McObject Embedded Database Newsletter - February, 2008
Events
Get a Free copy of Embedded Linux Primer at Embedded World 2008!
Visit McObject in Hall 11, Stand 415
February 26 – 28, 2008 – Nuremberg, Germany
McObject is giving away twenty-five (25) copies of Embedded Linux Primer at the Embedded World exhibition and conference in Nuremberg this year. To win, visit McObject in Hall 11, Booth 415, and register.
We’ll draw the winning names on the last day of Embedded World and notify you immediately by e-mail. We’ll mail the books to the winners, free!
Embedded World is the leading international exhibition for embedded systems. The industry's top manufacturers, distributors, software, hardware, and service provider companies all come together for this event, which is expected to draw some 14 percent more companies compared to last year.
McObject is an exhibitor at Embedded World 2008 with a booth in Hall 11, Stand 415, where it is joined by its German distributor, ARS Software. McObject is also represented by Logic Technology, its distributor in the United Kingdom, Benelux and Scandinavian countries, in Hall 11, Stand 125.
For details on our Embedded Linux Primer offer, click here. To meet with McObject personnel and for demos of the eXtremeDB embedded database, eXtremeDB Fusion, Perst and other McObject embedded database technology at this event, click here. Hope to see you in Nuremberg!
Customer News
Gigantic Win: eXtremeDB -based WiMax System to Serve Huge Market in India
eXtremeDB technology is used in failsafe telecommunications devices worldwide – and now a WiMax base station incorporating the eXtremeDB High Availability embedded database will help bring wireless broadband infrastructure to an area in India containing more than 200 million potential users. In what has been termed a “gigantic win,” McObject customer SOMA Networks signed a deal with Bharat Sanchar Nigam, Ltd (BSNL), India’s state-owned and largest telecommunications company, to create the industry’s largest Mobile WiMAX network across three of India’s fastest-growing and wealthiest telecom markets.
SOMA Networks incorporates the eXtremeDB-HA in-memory database in its award-winning FlexMAX™ Mobile WiMAX System, where the in-memory embedded database provides real-time, fault-tolerant storage and retrieval of network traffic routing data. Last year, when we reported SOMA Networks’ integration of eXtremeDB-HA, company engineers explained that eXtremeDB-HA offered a performance advantage over alternative embedded databases, and that this edge increased as databases size grew. A SOMA Networks vice president stated "the McObject product’s all-in-memory responsiveness, and its intuitive C/C++ application programming interface, drove the choice of eXtremeDB-HA.”
Product News
eXtremeDB: Specialized Editions Solve Pressing Application Challenges
McObject’s eXtremeDB started as an in-memory database optimized for performance and very frugal RAM and CPU use. These are still core eXtremeDB benefits. But eXtremeDB Standard Edition is also part of a growing product family, with special editions of the database provided to solve key application challenges:
eXtremeDB High Availability. This fault tolerant embedded database implements database replication and synchronization via a rugged, time-cognizant, two-phase commit protocol. eXtremeDB-HA is used in failsafe applications such as SOMA Networks’ WiMax base stations and Hydril’s pressure control system for oil and gas drilling.
eXtremeDB-64. The 64-bit eXtremeDB supports databases that are hundreds of times larger than the 32-bit edition, to accelerate sorting, analyzing and retrieving from very large data stores. Applications using eXtremeDB-64 include the Dalian Commodity Exchange, one of the largest futures exchanges in China.
eXtremeDB Fusion. In-memory data management lends unmatched performance. But byte-for-byte, disk storage can cost less than memory, and can take less physical space. For small form-factor and price-sensitive devices, this can be important. Hybrid eXtremeDB Fusion combines on-disk and all-in-memory storage in a single database system, to optimize applications for speed, persistence, cost and form factor.
With KD-Trees, McObject Sharpens its Edge in Indexes
McObject has added support for the KD-Tree, a database index with uses in spatial and pattern-matching applications, to its Perst open source, object-oriented .NET and Java embedded database system. KD-Trees expand coding efficiency and help make Java and .NET data objects easier to use in certain types of application.
