Mcobject Embedded Database Newsletter, June 2010
Following is the latest news on McObject; the eXtremeDB in-memory and on-disk embedded database system; and Perst, our open source, object-oriented embedded DBMS for Java and .NET:
Product News
McObject Releases eXtremeDB 4.1, With Improved Reliability, Performance, Data Security, Ease-of-Use and Internationalization
McObject has released version 4.1 of the eXtremeDB embedded database. Already, a major European manufacturer is using the product’s new support for custom database collations to build multi-language search into its digital television electronic program guides (EPGs). Newly-added encryption and additional new security features target applications ranging from large-scale defense and intelligence systems to digital rights management (DRM) in multimedia devices. eXtremeDB also delivers improved organization of persistent data, new transaction logging features, and more. Read the press release.
Company News
Visit McObject’s Facebook Page
McObject has launched a Facebook page to foster communication with the developer and business community. Next time you’re on the popular social media site, check out McObject’s page for the latest news, links and conversation on embedded database technology, events and more.
Upcoming Webinar
Databases: Make-or-Break Technology Choices for High Performance Applications
Register now for this June 17th Web seminar!
When you need to roll out reliable real-time and embedded applications quickly, the advantages of proven database software are great. But the variety of database technology options is huge, and choices can significantly affect results. In this free Webinar, McObject CEO Steve Graves maps the database terrain for real-time systems terrain, covering topics that include:
• Client/server vs. in-process database architectures
• Impact of storage modality (in-memory or on disk) on form factor, manufacturing cost and performance
• SQL database API vs. efficiency of a navigational interface
• Contribution of database system software to application fault-tolerance
Sign up now for this free Webinar, Databases: Make-or-Break Technology Choices for High Performance Applications.
Other Events
Israel: McObject Presents & Exhibits at Embedded Solutions 2010
Dan Panorama Hotel, Tel Aviv, Israel – June 24, 2010
Meet with McObject and attend CEO Steve Graves’ presentation on June 24 at Embedded Solutions 2010, Israel’s leading embedded systems event. Steve’s talk, “Fault-Tolerant Memory Management for Medical & Safety-Critical Embedded Systems”, takes place at 9:15 a.m. McObject also will join its distributor, Trinity Software & Beyond, Ltd., in Trinity’s booth on the exhibition floor. E-mail McObject to arrange a meeting. For event information, click here.
Real-Time & Embedded Computing Conference (RTECC)
Seattle, WA – Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Vancouver, B.C. – Thursday, August 26, 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.
Dan Panorama Hotel, Tel Aviv, Israel – June 24, 2010
Meet with McObject and attend CEO Steve Graves’ presentation on June 24 at Embedded Solutions 2010, Israel’s leading embedded systems event. Steve’s talk, “Fault-Tolerant Memory Management for Medical & Safety-Critical Embedded Systems”, takes place at 9:15 a.m. McObject also will join its distributor, Trinity Software & Beyond, Ltd., in Trinity’s booth on the exhibition floor. E-mail McObject to arrange a meeting. For event information, click here.
Real-Time & Embedded Computing Conference (RTECC)
Seattle, WA – Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Vancouver, B.C. – Thursday, August 26, 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.
Customer News
Omicsoft: Perst’s Mono Support Delivered “Effortless” Win-to-Linux Porting
OmicSoft, a provider of powerful software tools for working with genetic and genomic information, has integrated the Perst embedded database system in its Array Server software. By migrating to Perst from a self-developed database solution, Array Server enables scientists to leverage double the amount of project and sample meta-data stored in the product, streamlining their research efforts and broadening potential areas of investigation. Perst support for Mono also shaved six programmer-months when OmicSoft ported the initial Array Server for Windows to a Linux version, company President Jack Liu said. Read more.
Lockheed Martin Adopts Perst Embedded Database for Defense R & D
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), one of the largest global defense and security technology companies, will use McObject’s all-Java Perst embedded database management system (DBMS) in a research and development application for the Medium Extended Air Defense Systems (MEADS) project of the United States and NATO partners. Lockheed Martin chose the open source, object-oriented Perst database after a make-or-buy analysis found economic and time-to-market benefits in licensing a commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) high performance DBMS rather than creating the technology in-house. Read the press release.
In The News
Data Indexes Boost Embedded Software’s Performance and Efficiency, Military Embedded Systems, April, 2010. Use of a data index can improve an embedded application’s lookup speed an order of magnitude over linear search. In this article, McObject’s Steve Graves and Konstantin Knizhnik illustrate the use of R-Tree indexes for spatial indexing and the Patricia trie for applications such as call routing and IP filtering.
Embedded Database Vendor McObject Touts Update. eWeek, May 11, 2010. Leading IT industry trade journal reports on the improvements in the new eXtremeDB version 4.1, including support for custom collations, improved organization of persistent data, and security improvements.
Embedded Database Improves Security, Speeds Storage Retrieval. LinuxDevices.com, May 12, 2010. This news portal for the embedded Linux industry provided feature-by-feature coverage of McObject’s eXtremeDB 4.1 release.
Multi-Core Software: To Gain Speed, Eliminate Resource Contention. RTC, May, 2010. Even when applications are parallelized over multiple cores, performance can suffer from resource contention. Parallelizing the access to resources can eliminate much of the bottleneck. This article looks two examples of parallelizing access: multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) for databases, and use of a custom thread-local memory allocator. Both are used in eXtremeDB (MVCC has been available as an option starting in v. 4.0).
Does Dr. Who Use An Embedded Database? EPN, June, 2010. This article looks at defense contractor BAE Systems’ decision to embed eXtremeDB in avionics for the Panavia Tornado GR4 combat jet, and at the advantages. It includes a discussion and code examples of eXtremeDB’s type-safe API, which prevents data typing errors from slipping into application code, thus eliminating a common source of software bugs.
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.
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