Valentina Office Server 2.1 Announced

[Chipp Walters]

Congratulations on the new announced product! It looks like a winner. :-)

-Chipp

Lynn Fredricks wrote:
> Valentina Office Server 2.1 Announced
> 
> NEW BUSINESS READY DATABASE SERVER GAINS PHP WEB SCRIPTING, INDUSTRY
> STANDARD INTERFACES
> 
> October 31, 2005. Beaverton, Oregon.  Paradigma Software, Inc announces
> Valentina 2.1 Office Server, a major update to the company's fast and robust
> database server.
> 
> Valentina 2.1 Office Server will add a special client module for interfacing
> with the PHP scripting language. This Valentina PHP client module includes
> the following features:
> 
> PHP 4+ Scripting Support. Valentina 2.1 will have a PHP interface that is
> closely modeled after industry standard PHP APIs, allowing users of other
> database servers to rapidly port their PHP applications as easily as doing a
> find/replace with a VAL_ prefix. This will allow easy porting from mySQL
> AB's mySQL.
> 
> PEAR API Support. Inclusion of a PEAR compatible class. PEAR is a structured
> code library, set of packaging standards and extension module broadly
> accepted for interfacing PHP and databases.
> 
> AdoDB Support. A data abstraction layer used by database solution providers
> to interface with a broad range of enterprise class database servers and
> technologies.
> 
> Valentina 2.1 Office Server incorporates the incredibly fast and robust
> Valentina 2 database engine. Other features include fast abstraction links,
> Unicode UTF-16 native format, Valentina XML import/export data and schema,
> SQL '92, simultaneous data exchange with read-only media, record level locks
> and 448 bit encryption.
> 
> Office Server includes developer client modules for accessing server data
> from applications made with popular development tools on Windows and
> Macintosh, including Runtime Revolution's Revolution rapid application
> development tool. Runtime Revolution provides a fast and productive
> environment to build front ends for Valentina Office Server based solutions.
> 
> Each copy of Valentina 2 Office Server includes a copy of Valentina Studio
> Admin Edition, the database management tool.
> 
> Valentina 2 Office Server pricing begins at $299 (with substantial discounts
> to Valentina Developer Network members) and is available on Windows and
> MacOS X.
> 
> For more information, visit  the Paradigma Software at
> http://www.paradigmasoft.com or its authorized European distributors.
> 
> About Paradigma Software, Inc
> 
> Founded in 1998, Beaverton, Oregon-based Paradigma Software, Inc is the
> leading provider of incredibly fast and robust database solutions for
> business and development. Valentina 2 technology powers solutions as diverse
> as graphics applications from major Japanese electronics companies to
> solutions supporting US public schools. Paradigma Software solutions are
> available for every major development environment on the Windows and
> Macintosh platforms.
> 
> For additional information, visit the Paradigma Software website at
> http://www.paradigmasoft.com.