McObject Embedded Database Newsletter - March, 2009

Following is the latest news on eXtremeDB, McObject’s real-time embedded database; and Perst, our open source, object-oriented embedded database

Events

Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley 2009

March 31 - April 2, 2009
McEnery Convention Center, Silicon Valley, CA

Visit McObject in booth 344 and register to win a free BlackBerry! As a BlackBerry Alliance Partner we are giving away one free device - so drop by and enter the drawing.

Embedded systems engineers to meet at ESC SV to identify solutions to immediate design challenges, and talk to potential solution providers for their projects. Join McObject in the exhibition hall, booth 344, to discuss how your development strategy can benefit from high performance, tiny-footprint database technology. E-mail us to arrange a meeting at ESC Silicon Valley.

More events are listed below…

In The News

Face-Storing Database Software, Embedded Computing Design, February 2009. Learn how technology from McObject and Texas Instruments enabled L-1 Identity Solutions’ Bioscrypt Division to create a small, high performance face reader to secure banks, casinos and other high-traffic workplaces. McObject’s eXtremeDB Fusion stores up to 60,000 facial templates and can verify a person’s identity in less than a second.

Simple as A, B, Tree? Applications Find Mobile Fruit in the R-Tree, GeoWorld, February, 2009. This geospatial journal article details how Carbon Hero used R-Trees (and the Perst Lite embedded database) to gain maximum efficiency in a smartphone-based personal carbon calculator. Carbon Hero’s CTO praises Perst Lite’s open-source, dual-licensing distribution: "We were able to get the source code straight away and start playing," he says.

In-Memory vs. On-Disk Database Systems, CIOL Developer Channel, February 13, 2009. The fact that retrieval from memory trumps disk access for performance adds nothing new to database knowledge. Traditional databases have long offered caching to increase responsiveness. What do in-memory databases (IMDSs) offer that’s new? This article, published in India, examines the benefits of IMDSs’ streamlined design, including elimination of high-overhead processes related to caching.

McObject Grants Persistence to All Objects, SD Times, January 29, 2009.
The author details enhancements in the new Perst 4.0 open source, object-oriented embedded database, particularly Perst’s new ability to add persistence to “foreign” objects (i.e. objects not derived from Perst’s Persistent class).

Partner News

McObject – LynuxWorks Partnership Targets Real-Time Medical Applications

At ESC Silicon Valley, McObject and LynuxWorks announced an alliance in which McObject has ported the eXtremeDB Kernel Mode (KM) embedded database to LynuxWorks' BlueCat Embedded Linux 5.6 operating system. The companies will jointly target the medical technology market with this software combination, which accelerates development of Linux-based time- and safety-critical applications ranging from personal carry-along medical devices to larger-scale clinical systems. Read the press release.

Product News

First Database System Benchmark on Smartphone

A DBMS benchmark on rack-mounted hardware? Old news. The same test on an off-the-shelf mobile device based on Google’s Android platform? That’s new! McObject has deployed its TestIndex benchmark on a T-Mobile G1 Android smartphone, pitting McObject’s Perst open source, object-oriented embedded database against Android’s bundled SQLite. On three of the four TestIndex metrics, Perst performed tasks significantly faster—more than 16 times faster, in the case of database inserts. For details, click here.

Events, Cont.

2009 Wind River Aerospace and Defense Regional Conferences

April 14, 2009 - Dallas (Irving), TX
April 16, 2009 - Huntsville, AL
May 21, 2009 - Manhattan Beach, CA
June 4, 2009 - Philadelphia, PA
June 17, 2009 - Arlington, VA
September 17, 2009 - Framingham, MA

McObject joins its partner, Wind River Systems, along with senior members of the defense community and key technology vendors in six cities as to discuss the threats facing the military in the next decade and the challenges for defense suppliers.

At each event, a senior defense industry leader will reflect on challenges for the decade; Wind River will cover specific industry challenges and technologies; and Wind River and partners will present their latest commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software. Learn more and register for these conferences.

Real-Time and Embedded Computing Conferences (RTECC)

Boston, MA - Tuesday, May 7, 2009
Ottawa, ON - Thursday, June 4, 2009

Join us at RTECC for the embedded systems industry's unique, one-day event showcasing the newest products and latest information from innovators! McObject is an exhibitor at the RTECCs listed above, and our CEO, Steve Graves, is featured as a speaker at the Boston and Ottawa events, on the topic "Memory Management for Embedded Systems."

RTECC features open-door technical sessions in conjunction with tabletop exhibits. For more information about the RTECC events, including hours and locations, see the conference Web site at http://www.rtecc.com/.

Company News

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McObject introduced the first kernel mode DBMS, eXtremeDB Kernel Mode (KM) to provide data management for kernel-based application logic. Our new on-demand Webinar looks at key issues in kernel-mode database deployment, and presents the successful use case of an embedded security application. Download “Kernel Mode Database Systems for Real-Time Applications” today (or click here for our library of recorded Webinars).

We are committed to keeping the eXtremeDB and Perst development community as informed as possible. If you have any questions or suggestions for our newsletter, please e-mail info@mcobject.com.