For McObject, Perst’s new feature marks a widening of its lead in providing the best data management tools for building highly efficient software – an edge evidenced in eXtremeDB’s and Perst’s growing list of supported indexes, many of them specialized and customizable. For details about KD-Tree support and other index features in eXtremeDB and Perst, see our press release.
Partner News
McObject Offers ProScout Java ME Demo Software through Java.Net Mobile & Embedded Community
McObject announced the availability on the java.net Mobile & Embedded Community site of McObject’s ProScout demo application, incorporating the Perst Lite embedded database system, to the wide population of developers building mobile device-based applications using JavaTM Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME).
The Mobile & Embedded Community on the Sun Microsystems, Inc. java.net site now includes ProScout as a Featured Application available from dedicated pages on its ME Application Developers Project. ProScout is designed to let sports recruiters discreetly take notes on their mobile devices—but on the Mobile & Embedded Community site, it helps developers who are scouting for a highly efficient and elegant Java ME embedded database management solution.
The new ProScout pages include freely downloadable ProScout source code, as well as a byte-code version of the MIDlet incorporating Perst Lite. Also offered: ProScout screenshots, Getting Started instructions, a file explaining database features used within the demo, and links to technical articles and other resources.
In the News
Embedded Databases: “Great Growth Potential”
In January, IDC’s report on the state of the embedded database market made big news. While the database management system (DBMS) market may be perceived as slow-growing, IDC says, "this technology nonetheless offers great growth potential in its various more specialized forms, one of which is embedded DBMS, herein defined as DBMS sold and used as components of a larger software or hardware product."
That describes McObject’s eXtremeDB and Perst precisely – and “specialized” is a major strength of our technology. Reporting on IDC’s findings, eWeek quoted McObject CEO and Co-founder Steve Graves extensively on McObject’s role in embedded databases compared to Enterprise DBMS vendors that offer slimmed down relational database systems.
Describing McObject’s differentiation for device-based, embedded systems and real-time applications, Steve said, "In embedded systems…[requirements] such as a small footprint, portability or ability to run without a file system narrow the field of choices and virtually eliminates" enterprise database vendors’ software.
For example, the portability of McObject’s eXtremeDB enables it to support real-time operating systems (RTOSs) like VxWorks, QNX and Integrity – a capability much desired by embedded systems developers, Steve noted.
McObject’s Offering for Google’s Android Platform Stirs Excitement
Media and developers reacted enthusiastically to McObject’s announcement in January of the Perst all-Java embedded database’s availability for Google’s Android mobile device platform, and of our TestIndex benchmark application for measuring database performance on Android.
As a Dr. Dobb's Journal article pointed out, TestIndex shows Perst as well as Android's bundled SQLite database performing the same tasks side-by-side. Open Handset Magazine published a nice TestIndex screeenshot. Both the benchmark and the Perst Java database are available as free downloads, with complete source code, at www.mcobject.com/android.
More Events...
Embedded Systems Silicon Valley
Conference Dates: April 14 – 18, 2008
Exhibition Dates: April 15 – 17, 2008
Location: McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, CA
Visit McObject in booth 839 for demos of eXtremeDB Fusion, our hybrid in-memory/on-disk database system!
The Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose is the largest U.S. embedded industry event, providing unparalleled access to useful emerging and established technologies, and to technology industry innovators. Architects and engineers attending the conference can choose from more than 160 training sessions, courses and seminars covering methodologies, processes and techniques fundamental to developing embedded systems.
McObject engineers and sales staff will offer demos of the eXtremeDB and Perst embedded database systems in booth 839. Come learn how proven embedded database technology can enhance your application performance and reliability, as well as development efficiency, in embedded systems market sectors including telecommunications, industrial control, military and aerospace, and consumer electronics.
If you are attending the Embedded Systems Conference and would like an appointment to meet with McObject Engineering or Sales, please e-mail us.
NXTcomm08
Conference Dates: June 16 – 18, 2008
Exhibition Dates: June 17 – 19, 2008
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center
Don’t miss the one event delivering the entire ecosystem of network-enabled
Visit McObject in booth SL10409 at NXTcomm08!
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