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Company Press Release
Centura First to Market with SQLBase Suite -- The Only
Fully Encrypted Database That Protects Privacy and
Facilitates E-Commerce
With Comprehensive Database Encryption and Tampering Prevention Features, Developers Can Now
Protect Sensitive or Financial Information
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1999-- Centura® Software Corporation (Nasdaq:CNTR - news), announces the
release of the SQLBase Suite, including SQLBase SafeGarde(TM), the first embedded database to offer developers full encryption and other
tampering prevention measures.
The need for security is extremely high in applications like banking, insurance, financial, healthcare and public sectors, where there are requirements
to protect sensitive data from internal and external tampering. With the advent of electronic commerce, mobile computing and the public Internet,
security is an essential part of the design process.
Unlike traditional enterprise databases, embedded databases are more vulnerable to physical tampering of data files for several reasons. While the data
file in a traditional enterprise database environment is often securely locked in a server room, embedded database files are often stored on an
individual's PC, mobile devices (laptops, notebooks and PDAs) or distributed on unprotected servers in front of fire walls, increasing the risk of data
tampering. Also, embedded databases are more likely to be found in small and medium size businesses. Unlike Fortune 1000 companies, these
businesses do not have full-time database administrators and are often not aware of the risks associated with unauthorized access or alteration of data.
End users rely on the software developer to protect the data.
''Information about your health, your finances or your Internet transactions needs to be stored and transmitted without fear of tampering or
unauthorized access,'' explains Scott Broomfield, Centura's chief executive officer and president. ''The question is not whether you want to protect
your data but how you can protect it easily, effectively and thoroughly. SQLBase SafeGarde is the only database offering end-to-end data protection:
encrypting the database file whether it's stored on the server, being transferred over the network from one location to another, or being stored on a
remote device. With SQLBase SafeGarde, there is no additional technology or learning needed to protect your valuable information.''
''SQLBase SafeGarde makes it easy for developers to add security to their applications,'' explains Joe Falcone, Centura's chief technology officer
and senior vice president. ''Unlike the products offered by RSA and other security vendors that require the developer to write additional software to
enable the encryption, SQLBase SafeGarde encrypts the data with no extra programming. Buying from security vendors who offer encryption
libraries is like buying a tool. Even though you buy a hammer, you're still a long way from building the house,'' explains Falcone. ''That's the big
difference between encryption libraries and the end-to-end security offered by SQLBase SafeGarde. In addition, SQLBase developers won't have to
deal the burdensome license deals required by other security vendors. SQLBase SafeGarde is a one-step process for adding security within an
application.''
''SQLBase has been an ideal database for the Enterprise Pharmacy Application we have deployed,'' says Chris Farias, president of Eastern Business
Software. ''It has more than proved itself with our customer, Georgia Correctional Health Care, which provides health services to inmates in the state
prison system. Georgia Correctional loves SQLBase's reliability given the little maintenance it requires. The encryption feature in SQLBase
SafeGarde is an obvious benefit to secure sensitive medical record information, particularly as we build and deploy the next generation software for
access via the Web.''
SQLBase SafeGarde sets new standards in data tampering prevention in four ways:
-- Privacy -- Database administrators (and applications) are able to instruct SQLBase SafeGarde to encrypt the entire content of individual
database files, using either cryptographic, DES or triple DES encryption mechanisms. For information that is confidential, individuals can be
assured their data is only accessible to authorized users.
-- Integrity -- SQLBase SafeGarde uses two different levels of page-level checksum features to assure that the data being viewed or
processed is the same exact data that was previously created and/or updated by the application. The checksum feature creates and stores a
unique ID when it creates or updates a record. When the database record is read, the checksum verifies that the data has not been tampered
with or corrupted during data transmission, or by an intruder in some type of off-line editing.
-- Network Security -- To prevent tampering of data transmitted between clients and servers over a network, including the Internet, SQLBase
SafeGarde allows administrators to specify encryption of data being transferred on the network, independent of network protocols.
-- Password Validation Delays -- To guard against 'trial-and-error' login attacks to a database, the server imposes increasingly long delays in
responding to the user. Additional mechanisms exist to alert other users in the event of a protracted attack.
Centura has been granted government certification to export the 56-bit DES version of SQLBase SafeGarde to all institutions except those located in
Cuba, Iran, Iraq, India, Pakistan, Libya, North Korea, Syria and Sudan. The 128-bit triple-DES version, SQLBase SafeGarde Max, has been
granted certification for export to financial institutions, banks and insurance companies, and US subsidiaries (for internal use), located in 46 specific
countries named in the regulations. This license demonstrates the willingness of the U.S. Department of Commerce to work with Centura to ensure
that SQLBase is made available to organizations that need to protect their customers' financial information.
Pricing and Availability
SQLBase standard pricing starts at $395 for a single user, one copy. The price per seat decreases with multiples of the desktop and for multi-user
server based pricing. SQLBase SafeGarde and SQLBase SafeGarde Max have both DES and Triple DES capability, depending on the needs and
purpose of the end user. Additionally, Centura consultants are available to assist customers with security planning, design and implementation. For
more information please contact Centura Software Corporation sales at 1-800-444-8782, ext. 4348.
About the SQLBase Suite
SQLBase is Centura's robust, small footprint embedded database, designed for integration with business application code for invisible deployment to
end users. Unlike other full-featured, relational databases, developers do not have to hire a DBA to maintain their system. The SQLBase suite adds
more embeddable features and increases the file size, allowing for unpartitioned database file sizes up to 512 Gigabytes. SQLBase provides
developers an optimum solution to create, deploy and support single and multi-user applications requiring an embedded database for use on the
desktop, on a Web server or in a distributed/mobile application. The SQLBase suite includes SQLBase Standard, SQLBase SafeGarde with 56-bit
DES encryption and SQLBase SafeGarde Max with 128-bit triple-DES encryption. The SQLBase suite is developed specifically for Intel-based
platforms and operating systems: Windows 3X, 95, 98 and NT, and Novell NetWare 5.0.
About Centura Software Corporation
Centura Software, founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal
computer. Today, Centura creates a suite of products used by corporate and independent software developers to build and deploy component-based,
distributed business applications. Centura products include embedded databases that scale from smart devices to the Internet, and application
development tools for Windows and Web clients. Centura has 19 offices around the world, in North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe,
the Middle East and Africa. All current Centura product offerings are Year 2000 compliant. For more information about Centura, visit
centurasoft.com.
Contact:
Imagio Public Relations
Ingrid Ougland, 206/625-0252
ingrid@imagio.com
OR
Centura Software Corporation
Kathleen Sheehan, 650/596-4770
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