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Servertec Announces Release of Servertec Persistent Object Store 


Kearny, NJ. - August 12, 2001 - Servertec today announced the 
release of Servertec Persistent Object Store (POS), a 
high-performance cross-platform object oriented database engine 
written entirely in JavaTM. 

Try Servertec Persistent Object Store Preview Release for 90 days 
for free at http://www.servertec.com/ 
(connect-time charges may apply). 


About Servertec Persistent Object Store 

Using Servertec Persistent Object Store developers can easily 
create standalone database applications, including mobile and 
wireless devices and embedded systems. 

POS can be used on any platform that supports Java version 1.1.x 
or later. 


Servertec Persistent Object Store Features 

Platform Independent - Servertec Persistent Object Store is 
written entirely in Java and will run on any platform that 
supports Java version 1.1.x or later. 

High Performance Database Engine - Servertec Persistent Object 
Store is built around a multi-threaded database engine 
optimized to reduce access to disk. 

Easy to Use API - Servertec Persistent Object Store API is 
similar to java.util.Hashtable and does not require SQL, JDBC 
or OR (object to relational) mapping. 

Tiny Footprint - Unlike most database engines/servers that 
require considerable resources, Servertec Persistent Object Store 
32-bit engine is only 26KB, making it the ideal database engine 
for use in mobile and wireless devices and in embedded systems 
applications. 

Scalable Solution - Servertec Extended Persistent Object Store 
64-bit engine supports distribution of object stores across 
multiple volume files. 

Fault Resistant - Operations in Servertec Persistent Object 
Store are atomic with error checking. 

Multi-User / Multi-Threaded - Multiple references can 
concurrently access a store without having to worry about its 
consistency. 

Object Level Locking - Servertec Persistent Object Store 
support of individual object locking adds to is high 
concurrency and performance, since there is no need to block 
threads while a group of objects is locked during update 
operations. 

Filtering - Object store enumeration filters reduce need to 
transport and process key/value pairs that do not meet desired 
criteria. 

Efficient Object Storage - Servertec Persistent Object Store 
includes optimized serialization engine for storage and 
retrieval of primitives, strings, blobs and serializable 
objects. 

Object Oriented - Using Servertec Persistent Object Store 
developers can create persistent objects without having to 
deal with OR mapping. 

Fully Configurable - All aspects of an object store can be 
specified when the store is created or later changed. 

Examples - The distribution contains employees store servlet 
and registry store explorer examples with source code 
demonstrating many of the key features. 

Online Documentation - All documentation is available as Web 
pages. 

Other - Servertec Persistent Object Store includes a utility 
for checking an object store's integrity. 


Pricing and Product Availability 

End-Users can license Servertec Persistent Object Store on a 
per-user basis for $50 US. 

Corporations / Independent Software Vendors (ISV) may purchase 
a site license to Servertec Persistent Object Store that allows 
them to internally use Servertec Persistent Object Store on an 
unlimited number of computers without having to pay a per-user 
basis and allows them to embed and distribute Servertec 
Persistent Object Store Royalty Free as an integral part of 
their end-user applications. A Binary Subscription to Servertec 
Persistent Object Store is available for $500 US and a Source 
Subscription is available for $1,500 US. 

All Corporate / ISV Subscriptions include 12 months of 
Maintenance and Support. 


About Servertec 

Founded in 1996, Servertec develops and markets innovative 
software products and services tailored to the needs of Web 
site developers. Servertec products facilitate the development 
and maintenance of dynamic, data driven and static Web pages 
and empower Web site developers by shifting redundant and 
tedious work to the computer. 

Servertec Persistent Object Store is a trademark of Servertec 
in the United States and/or other countries. Java and all 
Java-based marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of 
Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. 
Servertec is independent of Sun Microsystems, Inc. 
Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000 are all are trademarks or registered 
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. 


Note to editors: If you are interested in viewing additional 
information on Servertec Persistent Object Store or on 
Servertec, please visit the Servertec Web site at 
http://www.servertec.com/.