To: John T. Hardee who wrote (2374 ) 4/9/1998 10:58:00 AM From: Veiko Herne Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2428
Another news: Centura Software Announces Micro-Server Product Direction REDWOOD SHORES, CA. April 7 1998. Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), formerly Gupta, announced extensions to its SQLBaseG embedded database product strategy, SQLBase Micro-Servers. The Micro-Server product family is designed to take advantage of the opportunity for a small footprint, robust database embedded in new devices that continue to get smaller and smarter, requiring embedded databases in new form factors. These form factors include hand held computers running applications like sales automation on Windows CE, information appliances like XEROXTM copiers storing user behavior, and Smart Cards for the health care, transportation, securities and other industries. The SQLBase Micro-Server product line includes SQLBase Pocket for hand held computers, SQLBase RISC for embedded microprocessors in information appliances, and SQLBase Smart Card. Centura is also announcing the return of Kwang-Chi Liang, one of the original architects of SQLBase, as the senior architect for the Micro-Server products. "Prototypes of selected Micro-Server products are currently operational in pilot sites, and should be available for release in the fall of 1998," said Scott Broomfield, Centura's CEO. "SQLBase has been the product of choice for many corporations and software vendors over the years to connect and synchronize occasionally connected databases," said Kathleen Lane, Centura's Sr. Vice President Worldwide Marketing. "Today, SQLBase has the smallest footprint of any Windows-based SQL database, a single set of code scalable from a single desktop to the web, and access to APIs allowing developer control of server processes. As data continues to move to smaller footprints and new server-centric form factors, it is a natural, logical extension of our technology and expertise to make SQLBase capability available for the new small, smart platforms requiring an embedded database. Centura was the first company to enter the client/server market with a small footprint, robust database, and has been a leader in this space. Today, millions of end user connect and synchronize SQLBase data stored in laptops and other mobile computers to LAN and Web networks running SQLBase and other databases. Veiko