
LaSalle St. Securities is a premier brokerage firm offering general securities
services and an early user of Versant Open Access JDO. LaSalle caters to
institutional and individual investors, offering a broad range of financial
services.
"We needed a product that we could rely on, one that could address the
specific needs of our customers," said Jack McDermott, president of LaSalle
St. Securities. "We have built a powerful framework on top of Versant's Open
Access JDO that is now deployed throughout our securities firm. We are very
pleased with the huge performance boost as well as the remarkably short
development time for implementing this into our system."
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