ANTs Announces General Availability of the ANTs Data Server 3.60.Compatibility, Performance and Manageability Gains Highlight Latest Release BURLINGAME, Calif. -- Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions in the third graph. The corrected release reads: ANTs Announces General Availability of the ANTs Data Server 3.60 Compatibility, Performance and Manageability Gains Highlight Latest Release ANTs software inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :ANTS), a leader in compatible, high-performance SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. database management systems, today announced the general availability of the ANTs Data Server (ADS) version 3.60, a new software release of its flagship database solution that is packed with a significant number of new compatibility, performance and management improvements. The result of the most significant software development effort in the company's history, ADS 3.60 takes a major leap forward in fulfilling the company's database consolidation vision. The ANTs Data Server 3.60 extends its already impressive database compatibility with new features, including support for the Oracle Call Interface (OCI OCI Oracle Call Interface OCI Organisation de la Conférence Islamique (French: Organization of the Islamic Conference) OCI Other Comprehensive Income OCI Office of the Commissioner of Insurance OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest ), a set of low-level APIs used to interact with Oracle databases, as well as extensions for Sybase and Informix. An improved, high-speed data loader A program routine that copies a program into memory for execution. is 400 percent faster than before, and a new quality-of-service feature enables administrators to prioritize users and queries to meet stringent response-time criteria and guarantee service levels. The new Information Schema In relational databases, the Information Schema is an ANSI standard made of read-only views that provide information about all the tables, views, and columns, and procedures in a database server. improves system management with comprehensive statistics on internal operations and performance characteristics, and can present this data in popular Oracle V$ systems management views. "ANTs has made a tremendous effort in bringing this latest release to market, and I want to congratulate our team for a job well done in delivering a robust, highly compatible database that makes migration easier and less costly," said Joe Kozak, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ANTs Software. "Release 3.60 of the ANTs Data Server takes compatibility to the next level while offering significant improvements in performance and manageability." Compatibility Improvements In addition to its support for the Oracle Call Interface, ADS 3.60 now implements Oracle Packages, enabling developers to group procedures and functions into common groups typically based upon their functionality. Along with its support for real-time Linux and Windows x64 operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , ADS 3.60 now provides support for Windows Services for UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (SFU SFU Simon Fraser University SFU Services for Unix SFU Saint Francis University SFU Six Feet Under (HBO series) SFU Six Feet Under (band) SFU Space Flyer Unit SFU Single Family Unit ). Performance Gains The high-speed data loader in ADS 3.60 dramatically reduces the time required to load large databases or input large amounts of data from applications. With the ability to load hundreds of thousands of records per second, ADS 3.60 improves support for high-volume, real-time transactional applications found in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , telecommunications, and other industries. The new quality-of-service capabilities enable users and queries to the database to be prioritized, allowing higher priorities to be assigned to those with more critical needs and providing improved overall performance. Support for real-time Linux provides an application platform capable of delivering consistent response times. ADS 3.60 also boosts performance with an improved buffer manager, and includes many additional non-blocking features to reduce transaction waits and boost throughput. More than 20 changes were made to the optimizer to improve the execution performance of SQL statements, and additional performance optimizations were implemented in the handling of stored procedures. Greater Manageability Systems management is greatly enhanced with the new Information Schema, which records comprehensive statistics about internal operations and performance characteristics, offering improved options for performance tuning Performance tuning is the improvement of system performance. This is typically a computer application, but the same methods can be applied to economic markets, bureaucracies or other complex systems. , optimizing configurations and more. The data contained in the Information Schema is made more accessible through new support for Oracle system management tables, or V$ views, making it easy for Oracle database administrators to get the information they need from the ANTs Data Server using the same kind of tables and table names as they would with Oracle. ADS 3.60 now delivers a wealth of query optimization Query optimization is a function of many relational database management systems in which multiple query plans for satisfying a query are examined and a good query plan is identified. This may or not be the absolute best strategy because there are many ways of doing plans. and admin tables, providing DBAs with detailed demographics for the data to aid in performance tuning. Enhanced event log tracing information aids in tracking down problems. Availability and Pricing The ANTs Data Server 3.60 is available now, and can be downloaded at www.ants.com/download. For pricing, platform and other information, please contact ANTs directly at info@ants.com. About the ANTs Data Server The ANTs Data Server is a full-featured, standards-compliant relational database management system relational database management system - relational database based on a breakthrough, high-performance SQL query execution engine that incorporates innovative, lock-free operations. It can typically be deployed on fewer, low-cost servers with the potential to reduce hardware, software and system administration costs by 60 to 90 percent. Through its compatibility with Oracle, Sybase and SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. databases, and its embedded deployment mode that supports Oracle-TimesTen applications, the ANTs Data Server allows applications to be moved without the major rewrites and cost usually associated with application migration. About ANTs software inc. ANTs software inc. (OTCBB: ANTS), based in Silicon Valley, develops and sells the ANTs Data Server, an affordable, high-performance relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. that is compatible with popular databases. The company's mission is to help customers reduce hardware, software and development costs by providing exceptional database price/performance. For more information on ANTs Software, visit www.ants.com. This press release is neither an offer to sell, nor a solicitation of offers to purchase, securities. This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements concerning product development activities and sales and licensing activities. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, are sometimes identified by words of condition such as "should," "may," or "intends," and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, known and unknown, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those intended or anticipated. Such risks include, without limitation: challenges arising from competition, difficulties experienced in product development, roadblocks experienced in sales and marketing activities slow market adoption of ADS 3.60, longer than expected sales processes, difficulties in recruiting knowledgeable and experienced personnel, possible problems in porting applications to the Company's database, potential problems in protecting the Company's intellectual property, and problems securing the necessary financing to continue operations. Further information concerning these and other risks is included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2006. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise such forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release. |
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