ANTs to Show New Compatibility Server at SQL Server Association Summit.Prototype Shows Promise of Easy Migration to Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. BURLINGAME, Calif. -- Lifting the veil from its pioneering 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. activities, ANTs software inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :ANTS), will give attendees at the upcoming Professional Association for SQL Server The Professional Association for SQL Server, also known as PASS, is the global community for Microsoft SQL Server professionals. PASS was founded in 1999 with funds from Microsoft and Computer Associates. There are currently about 100 local PASS Chapters. (PASS) Community Summit a first look of its ANTs Compatibility Server (ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. ) for 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. . ACS for SQL Server is designed to substantially reduce the effort required to migrate applications to SQL Server. ANTs will demonstrate an early version of this technology in booth #305 at the 2007 PASS Community Summit being held September 18-21 at the Colorado Convention Center The Colorado Convention Center is a multi-purpose convention center in downtown Denver, Colorado which recently underwent a major expansion. The expansion added 600,000 sq. feet of space and a 5,200 seat concert hall. The total area of the convention center is 1.2 million sq. feet. , Denver, Colorado. "We have successfully demonstrated ACS for Oracle and are poised to begin first customer pilot migrations using that product. This concept demonstration of ACS for SQL Server is the first time the public will have the chance to see migration to SQL Server," said Rao Yendluri, vice present of engineering. "Based on core technology from the ANTs Data Server, the Compatibility Server represents an exciting new approach to database migration and consolidation." The PASS Community Summit is the largest user-run SQL Server and business intelligence conference, drawing Microsoft SQL Server and BI experts from around the world. Based on compatibility and advanced connectivity technologies developed by ANTs, the ANTs Compatibility Server is database virtualization middleware through which application calls to the database are translated, allowing applications to be retargeted from one database to another. ANTs' first product based on these technologies is a Sybase-to-Oracle version of the ANTs Compatibility Server. The ANTs approach is unique in that legacy applications connect natively through the ANTs Compatibility Server to the new database with minimal to no changes. The 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. and queries from the application run natively on the ANTs Compatibility Server, which also connects natively with the new target database. The Compatibility Server is designed to significantly reduce migration complexity, effort, and cost by: * Automating the processes that current migration tools cannot, saving time and effort; * Reducing hand-coding and manual error checking. Many man-months or even years can be required for this, and hand-coding can introduce errors and uncertainty in the process, requiring a significant QA effort to ensure correctness; * Avoiding costly application rewrites and recompiles by providing continued use of native access libraries (JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity) A programming interface that lets Java applications access a database via the SQL language. Since Java interpreters (Java Virtual Machines) are available for all major client platforms, this allows a platform-independent database , ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. , Oracle 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 and Sybase DB-LIB or CT-LIB); and * Automating the translation of all the database objects. In addition to automating the migration of tables, views, synonyms, constraints and triggers, stored procedures and other server-side application code can be migrated easily and without the difficulty of maintaining computer-generated code. More information about the ANTs Compatibility Server is available on the ANTs web site at www.ants.com/acs. 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: the possibility that the market will not respond positively to the new version of the Compatibility Server, that the proof of concept 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, 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 Annual Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the fiscal quarter ended June 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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