ANTs Successfully Completes Database Migration for Global Financial Services Company.Will Demonstrate Benefits of Using ANTs Compatibility Server to Re-Host Application From Sybase to the Oracle Database BURLINGAME, Calif. -- 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. data management systems, today announced it has successfully completed off-site migration and testing for a well-known global 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. company to re-host a production application from Sybase to the Oracle database using the ANTs Compatibility Server[TM] (ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. ). ANTs is now scheduled to demonstrate ACS on-site for the customer. Using schema and data provided by the customer, the ANTs Compatibility Server runs close to 100 Sybase-stored procedures and SQL syntax syntax: see grammar. syntax Arrangement of words in sentences, clauses, and phrases, and the study of the formation of sentences and the relationship of their component parts. against the Oracle database with 100 percent compatibility. The successful completion of this project demonstrated that based on the schema and data provided by the customer, their application can be redeployed against Oracle without having to make any manual application rewrites. "Our goal is to provide customers with an easier, faster and less-expensive method of re-hosting applications from Sybase to the Oracle database," said Joseph Kozak, chairman and chief executive officer of ANTs. "Completion of this project will give us a high level of confidence that we will successfully demonstrate these benefits to customers." The ANTs Compatibility Server Consortium, a group of ten Fortune 500 or similar companies, is working with ANTs to develop technology and processes for re-hosting pilot Sybase applications to the Oracle database using the ANTs Compatibility Server. ANTs has already received target applications and sample data from several consortium members, and is actively working on their projects. About the ANTs Compatibility Server (ACS) The ANTs Compatibility Server is a "database virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. " middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a layer which allows server side code (queries, functions, and stored procedures In a database management system (DBMS), it is an SQL program that is stored in the database which is executed by calling it directly from the client or from a database trigger. When the SQL procedure is stored in the database, it does not have to be replicated in each client. ) from legacy databases to run natively and transparently against the new target database with minimal application rewriting re·write v. re·wrote , re·writ·ten , re·writ·ing, re·writes v.tr. 1. To write again, especially in a different or improved form; revise. 2. and recompiling. The legacy application operates as if it were still communicating with the original legacy database, yet the new target database operates as if it were communicating with a native application. The first release of this virtualization server technology is focused on migrating Sybase applications to an Oracle database, although migrations from and to other databases are also planned. ANTs software inc. ANTs software inc. (OTCBB:ANTS), based in Silicon Valley, is developing the ANTs Compatibility Server, database virtualization middleware that enables application portability and database consolidation. The company's mission is to help customers reduce hardware, software, and development costs by providing exceptional data management solutions. For more information on ANTs Software, visit www.ants.com. ANTs Compatibility Server (ACS) and ANTs Data Server are trademarks of ANTs software inc This press release is neither an offer to sell, nor a solicitation solicitation In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual 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: the possibility that the market will not respond positively to the Compatibility Server, that the Compatibility Server will not be developed into a marketable product, challenges arising from competition, problems encountered in commercializing the ANTs technology, potential of undetected infringing technology or non-infringing competitive technologies, difficulties experienced in product development, roadblocks experienced in sales and marketing activities, longer than expected sales processes A sales process is a systematic approach for performing product or service sales. The reasons for having a sales process include seller and buyer risk management, achieving standardized customer interaction in sales and scalable revenue generation. , difficulties in recruiting knowledgeable and experienced personnel, possible problems in migrating applications using the Compatibility Server, 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, 2007. 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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