McObject Embedded Database Newsletter - January, 2010
Product News
Introducing eXtremeDB 4.0, Our Fastest, Most Scalable Real-Time DBMS Ever
McObject’s new eXtremeDB version 4.0 adds expanded development capabilities, greater speed and resource-efficiency, and unprecedented scalability. Enhancements include:
- Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC) Transaction Manager, which can dramatically improve scalability and performance
- A new concept of logical database devices, which simplifies creating a database and adds techniques for performance optimization and recovery
- New, native Uniform Database Access (UDA) Application Programming Interface (API)
- Support for KD-Tree database index; all indexes optimized to leverage the MVCC Transaction Manager and deliver faster performance
To download eXtremeDB 4.0 in Standard and Fusion editions, click here. To learn more about the release, click here.
New Java Native Interface (JNI) Extends eXtremeDB Benefits to Java Developers
McObject has released a Java Native Interface (JNI) for the eXtremeDB embedded database. eXtremeDB JNI offers the fastest possible database solution in Java, and underscores McObject’s momentum in broadening eXtremeDB’s appeal to Java-based embedded and real-time enterprise systems.
eXtremeDB is increasingly used in highly scalable finance, e-commerce, social network and other Web-based applications, to add benefits of an in-memory object cache while avoiding drawbacks of some so-called “NoSQL” solutions, such as high storage demands and lack of safeguards on data integrity. E-mail McObject to obtain evaluation software.
Company News
Upcoming Live Webinar:
Boost Performance and Minimize Footprint with Specialized Data Indexes
The right data index data can boost lookup speed logarithmically. But often, due to its familiarity, the only index considered is the B-Tree.
Attend our Webinar on January 28 to learn how specialized indexes can be more efficient, enabling key design tradeoffs and benefits for applications such as geospatial/mapping and IP communications. McObject CEO Steve Graves presents indexes including the R-Tree, T-Tree, Patricia trie, Hash, and others, and takes your questions during live Q&A. Three sessions are offered, for a global audience. Register now.
McObject CEO and Co-Founder Launches Blog
In his new blog, McObject CEO Steve Graves comments on news, technology and business trends of interest to the development community. Recent posts have analyzed claims of solid state drive (SSD) performance, database locking in multi-threaded applications, and the “roll your own” approach to software development. Bookmark the McObject CEO’s Blog, and feel free to add your comments!
Customer News
myYearbook Relies On eXtremeDB-64 for Real-Time Social NetworkingmyYearbook (www.myyearbook.com), one of the top social networking Web sites, has built the 64-bit version of eXtremeDB 4.0 into applications that match users instantly based on compatibility scores. “With the added support of recoverability and persistence, eXtremeDB 4.0 has allowed us to supplement our traditional RDBMS and key-value stores with specialized, 64-bit optimized, high performance applications capable of sustaining over 50M web-based requests/day on a single 16-core server,” said Jonah Harris, senior DBA. Get more details on myYearbook in the eXtremeDB 4.0 press release.
Jease Integrates Perst All-Java Database for POJO-Based Web Apps
Jease (www.jease.org), a content management framework, has added support for McObject’s Perst embedded database. With Jease, Perst becomes the persistence engine for highly customized, content- and database-driven Web applications that leverage the productivity and efficiency of working with “plain old Java objects” (POJOs). “Perst worked right out of the box, which is very impressive. It seems to be one of the most advanced open source, object-oriented databases in the Java world,” said Maik Jablonski, Jease founder. Read more.
eXtremeDB Accelerates Hotel Management Software as a Service (SaaS)
Hetras GmbH (www.hetras.com), a company founded by hospitality and software industry veterans, has incorporated McObject’s eXtremeDB in-memory database system (IMDS) in its new Web-based hotel management software as a service (SaaS) application. By incorporating eXtremeDB as a highly scalable cache for back-end data, the company’s hosted HMS product is faster, more reliable and delivers richer detail than other solutions in the market. Get more details.
eXtremeDB Plays Key Role In All-In-One Device for Wireless Sensor Networks
SCL Elements (www.Can2Go.com), an innovator in environmental monitoring and control, has built eXtremeDB into Access Point, a device that plays the role of router, gateway, server and console in wireless sensor networks. eXtremeDB provides “sophisticated search and retrieval while imposing only minimal memory and CPU demands. The database enables users to seamlessly integrate and define parameters for large numbers of sensors, which is a key capability of our product,” said Simon Leblond, SCL Elements president. Get more details in the eXtremeDB 4.0 press release.
