ADVISORY/Cardiff University Announces Workshop on High Performance Object Databases.

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ADVISORY...for July 20 & 21 (Thursday & Friday)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & CARDIFF, Wales--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2000

Who: Objectivity, Inc., in association with the University of Wales,
    Cardiff

What: Objectivity and Cardiff jointly announce the Workshop on High
    Performances Object Databases to bring together a
    multidisciplinary group to investigate the use of object databases
    in large-scale applications.

    Several topics will be covered, including (but not limited to)
    object databases in large-scale applications and in particular
    looking at aspects of scalability and support for large quantities
    of data; applications of object databases within emerging areas
    such as real time, mobile and embedded systems; techniques for
    managing objects in large databases, employing object-oriented
    paradigms rather than an object-relational or relational
    paradigms; and performance management approaches that may utilise
    constraints to support application scalability.

    There will be two themes covering two days. The Research Theme
    will be dedicated to research that investigates techniques for
    achieving some of the goals suggested by the workshop; papers that
    bridge disciplines or combine theory and practice are especially
    welcome. The Applications Theme will be dedicated to current
    applications of object databases. Authors are encouraged to submit
    both short and long statements that describe their particular
    experiences of using object-oriented approaches for managing data
    using Objectivity or other similar database management systems.

    Scheduled speakers include Professor Keith Jeffery from Rutherford
    Appleton Laboratory, Dr. Akmal Chaudhri from Informix Software and
    Leon Guzenda from Objectivity, Inc. Additional speaker information
    will be updated via the workshop's Web site.

    There will also be a short Objectivity User Group meeting where
    current users can discuss their particular experiences with the
    Objectivity/DB software. Details of joining the Objectivity
    University Programme will also be available to potential academic
    members who would like to participate.

When: Thursday, July 20, and Friday, July 21, 2000.

Where: The workshop will take place at the Newport Road Site of the
    University of Wales, Cardiff in the Trevithick Building. For more
    details, including hotel information, visit the workshop's Web
    site at http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/hipod2000.

About Objectivity, Inc.

Objectivity, Inc., is the leading provider of distributed, scalable object databases with unrivaled support for mixed-language development and mixed-hardware environments. Objectivity boosts developer productivity, shortens time to market and provides the ideal platform for mission-critical applications requiring continuous performance and adaptability to future technologies.

Objectivity, Inc., is headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA. For more information, contact Objectivity by e-mail at [e-mail], on the World Wide Web at http://www.objectivity.com or by calling [phone].