Progress Software

Database Management System

Real-Time Enterprises Need a Better Database Management System

As worldwide enterprises transition to real-time data solutions, the object database has become the preferred approach to the delivery of business-critical information. Consequently, a robust management system is required to ensure that data can be delivered as efficiently as possible, giving the enterprise every opportunity to be competitive. One of the industry's leading database management systems is Progress® ObjectStore® Enterprise, a solution that leverages native support for Java and C++ objects along with a patented distributed caching architecture that delivers the reliability, scalability and performance required by the real-time enterprise. Whether an enterprise intends to support a network infrastructure, extend business operations to the Internet, or build applications to handle unlimited distributed transactions and users in real-time, Progress Software's object database management system, ObjectStore, provides an efficient and highly effective tool for managing data distribution.

Progress Software – A Leader in Database Management Systems

Progress Software currently serves more than 1,000 enterprises worldwide, offering a variety of solutions, such as ObjectStore, that provide greater availability, superior performance and simpler data management for the real-time organization. Progress database management system customers include organizations in e-commerce, retail, logistics, financial services, telecommunications and government, as well as other industries where delivering extraordinary responsiveness and scalability for applications is a high priority. With proven performance in high volume and transaction-intensive environments that demand extremely quick response times, the ObjectStore database management system is also widely used in situations involving complex, application-specific data models, such as GIS, Life Sciences, CAD/CAM, and Energy Exploration/Distribution.

Features and Benefits of a Database Management System

Progress ObjectStore provides many unique features that deliver significant benefits to the real-time enterprise.

  • A patented Cache-Forward® Architecture provides extremely responsive access to data that is locally cached.
  • Distributed data caching includes complete transaction coordination between the local caches.
  • In-memory data management leverages the physical hardware in a model patterned after the operating system.
  • Extraordinary read-only data access permits updates to happen concurrently with data reads.
  • Middle-tier class libraries facilitate deployment of distributed application servers.

In addition to database management software, Progress also offers database integration software, data streams processing support, and solutions for event driven architecture, mobile application development and transaction processing.

 
 

Resources

Memory-Centric Data Management, written by Curt A. Monash, PhD

 

Data Management for Object Oriented Applications

 

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