Events
The 2010 conference and exhibition season is kicking off. We hope to meet you at these events:
Real-Time & Embedded Computing Conference (RTECC)
Santa Clara, CA – Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Framingham, MA – Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Ottawa, ON – Friday, June 11, 2010
Join us at RTECC for the embedded systems industry’s unique, one-day conference and exhibition! McObject is an exhibitor at the events listed above, and CEO Steve Graves is featured as a speaker on the topic “Memory Management for Embedded Systems.”
RTECC features open-door technical sessions in conjunction with tabletop exhibits. For more information, including hours and locations, see www.rtecc.com.
Embedded World 2010
March 2 – 4, 2010 – Nuremberg, Germany
Visit McObject in Hall 11, Stand 209
McObject is on hand in booth 11-209 at Embedded World — the World’s largest embedded systems event — to present both eXtremeDB embedded database version 4.0, and the new eXtremeDB Java Native Interface (JNI). Visit us to learn how new features, such as multi-version concurrency control (MVCC), can benefit your application!
Last year’s Embedded World drew a record 704 exhibiting companies, plus thousands of visitors from 63 countries. Hardware, software, tool and service specialists together created optimal conditions for exchanging views and developing creative ideas. Contact McObject to arrange a person-to-person meeting and demo in our booth.
Embedded Systems Conference, Silicon Valley
Conference Dates: April 26 – 29, 2010
Exhibition Dates: April 27 – 29, 2010
Location: McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, CA
Meet us in Booth 931
McObject’s new eXtremeDB release could enhance your embedded software’s speed and scalability, while reducing its time-to-market! Visit us in booth 931 at ESC Silicon Valley 2010 to learn about version 4.0, our new Java Native Interface (JNI), and other important advances. You can request a demo at the event.
ESC Silicon Valley brings together system architects, design engineers, suppliers, analysts and media from across the globe, including Asia and the Pacific Rim. It is the place for the embedded community to meet, talk to colleagues, experts and vendors about design goals, and identify solutions to current and upcoming projects.
In The News
MyYearbook Speeds Web Responses. Information Week, December 29, 2009. Reveals performance techniques used by this top social networking Web site. In one highly scalable on-line app, eXtremeDB-64 gets results in 76 milliseconds (76 millionths of a second), compared to 800 microseconds (nearly a thousandth of a second) when using the PostgreSQL RDBMS.Building a network performance analysis test system with Linux, Tcl/TK, SQL & eXtremeDB. Embedded.com, December 22, 2009. Rather than building test networks consisting of millions of devices, organizations can use Spirent TestCenter to put today’s increasingly powerful network gear through its paces. Spirent Communications CTO Tom McBeath describes the test platform’s real-time software, which relies on embedded Linux and eXtremeDB.
Remember the KISS Principle? The Forrester Blog for Technology Product Management & Marketing, November 13, 2009. Forrester Research Analyst Tom Grant presents McObject as a company following “a product strategy [that] focuses on the essentials,” including improving its software with stability, performance and truly useful new features.
TestIndex on Android developer phone1 (ADP1). Tord’s Technology Blog, September 30, 2009. Last fall, Norwegian developer Tord Fauskangar benchmarked numerous embedded database solutions, including Perst, on the Android operating system, and shared the results via his blog.
McObject Tackles Databases in Embedded Apps. SD Times, November 10. 2009. Reports on the improvements in eXtremeDB 4.0, including multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) transaction manager, logical database devices and more.
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