ViaDB-TM- --New From Odyssey Software-- Offers Pocket PC Users Universal Access to Remote Data.Business Editors & High Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2000 Odyssey Software--a Microsoft Pocket PC Launch Partner--today introduced ViaDB, a Universal OLE DB Provider that works with new Windows-powered Pocket PCs to enable direct online access to data stored on servers managed by 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. , Oracle, Sybase, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) DB2, Microsoft Exchange and other enterprise systems with OLE DB or ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. connectivity. ViaDB integrates with Version 3.0 of the ActiveX Data Objects (database, Microsoft, programming) ActiveX Data Objects - (ADO) Microsoft's library for accessing data sources through OLE DB. Typically it is used to query or modify data stored in a relational database. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ado270/htm/adostartpage1.asp. for Windows CE (ADOCE ADOCE ActiveX Data Objects for the Windows CE operating system )--included with the new Windows-powered Pocket PCs--to allow extremely rapid deployment of robust enterprise data access applications. Using the ActiveX Data Objects for Windows CE built into the Pocket PC, a ViaDB-enabled mobile application can access diverse remote and local data stores simultaneously. Users of ViaDB, which include corporate developers, solution providers, and commercial software companies, can use ActiveX Data Objects for Windows CE to gain direct online, real-time, interactive access to their centrally managed enterprise data stores. They also have the option of interfacing directly with ViaDB using the OLE DB API, improving flexibility and providing increased functionality for the developer. "Pocket PCs are the most expandable PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). on the market today," said Rogers Weed, director of marketing for the Mobile Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. "The combination of ViaDB from Odyssey Software with Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects for Windows CE 3.0 offers developers and end users a seamless method to simultaneously access local and remote data stores from Pocket PC devices It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of Pocket PC and Windows CE devices, and companies that make, or have made, them. ." "The most effective mobile applications will access both local and enterprise information--forming a well-integrated, easy to use business solution," said Mark Gentile, 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 Odyssey Software. "It will be of particular interest to major database providers that Odyssey Software can create enhanced OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and versions of ViaDB that are specifically designed to take advantage of custom features that exist in their own database products." ViaDB comprises a client-side provider DLL (1) See data link layer. (2) (Dynamic Link Library) An executable program module in Windows that performs one or more functions at runtime. DLLs are not launched by the user; they are called for by an executable program or by other DLLs. and a Windows NT- and Windows 2000-based service. ViaDB is available immediately and can be purchased online at www.pocketPC.com in one, five or ten client licenses. Larger deployment licenses are available directly from Odyssey Software. About Pocket PC Windows-powered Pocket PCs, the next-generation PDAs from Microsoft and its partners, offer customers the best way to connect to their most essential information while away from their desk, yet are versatile enough to satisfy the personal needs of today's busy mobile lifestyle. Pocket PCs already include a broad range of native business, personal productivity, and entertainment applications, yet can easily be expanded to adapt to each customer's changing needs through a continually growing number of industry standard hardware and software expansion options. About Odyssey Software Odyssey Software was founded in 1996 with the mission of providing a complete set of software tools and infrastructure that allow real-time, online, interactive access to centralized data using Pocket PCs and other devices powered by Windows CE, Windows 95, 98, Windows NT and MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. . APIfusion, the company's initial product offering, continues to be a leading connectivity tool for developing secure, real time, wireless data access for enterprises from several platforms. Odyssey Software was the first company to provide enterprise development tools and infrastructure for Windows CE. CEfusion is a powerful tool set for the development of Windows CE-based applications with wireless, real time online data access and continues to earn praise for its strength, flexibility and ease-of-use. Odyssey's software tools and infrastructure are used for wireless mobile and landline enterprise computing by BP Oil, AT&T, General Electric, Microsoft, Northrop-Grumman, Pitney-Bowes, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical, Smith-Kline Beecham, Johnson & Johnson, MasterCard, Kelloggs Foods and many other companies. For more information about Odyssey Software please call 716/214-2409 (Ext. 201), send e-mail to info@odysseysoftware.com or visit the company's Web site at www.odysseysoftware.com. |
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