Sleepycat Software Announces Development of First Embedded, Industrial Strength XML Database Engine.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LINCOLN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2002 Sleepycat Software Sleepycat Software, Inc. was the commercial entity behind the Berkeley DB, a widely used free software developer database with over 200 million deployments worldwide, now part of Oracle Corporation. announced today that its innovative, embedded open source XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. data management engine, Berkeley DB (Berkeley DataBase) An open source database system that uses "key=value" pairs and is used to create indexes to tables and other data structures. For example, a record could hold a key (account number) and its value (row number), although a value can be any data structure XML, is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of 2002. Berkeley DB XML will provide the first truly embedded, high-performance XML database A database that stores XML documents. There are two types. The first is the "XML-enabled database," which is a relational or object-oriented database that has been extended to hold XML data. system. Berkeley DB XML is built as a module on top of Berkeley DB, the world's most widely deployed embedded database (1) Database software that is included with an application rather than offered as a separate database management system (see DBMS). Tending to be compact and efficient, an embedded database generally includes fewer features than a full-blown DBMS. engine, with hundreds of millions of copies in use worldwide and thousands of copies downloaded from Sleepycat's Web site daily. Berkeley DB provides application developers with robust, scalable, transactional data management services for their applications. Berkeley DB XML offers the same fast, reliable database management services that users have come to expect from Berkeley DB, coupled with native storage and query services for XML data. The combination of Berkeley DB's embedded architecture and the new XML layer allows developers to create cutting-edge Web-based applications and services with unmatched reliability, scalability and performance. Sleepycat has established the Berkeley DB XML web site See XML schema repository. at http://www.sleepycat.com/xml/index.html for the user community and marketplace customers. This site includes information on early availability programs, topical news and an opt-in discussion forum. Inquiries about obtaining test versions are welcome at sales@sleepycat.com. The test program is limited due to overwhelming demand for Sleepycat products. Sleepycat's open source license for Berkeley DB and Berkeley DB XML allows anyone to download, evaluate and use the software at no charge. Proprietary applications that use either Sleepycat product, and are shipped from a single physical site, require a paid license. Open source applications using Berkeley DB or Berkeley DB XML, with their own source code freely available, may use the Sleepycat software at no charge. This dual licensing model enables Sleepycat to provide high-quality open source software, while continuing to grow a profitable business. About Sleepycat Software, Inc. Sleepycat Software, Inc. was founded in 1996 to develop, support, and distribute Berkeley DB commercially. The company is privately held and has offices in Massachusetts and California. Sleepycat Software's Berkeley DB is the embedded database engine behind ISPs, wired and wireless networks, as well as e-commerce sites around the world. Developed in 1991 and available commercially since 1996, Berkeley DB is open source and runs on 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). , Linux, VxWorks, QNX A multiuser, multitasking, real time operating system for PCs from QNX Software Systems, Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario (www.qnx.com), that is noted for its low-memory requirement and rapid response. Similar to Unix, it has been in use since the early 1980s. , embedded Linux, MacOS X and Windows 95/98/NT/2000. In January of 2002, Sleepycat won the prestigious Crossroads A-List Award for Berkeley DB, demonstrating the value that Sleepycat's services and technology bring to customers who need to solve real business problems. |
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